Minimizing
and Maximizing the Micorosoft 2007 / 2010 “Ribbon” menues
One
method to remove the ribbon’s tool buttons from the display, to provide more
screen space
to work on your document, spreadsheet, database, or other Office application :
Right-click the “Quick Access Menu” to display this context meu :
Then,
click “
”to
display only the tabs on the ribbon, without the tool button :
Moving
the mouse cursor over each tab and clicking
will maximize the ribbon for ONE operation, the it closes again.
Another
method to minimize or maximize the ribbon is to double-click on any tab in it.
Right-Clicking
the Quick Access Menu displays this ‘context-menu’ :
Un-check
the “”option
to restore the menu ribbon to full-size :
Note that this also includes an option to
move the Quick Access Menu above or below the ribbon
