How can I switch between Ribbons ans Toolbars

Martin Ruetz

Ribons can be swiched on/off in the customize context-menu.
How can I switch off/on the conventional toolbars/menubar.

So I can switch between a User Interface with only Ribbons and the conventional Userinterface with toolbars and menubars.

Torsten Moses

Dear Martin,
RIBBONSTATE system variable should allow to switch ribbons on/off :-)
Many greetings !

Tim Neumann

But how do you set it so the ribbon ONLY is on? I can set it w/o the ribbon or with both menu and ribbon on, which is clutters everything up.

Roy Klein Gebbinck

You can use the _TOOLBAR command to hide all toolbars.
[code]: TOOLBAR
Enter Toolbar name, or <ALL>:
Enter an option [Show/Hide] <Show>: h[/code]

Note 1:
Unless you have saved your profile before doing this there is no way to get the current toolbar setup back.
Of course you can always use the 'Revert to defaults...' button in the _CUSTOMIZE dialog to go back to the 'out of the box' situation.
Note 2:
RIBBONSTATE is a read only variable. You have to use the _RIBBON and _RIBBONCLOSE commands. But, as mentioned, toolbar visibility is not effected by these commands.

Roy Klein Gebbinck

Typo: 'effected' should be 'affected'...