Questions from a customUI newbie

[Cosmo]

Without VBA you can only use the built-in buttons, I'm afraid.

Ok, thanks.

I was able to get the contextual tabs hidden using the following:

<contextualTabs>
<tabSet idMso="TabSetSmartArtTools" visible="false"/>
<tabSet idMso="TabSetChartTools" visible="false"/>
<tabSet idMso="TabSetTextBoxTools" visible="false"/>
<tabSet idMso="TabSetWordArtTools" visible="false"/>
<tabSet idMso="TabSetDiagramTools" visible="false"/>
<tabSet idMso="TabSetOrganizationChartTools" visible="false"/>
<tabSet idMso="TabSetPictureTools" visible="false"/>
<tabSet idMso="TabSetPictureToolsClassic" visible="false"/>
<tabSet idMso="TabSetTableTools" visible="false"/>
<tabSet idMso="TabSetHeaderAndFooterTools" visible="false"/>
<tabSet idMso="TabSetEquationTools" visible="false"/>
<tabSet idMso="TabSetInkTools" visible="false"/>
</contextualTabs>

I appreciate all the help, thanks!