You can change the Ribbon's visual style, using the smart tag, smart designer, Properties window, or by adding code to set the C1Ribbon.VisualStyle property. Each option is described below.

To Change the Visual Style Using the Smart Tag

Complete the following steps:

1. Select the Ribbon to activate the control.
2. Click the smart tag () to enable the C1Ribbon Tasks menu.
3. Select the Visual Style drop-down arrow and choose Office2007Black.
   

To Change the Visual Style Using the Smart Designer

Complete the following steps:

1. Using your mouse pointer, hover over the Ribbon and click the smart designer tag . This enables the Ribbon floating toolbar:
   
2. From the main toolbar, click the Change Ribbon's Visual Style button . The Visual Style dialog box appears.
3. From the Ribbon Visual Style drop-down list, select the new color scheme from the list, for example, Office2007Black.

To Change the Visual Style Using the Properties Window

Optionally, you can change the C1Ribbon.VisualStyle property using the Properties window. Click the Ribbon to reveal the Ribbon properties in the Properties window. Locate the C1Ribbon.VisualStyle property's drop-down arrow and select the new Windows XP theme from the list, for example, Office2007Black.

To Change the Visual Style Programmatically

To change the Ribbon's visual style to Office2007Black, add the following code to your project:

To write code in Visual Basic

' type the Imports directive for the namespace
Imports C1.Win.C1Ribbon
 
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    Me.C1Ribbon1.VisualStyle = C1.Win.C1Ribbon.VisualStyle.Office2007Black
End Sub

To write code in C#

// type the using directive for the namespace
using C1.Win.C1Ribbon;
 
private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    this.c1Ribbon1.VisualStyle = C1.Win.C1Ribbon.VisualStyle.Office2007Black;
}