Editing the built-in ribbon to provide more options

The ability to customize the ribbon is only available in desktop Visio; however, this is where it is most useful since there are many more commands available to us in the desktop version than there are in the web versions. When Microsoft decided to rewrite the user interface in the Office applications many years ago, the ribbon interface with multiple tabs was introduced along the top of the application window. They based this concept on a hand-held clipboard with its ability to grip useful items along the top.

Previously, the user interface had numerous command bars with buttons that could be dragged independently around the screen, so locating them often wasted time. So, having a consistent location along the top saves time, but Microsoft had to limit the immediately available buttons to the most used ones because of space constraints and to provide simplicity. This means that many available buttons are missing unless you decide...