# Create a Ribbon Application With Sidebar Support

> Build a word processor with a ribbon and a Styles sidebar, open sidebars from ribbon buttons, convert the form to a RibbonForm and add a Table Tools tab.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Getting Started > Document Editor > Create a Ribbon Application With Sidebar Support
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon-sidebar/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon-sidebar/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon-sidebar/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [Prerequisites](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon-sidebar/#prerequisites)
- [Add the Ribbon and the Bars](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon-sidebar/#add-the-ribbon-and-the-bars)
- [Add a Sidebar](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon-sidebar/#add-a-sidebar)
- [Open Sidebars From Ribbon Buttons](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon-sidebar/#open-sidebars-from-ribbon-buttons)
- [Convert the Form to a RibbonForm](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon-sidebar/#convert-the-form-to-a-ribbonform)
- [Add a Table Tools Tab](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon-sidebar/#add-a-table-tools-tab)
- [The TX Words Sample](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon-sidebar/#the-tx-words-sample)
- [Next Steps](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon-sidebar/#next-steps)

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [Add Rulers, Toolbars, and a Status Bar](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/rulers-toolbars/llms.txt)
- **Next:** [Load and Save Documents](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/load-save/llms.txt)