Datasheet

 Right-click in the Ribbon area and choose Minimize the Ribbon from the
contextual menu
 Click the arrow to the right of the Quick Access toolbar and choose
Minimize the Ribbon from the menu
If you click a tab after you hide the Ribbon commands, Excel displays the tab
commands temporarily. The command display is hidden again after you select a
command in the tab or click away from the Ribbon area. Similarly, you can use
KeyTips to select a command when the command display is hidden.
To redisplay the commands permanently after you hide them, use the same
methods described for hiding the commands.
Remember: Excel maintains the hidden condition of the Ribbon commands if you
exit and subsequently re-launch Excel.
Introducing the Quick Access Toolbar
The Quick Access toolbar is an area of the new user interface that provides
quick access to commands. The toolbar is designed to reduce the amount of
navigation you have to do in the Ribbon to access the features that you use fre-
quently. The Quick Access toolbar is on the left side of the screen, above the
Ribbon and to the right of the Office button (see Figure 1-6).
The Quick Access toolbar is the only area of the new user interface that you can
customize by adding commands to the three default commands (Save, Undo,
and Redo).
Follow these steps to add a command to the toolbar:
1. Select the Ribbon tab that houses the command you want to add.
2. Right-click the command and choose Add to Quick Access Toolbar in the
menu that appears.
To quickly add some common commands to the Quick Access toolbar,
click the arrow to the right of the toolbar and choose a command from
the menu.
You can add an entire command group to the Quick Access toolbar. Just right-
click an area in the command group name (for example, Font) and choose Add
to Quick Access Toolbar.
Figure 1-6
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