# Create a WPF Ribbon Application

> Turn MainWindow into a RibbonWindow, add RibbonFormattingTab, RibbonInsertTab and other TX Text Control tabs in XAML, and show a Table Tools contextual tab.

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

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## On This Page

- [Prerequisites](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon/#prerequisites)
- [Make the Window a RibbonWindow](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon/#make-the-window-a-ribbonwindow)
- [Add the Ribbon and the Tabs](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon/#add-the-ribbon-and-the-tabs)
- [Set the Focus When the Window Opens](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon/#set-the-focus-when-the-window-opens)
- [Run the Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon/#run-the-application)
- [Add a Table Tools Tab](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon/#add-a-table-tools-tab)
- [The TX Words Sample](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon/#the-tx-words-sample)
- [Next Steps](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon/#next-steps)

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [Connect Rulers, Toolbars, and a Status Bar](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/rulers-toolbars/llms.txt)
- **Next:** [Add a Sidebar](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/sidebar/llms.txt)