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The Ribbon’s default location is at the top of the screen, but it can be undocked,
or floating over the drawing area, or it can be moved to a second monitor or
docked on either side of the drawing area. To undock the Ribbon, right-click to
the right of the tab names and choose Undock from the pop-up menu.
The Ribbon detaches from the top of the drawing area and floats on the screen
as shown in Figure 1.11. To dock it, click the title bar on the side of the floating
Ribbon and drag it to the side or the top of the drawing area. Experiment with
detaching the Ribbon, but when you are finished, dock it back at the top so that
you can more easily follow the graphics in this book.
FIGURE 1.11: The Ribbon after undocking it from the top of the drawing area
If you don’t want the Ribbon at all, you can turn it off by right-clicking to the
right of the Ribbon tabs and choosing Close. To turn it on, enter ribbon. You’ll
use the Ribbon throughout this book.
Using the Ribbon Tools
Each panel contains tools from a related family of functions. For example, all the
common tools for editing objects in the drawing area are consolidated in the
Modify panel. When more tools are available than will fit on the panel, an arrow
is displayed on the panel’s title bar. Clicking the title bar expands the panel and
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