I think this is similar to this post. Basically, instead of using tabs, we need the application button, application menu but the tabs are too big and noisy. So we want to simply the traditional Winform MenuItems.
http://news.infragistics.com/forums/t/11114.aspx
Thanks
The best way to do this would be to show the Ribbon and Toolbars simulateously without adding any tabs to the ribbon. To show both, you will have to set Office2007UICompatibility to False, set the Ribbon.Visible to True, and add some toolbars.