Change the Ribbon in Mac Excel 2016. Note: Update Mac Office 2016 first and be sure it is 15.17 or higher, in the 15.17 update Ribbon customization via Ribbon XML is enabled by default for all customers.

As its name implies, the “Developer” tab in Office programs allows you to create applications to use with Office programs, write macros, run macros you previously recorded, use XML commands and ActiveX controls, use form controls, and is not available by default. Convert apple doc to word. Even if you are not a developer, you may want to work with document templates in Word, add some form controls to your document in Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, customize the Office programs using macros, or use a custom form in Outlook. All of these tasks require the “Developer” tab and we’ll show you how to activate it. NOTE: We used Word 2013 to illustrate this feature, but the “Developer” tab is available in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Publisher and is activated in the same way.

To begin, right-click on an empty spot on the ribbon and select “Customize the Ribbon” from the popup menu. The “Customize the Ribbon and keyboard shortcuts” screen on the “Word Options” dialog box displays. NOTE: You can also access this screen by clicking the “File” tab in your document, selecting “Options” on the backstage screen, and then clicking “Customize Ribbon” in the list of items on the left side of the “Word Options” dialog box. In the list under the “Customize the Ribbon” drop-down list, select the “Developer” check box so there is a check mark in the box. Click “OK” to accept the change and close the “Word Options” dialog box. The “Developer” tab now displays on the ribbon, as shown in the image at the beginning of this article.

Tip: Themes work together with styles. To see theme changes, make sure that you have applied styles to headings and body text. Change colors, fonts, or backgrounds to change the look of a theme Theme colors help to ensure that different elements in the document coordinate with each other and contribute to a unified look. Themes use different colors for elements in a document, such as fonts, color fills in tables, charts, shapes, or lines.

Themes work more effectively when text is formatted by applying styles. For more information about how to apply a style, see. Use a different set of colors for a document. Tips: • If the picture watermark makes it difficult to read the text, select Washout to lighten the picture.

• You can use the Scale pop-up menu to change the size of the picture watermark. You can also add text as a background by clicking Text, typing some text, and choosing font, size, color, orientation, and transparency. For best results A theme is a collection of specific fonts and colors.

When any of these elements is formatted manually, that formatting overrides the theme. For example, if your document uses the Arial font and you manually format some of the text as Garamond, reapplying or changing the theme will not affect the text that is Garamond. To return manually formatted elements to the theme settings, see the following steps. Make your text use the theme font Each theme has two sets of fonts, one for headings and another for body text. If your text is a heading, use the Theme Headings font.

Otherwise, use the Theme Body font. • Select the text that you want to change to a theme font. • On the Home tab, under Font, click the arrow next to the font box. • To change text to a theme font, under Theme Fonts, click the Headings font or the Body font. A check mark shows that the Headings font or the Body font is selected Remove a theme In Word, all documents must contain a theme.

Therefore, you can’t actually remove a theme, but you can apply a different theme. If your goal is to display very little or no color in your document (a plain look), apply the default Office theme.

• On the View menu, click Print Layout. • On the Design tab, click Themes, and then click the Office theme. If the document still has a background color or picture that you want to remove • Click the Design tab. • Do one of the following: To remove Do this A picture or text Click Watermark, and then click No watermark. Background color Click Page Color, and then click No Color. See also PowerPoint A theme is a combination of one or more slide layouts with coordinating theme colors, a matching background, theme fonts, and theme effects.