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Is it possible to add one custom button of your add-in to the existing tab at the ribbon and one to
I'm trying to add 2 buttons to the different tabs in Word via XML Manifest, but now for me, it seems to be impossible. That's all because I can't add OfficeTab and CustomTab in ExtensionPoint with xsi:type="PrimaryCommandSurface". Are there any other possibilities to implement such an idea?
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- It is not really clear what you are wanting to do. However, see the following page of Greg Maxey's website
https://gregmaxey.com/word_tip_pages/customize_ribbon_main.html
The following xml code adds a custom button to the Mailings tab of the ribbon
<customUI xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2009/07/customui">
<ribbon>
<tabs>
<tab idMso="TabMailings">
<group id="customGroup" label="Merge Special" insertAfterMso="GroupMailMergeFinish">
<button id="customButton" label="Merge to Word and PDF" size="large" imageMso="ExportToVCardFile" onAction="MergetoWordPDF" />
</group>
</tab>
</tabs>
</ribbon>
</customUI>- Thanks for the advice, but it's probably not the thing that I was looking for.
As I write in the description I want to add 2 custom buttons of my add-in - one on the existing "Home" tab and another one on the custom tab. Additionally, I'm using the new syntax of XML Manifest, such as described here: https://docs.microsoft.com/ru-ru/office/dev/add-ins/develop/add-in-manifests?tabs=tabid-1- I beg to differ. To add a custom button to the Home tab, you must use the Custom UI Editor and with it, you can also create a custom tab to which you can add a other custom (or built-in) buttons.
