MS Office Tip: How to Turn off the Ribbon in Office 2007
ADVERTISEMENTSRibbon is one of the notable changes in Office 2007. Ribbon occupies lot of space on the top of all programs. Although the ribbon has lot of features built into it, sometimes it can be annoying to have too big header. For this the Ribbon can be turned off as well.
Ribbon in Office 2007
There are many ways to turn the Ribbon off.
1. Click the down arrow to the right of Quick access toolbar and then select minimize the Ribbon option.
2. Second option is much simpler than the first one, all you need is to double click the current active tab on the ribbon. The ribbon disappears and double click again to get it back.
3. Press Ctrl+ F1 and ribbon becomes invisible. Clicking Ctrl+F1 again will make it active.
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Jan 7th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Nice tip Nirmal. Can we get the normal toolbar with this latest version of Office. Well, sometimes new users just doesn’t get along with new toolbars.
Jan 7th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
@syahid - getting used to it is a matter of time…better to get used rather than staying comfy with older versions…
Jan 7th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
@Syahid,
I agree with Rajesh. Its better to get comfortable with new version as these may become the new standard.
Jan 8th, 2008 at 4:11 am
nirmaltv -
“I agree with Rajesh. Its better to get comfortable with new version as these may become the new standard.”
Yes. But will MSO 2007 become the new standard? More and more users are migrating away from desktop applications to web-based products.
Cheers,
Karl A. Shalek
http://www.fastercats.com
Jan 8th, 2008 at 11:06 am
@Karl,
I feel MSO 2007 could become the future standard unless we have some stiff competition from Open source. Online applications may not be able to compete fully with desktop based as of now.
Jan 10th, 2008 at 5:59 am
I don’t see why Microsoft would make changes like this - the old interface is the one that people are used to, and they are alienating their entire user base with this drastic change. Rather than having the software adapt to the user, they are forcing the user to adapt to the software.
Aug 5th, 2008 at 7:53 am
@Apok - I can see what you’re saying, but MS isn’t alienating their entire user base… they are making their products better-looking and better-functioning. My friends, parents, and I all like the new UI very much, though we don’t dislike the old one. It’s not like we were clamoring for a change, and I myself would still be on OO.o if it had proper docx support and a decent Outlook alternative, ie a life-manager that synced with ActiveSync (a OneNote alternative wouldn’t be that bad either).
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