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The ribbon is a user interface concept first introduced in Microsoft Office 2007. It is, in essence, a tabbed set of toolbars.

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How to translate a full excel sheet to another language with the Microsoft Translator

Following the guide at Best Ways to Translate an Excel File - 2021 Update , clicking on the Microsoft Translator ribbon under "Review", I could not find the "insert" button to insert the new translation in the cells. Instead, I would have to…
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Make Excel ribbon less gigantic

The ribbon in Excel (from Office Professional Plus 2016) is GIGANTIC. Compare the vertical size in the two images below: The top screenshot is from changing the ribbon setting to "Show Tabs" and then clicking on a tab such as Home, while the…
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Speeding Up the Ribbon in Microsoft Office

Has anyone found a Registry Hack or some other way of making the ribbon in Microsoft Office faster? I'm talking about load time. On every computer I've ever used Office 2007 or 2010 there is a slight delay (from half a second to several seconds)…
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How do I bring back the ribbon in Office 2010?

The ribbon in Excel 2010 appears when I click on Home or Insert or one of the other tabs, but disappears again when I go back to editing my document. I'd like it to always be visible - how can I get it back so that it stays there? Not sure whether…
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How to disable ribbon keytips?

Since Microsoft Office 2007, ribbon toolbar has been added. When I press Alt key, ribbon keytips will show. How can I disable keytips showing? So that when I press Alt key, I want nothing to happen, because I find it very annoying when I switch…
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Where'd my ribbon tabs go in ms-access?

In MS access 2010, if I create a brand new project, the ribbon has a lot of options and actions. But if I open an existing project, created in MS access 2003, I can't see any of those tabs. Does this just have to do with it being a 2003 .mdb? Or…
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How to get rid of macro leftovers in Excel?

Old macro workbook from Microsoft samples gallery left items on the ADD-INS ribbon tab, highlighted by yellow: These cannot be deleted or at least I don't know where to find them – see Customize Ribbon window open on the screenshot – they are not…
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Add "New Journal entry" to "Home (Mail)" ribbon tab in Outlook 2013

In Outlook 2010, I had a custom group in my Home (Mail) tab on the ribbon, which had (among other commands) "New Journal entry" in it. Everything worked fine. I had to upgrade to Outlook 2013, and now it seems I can only add "New Item" to the Home…
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How can I modify the Windows 10 Explorer Ribbon?

Trying to google this is driving me nuts and I don't know if it is even possible: Can I modify the Windows Ribbon with my own .bat files or whatever? Picture: I would want to add a few handy short "macros" to run things. Not even sure which…
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When customizing the Ribbon in Excel 2016 on Windows, what governs Group layout within a Tab?

Is it possible for the layout and format of Command items in an Excel Ribbon Group to be controlled by the user (i.e. through "normal" use of Excel, without recourse to XML hacking or UI editors)? Specifically, is it possible to control whether they…
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Is there a way to configure Currency or Accounting dropdown in Number Ribbon?

Is there any way to configure the list of currencies showed in the Ribbon (see screen shot)? My most used currency, $, is not available in the default list and I can't found out how to modify this list (which includes some currencies I never used…
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Are menus dead?

I downloaded Office 2010 and have been fiddling with Excel and found the UI to be excellent. However, unless I'm missing it, menus are nowhere to be found. Are they done?
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CustomUI for Word 2010, scrollable control (defined by XML)

I'm developing a toolbar for a new Word 2010 template (.dotm). In the picture below I'm trying to describe what I want to mimic: the scrollbar-look-a-like element thing which displays available styles (this is original Microsoft Word 2010). My…
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Excel: Keyboard shortcuts to navigate Ribbon Menu Tabs

Is there a keyboard shortcut to navigate between (for example) the Home Tab and the Insert Tab in the ribbon menu in Excel (2010). Like ctrl+tab in a browser to switch tabs. Pretty sure I've seen somebody do this but have been unable to replicate…
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Windows 8 Remember ribbon settings

Windows 8 explorer has ribbon interface and I'm frequently using it. The features I use most, located in View tab and Home tab. I never used Share tab. But if I'm setting something in View tab, during the next launch, It's shows Home tab by…
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