Defaults for MS Ribbon

Posted by jmls on 05-Jan-2009 14:35

Does anyone know

A) the default font and size of (1) the Ribbon itself and (2) the tool tip text that appears when you hover over a button ? The defaults on the IG ribbon do not seem the same as Word / Excel 2007

B) The size of the "large" and "small" icons used in the office Ribbons ? For the large icons, 32 seems to big, and I think that 28 seems about right.

Is there any document describing the standards ?

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Posted by GregHiggins on 07-Jan-2009 10:44

MS Ribbon is part of the Fluent User Interface which requires a (free) license.

The standards are available

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=19e3bf38-434b-4ddd-9592-3749f6647105&displaylang=en

Posted by jmls on 07-Jan-2009 10:50

Thanks Greg, but perhaps I am blind. I can't see anywhere that it mentions the font family or size for the ribbon or screentips

Posted by GregHiggins on 07-Jan-2009 11:39

Sorry.

http://www.microsoftio.com/officeUI/evaluation/2007_Microsoft_Office_Fluent_UI_Design_Guidelines_-_Evaluation.pdf

You should need to register and accept the NDA.

See items 14 and 15 for the ribbon.

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