Do you like to learn by doing?
Our labs and exercises give you the chance to do just that: Learn by performing actions on real environments.
Hands-on, scenario-based labs give you experience on real environments provided by us so you don't have to worry about breaking anything.
COURSE of the MONTH
8 days, 8 hours left to enrollBecome a Premium Member and unlock a new, free course in leading technologies each month.
Solved
How can I remove/disable the Office Button from MS Word 2007?
Posted on 2008-06-10
I am attempting to embed a MS Word 2007 instance inside a C# Application. I want to make the embedded instance of Word as simple as possible, and I don't want the end users to be able to do anything that will interfere with the intended use of the application. To accomplish this goal, I want to disable open/save/close file functionality. Using xml I am able to disable most of the problem functionality, but the Office Button is still causing me problems. I can remove most of the options, but I have been unable do hide/disable the Office Button, and I have been unable to remove the "Recent Documents" functionality from the menu itself.
I will give points for a solution for how to hide/disable the Office Button, or for how to remove the "Recent Documents" from the Office Button.
I will give points for a solution for how to hide/disable the Office Button, or for how to remove the "Recent Documents" from the Office Button.
<customUI xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/01/customui">
<commands>
<command idMso="FileNewDatabase" enabled="false"/>
<command idMso="FileCloseDatabase" enabled="false"/>
<command idMso="ApplicationOptionsDialog" enabled="false"/>
<command idMso="FileOpenDatabase" enabled="false"/>
<command idMso="FileExit" enabled="false"/>
</commands>
<ribbon startFromScratch="true">
<tabs>
<tab idMso="TabHome" visible="true" />
<tab idMso="TabInsert" visible="true" />
<tab idMso="TabPageLayoutWord" visible="true" />
<tab idMso="TabReferences" visible="true" />
<tab idMso="TabMailings" visible="true" />
<tab idMso="TabReviewWord" visible="true" />
<tab idMso="TabView" visible="true" />
</tabs>
<officeMenu>
<control idMso="FileOpen" visible="false" />
<control idMso="FileNew" visible="false" />
<control idMso="FileNewDatabase" visible="false"/>
<control idMso="SourceControlCreateDatabaseFromProject" visible="false"/>
<control idMso="FileOpenDatabase" visible="false"/>
<control idMso="FileSave" visible="false"/>
<control idMso="ConvertDatabaseFormat" visible="false"/>
<control idMso="FileSaveAsMenuAccess" visible="false"/>
<control idMso="FileManageMenu" visible="false"/>
<control idMso="FileSendAsAttachment" visible="false"/>
<control idMso="MenuPublish" visible="false"/>
<control idMso="FileServerMenu" visible="false"/>
<control idMso="FileCloseDatabase" visible="false"/>
<button idMso="FileCompactAndRepairDatabase" visible="false"/>
<button idMso="ApplicationOptionsDialog" enabled="false"/>
</officeMenu>
</ribbon>
</customUI>
[X]
Welcome to Experts Exchange
Add your voice to the tech community where 5M+ people just like you are talking about what matters.
- Help others & share knowledge
- Earn cash & points
- Learn & ask questions
3 Comments
Well, it looks like nobody has a really great answer to this problem. I guess I'll just post on what I found.
1) When using the DsoFramer Control provided by, but not supported by, Microsoft; the Office button is removed. This indicates that there IS some way to do it, but that it may not be a very simple or straight-forward way.
2) There doesn't appear to be a way to do it using the custom user interface xml that is stored within the docx file.
3) The recent documents also don't appear to be able to be removed or disabled from the xml embedded in the docx file.
4) A work around (although a dangerous one) is available for instances of word that are embedded in applications. You can simply save the recent documents, set the max number of recent documents to zero (effectively removing them), and then restoring recent documents when you are done using the instance of word. This works well, but is not entirely save because if an application is terminated early it may lead to losing the users recent document list, and to leaving it set to not saving the recent documents)
1) When using the DsoFramer Control provided by, but not supported by, Microsoft; the Office button is removed. This indicates that there IS some way to do it, but that it may not be a very simple or straight-forward way.
2) There doesn't appear to be a way to do it using the custom user interface xml that is stored within the docx file.
3) The recent documents also don't appear to be able to be removed or disabled from the xml embedded in the docx file.
4) A work around (although a dangerous one) is available for instances of word that are embedded in applications. You can simply save the recent documents, set the max number of recent documents to zero (effectively removing them), and then restoring recent documents when you are done using the instance of word. This works well, but is not entirely save because if an application is terminated early it may lead to losing the users recent document list, and to leaving it set to not saving the recent documents)
Featured Post
Question has a verified solution.
If you are experiencing a similar issue, please ask a related question
Microsoft Word is a program we have all encountered at some point, but very few of us have dug deep into its full scope of features, let alone customized it to suit our needs. Luckily making the ribbon (aka toolbar, first introduced in Word 2007) wo…
This article describes a method of delivering Word templates for use in merging Access data to Word documents, that requires no computer knowledge on the part of the recipient -- the templates are saved in table fields, and are extracted and install…
This video teaches the viewer how to align pictures around text while keeping the text properly aligned in the document.
This video shows where to find templates, what they are used for, and how to create and save a custom template using Microsoft Word.
Suggested Courses
Course of the Month8 days, 8 hours left to enroll
764 members asked questions and received personalized solutions in the past 7 days.
Join the community of 500,000 technology professionals and ask your questions.