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5. Often, you may find yourself returning to the same tool on an
expanded Ribbon panel. When that happens, you can pin the panel
open by clicking the pushpin-shaped button in the bottom-left cor-
ner. When the panel is pinned open, it remains open even when the
cursor is not hovering over it.
6. Click the button again to unpin the panel, and then move the cursor
off the panel to collapse it. Regardless of whether a panel is pinned or
unpinned, it will automatically collapse if you change Ribbon tabs.
7. Holding the mouse button down, click the Modify panel title, and
move the cursor toward the drawing area.
The Modify panel becomes semitransparent, allowing you to place it
inside the drawing area to become a floating panel (see Figure1.25).
Floating panels display regardless of whether their host tab is current
or not. This feature can be helpful when quick access to tools on sepa-
rate Ribbon tabs is needed simultaneously.
FIGURE 1.25 Dragging the Modify panel
from the Ribbon (top), the Modify panel as a
floating panel (bottom)
8. To return the Modify panel to the Ribbon, hover over its title and
then click the Return Panels To Ribbon button shown in Figure1.26.
Return Panels to
Ribbon button
FIGURE 1.26 Using the Return Panels
To Ribbon tool to restore a floating panel to
its host Ribbon tab
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