Created backstage ribbon

Author: jdeigendesch

OutlookAddIn-Example/OutlookAddIn-Example/Resources/Ribbon.xml

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
   <ribbon>
     <tabs>
-      <!--Email-Tab-->
+      <!--Email-Tab (Create new mail to see this button)-->
       <tab idMso="TabNewMailMessage">
-        <group id="GroupMail" getLabel="Group_GetLabel">
+        <group id="GroupSmileMail" getLabel="Group_GetLabel">
           <button id="SmileButton"
                   size="large"
                   getImage="Button_GetImage"
@@ -18,5 +18,35 @@
     </tabs>
   </ribbon>
 
+  <backstage>
+    <tab id="TabSmileys" getLabel="TabSmileys_GetLabel" columnWidthPercent="30" insertAfterMso="TabPrint"
+         visible="true">
+
+      <firstColumn>
+        <group id="grpSeperator">
+        </group>
+
+        <group id="GroupSmileBackstage" getLabel="Group_GetLabel" getHelperText="Group_GetHelperText">
+          <primaryItem>
+            <button id="buttonSmile" getLabel="Button_GetLabel" getImage="Button_GetImage" onAction="Button_Click" />
+          </primaryItem>
+        </group>
+      </firstColumn>
+
+      <secondColumn>
+
+        <group id="grpInfo" getLabel="GroupInfo_GetLabel">
+          <topItems>
+            <labelControl id="lblInfo" getLabel="Info_GetLabel" />
+            <hyperlink id="linkDownload" getLabel="LinkDownload_GetLabel"
+                       target="https://github.com/jdeigendesch/OutlookAddIn-Example" />
+          </topItems>
+        </group>
+
+      </secondColumn>
+
+    </tab>
+  </backstage>
+
 
 </customUI>

OutlookAddIn-Example/OutlookAddIn-Example/Ribbon.cs

@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@
 using Office = Microsoft.Office.Core;
 
 namespace OutlookAddIn_Example {
-
    [ComVisible(true)]
    public class Ribbon : Office.IRibbonExtensibility {
       private const string GroupSmile = "Smileys";
       private const string Smile = "Smile";
       private const string TooltipSmile = "This is a tooltip to smile.";
+      private const string HelperSmile = "Don't forget to smile!";
+      private const string GroupInfo = "Info";
+      private const string Info = "Some information about this Outlook Add-In ...";
+      private const string GithubExample = "GitHub-Example";
 
       private Office.IRibbonUI _ribbon;
 
@@ -49,6 +52,27 @@ public string Button_GetLabel(Office.IRibbonControl control) {
          return Smile;
       }
 
+      public string Group_GetHelperText(Office.IRibbonControl control) {
+         return HelperSmile;
+      }
+
+      public string GroupInfo_GetLabel(Office.IRibbonControl control) {
+         return GroupInfo;
+      }
+
+      public string Info_GetLabel(Office.IRibbonControl control) {
+         return Info;
+      }
+
+
+      public string TabSmileys_GetLabel(Office.IRibbonControl control) {
+         return GroupSmile;
+      }
+
+      public string LinkDownload_GetLabel(Office.IRibbonControl control) {
+         return GithubExample;
+      }
+
       #endregion
    }
 }