Datasheet

Using the Ribbon

Ribbon Tabs

PanelLarge Tool Icon (Button)

Collapsed Ribbon Panel

FIGURE 1.19 The Ribbon fully displaying all panels (top) and with partially and

completely collapsed panels (bottom)

Ribbon Panels Similar tools are grouped together into a series of Ribbon pan-

els. For instance the Move, Erase, and Rotate tools modify objects. Consequently,

each of these tools is found on the Modify Ribbon panel.

Ribbon Tabs Ribbon tabs offer the highest level of organization; they group Ribbon

panels by task. For instance, commands related to plotting (printing) are found on

the Output tab, whereas commands related to entering text can be found on the

Annotate tab.

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