[AccessD] Access 2007

John,

Regarding:
> ...  Throw in a ribbon bar that cannot be disabled

... and:
> I have not found a satisfactory solution that allows me to turn off the
> ribbon bars.

John, I have no idea where you got this impression, and I have not seen 
this objection stated elsewhere.  However, the fact is that there is no 
reason to have a Ribbon, either the default ones or your own custom 
ones, on your application if your don't want to.  There are a number of 
ways to control this.

If, on the other hand, you do eventually see some benenfit in this 
interface, and build ribbons into your applications, the users can 
easily collapse them when not actively using them, with a simple mouse 
click or keyboard shortcut.

Regards
Steve