Minimizing the ribbon

To allow more space to work with documents, simply fold away or minimize the ribbon. This can be achieved in more than one way:

• Use the Collapse the Ribbon option (the tiny upward-facing arrow) to the right of the ribbon to hide everything on the ribbon except the tabs. If you click on a tab, it will unfold the ribbon options for that particular tab:

After selecting the desired options from the tab, take your focus back to the document by clicking back on the document. The ribbon will fold away again.

• To display the ribbon permanently, click on the ribbon display options icon to the left of the minimize icon on the title bar:

This drop-down list also allows you to auto-hide the ribbon and to only show the tabs. Alternatively, you can click on any tab to select it and then double-click on the tab heading to hide the ribbon; then, double-click on the tab heading again to un-hide the ribbon. The ribbon display options icon provides another method of auto-hiding the ribbon and showing the tabs and commands.