Custom menu for current document only

**skyping** · 06-03-2011, 04:19 AM

Just spent some time googling whether it's possible to have a custom menu using Word 2010....e.g. a custom tab in the ribbon.BUT only for the current document, which of course should be removed when I close the document, and would then only restore when this document is reopened.

I can't find any procedure / code that can do this for Word, and wondering if you chaps had any ideas, otherwise every time I open new documents, I'm still seeing this custom menu which will confuse some of my team, especially as this custom menu will only be used once in a 'blue-moon'!!

Thanks!

**royUK** · 06-03-2011, 08:20 AM

Do you mean a menu or a Tab in the Ribbon? Customising the Ribbon should only apply to the document it is attached to

**skyping** · 06-03-2011, 09:05 AM

Thanks for the reply, but my custom ribbon Tab shows up every time I open a new document, whether the orginal is open or not!

I am not very used to 2010, and cannot see an option to apply (this custom tab) to the current document only.

**Andy Pope** · 06-03-2011, 09:23 AM

If you use the new customize ribbon function in 2010 it applys to the application not the document.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/wo...697.aspx?CTT=1

You need to customize a document or template using the CustomUI editor.
Excel related but the editor works for Word as well as excel
http://www.rondebruin.nl/ribbon.htm

This may also help
http://www.word-tips.com/office-ribbon.html