Addin Tab missing

Question

I am missing my Addin Tab on my Ribbon. I have loaded the Addin (PPAM) and it is loaded and there, but I cannot get it load into the ribbon. I have restarted  the applications and rebooted. My Trutc Center Macro settings allow for addins... Did I miss a step?

Thank you!

Answer 1

The issue is more likely to be your code really. Are you sure it's correct.

If you are going to customize ribbon and expanding the AddIns button to show addIns and Com AddIns then these WILL be greyed out because you cannot delete / alter them in this way. This is normal.

 The AddIn button is nothing to do with the Addin tab which will only appear if there are AddIns that create it either through XML (best in 2010) or with legacy vba code.

Answer 2

Thank you, great! But just to be clear, the VBA Macro I have created can only be run if the Macro file is also open? Saving it as a .ppam does not make it an Addin that can be imported to the Ribbon and used with all files?

Thank you!

Answer 3

There's a very basic intro on our site here.

After you have the basic method try google for RibbonX or buy a copy of RibbonX:Customising the Office 2007 Ribbon Martin Puls & Hennig, Most of this is applicable to 2010 as well.

If you know exactly what you want the ribbon to look like (doesn't have to be in AddIns tab) we can make it for you and then you can develop it as you wish. Won't be totally free but we do this all the time so if it's fairly simple and a one off it will only be nominal, john ATSIGN pptalchemy.co.uk

Answer 4

Thank you.

No I didn't, I guess I am missing a big step. I created a macro in VBA that runs effectively when the .pptm file is open.

I saved the pptm As... a .ppam and tried to load that. What do I need to do to make my VBA macro function as an Addin from the Ribbon?

Answer 5

Did you add XML to create a ribbon entry. If so maybe you can post the XML.