Using/managing the ribbon

The ribbon contains most of the application’s commands.

Click a tab to display its contents: the name of the active tab appears against a white background.

Each tab is divided into different groups.

In this example, the Layout tab is shown, with all the commands related to Layout, organised in three groups: Page Setup, Paragraph and Arrange.

To see a description of a particular command, point to the relevant tool or button.

By default, the supporting text for a command is displayed in a screen tip.

To make the screen tip disappear, move the mouse outside the ribbon.

To minimise the ribbon and increase the amount of screen space, click the Collapse the Ribbon button images/13i08.png to the bottom right of the ribbon, double-click a tab or use the keyboard shortcut [Ctrl][F1]; you can also click the images/IC-003.png tool in the top right of the window, then choose the Show Tabs option

The tabs are then only visible on the screen, which increases the space allocated for the document. When you click a tab, the images/13i09.png

symbol appears to the bottom right of the ribbon, allowing you to display the ribbon permanently.

To display the ribbon again, double-click a tab or use the [Ctrl][F1] keyboard shortcut; you can also click the images/IC-003.png tool then choose the Show Tabs and Commands option.

To hide the ribbon automatically when working on your document, click the images/IC-003.png tool in the top right of the window, then choose the Auto-hide Ribbon option.