Microsoft Office - Quick Access Toolbar

Pam S — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:33:46 +0000

Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010 added a new feature, a Quick Access Toolbar.

The toolbar is located in the upper left corner of the screen, next to the icon displaying the program you are using.

Mine looks like this in Microsoft Excel.

You can customize it for each of the Office products individually. Start by clicking the More arrow at the end of the toolbar. You’ll see a dropdown menu like this

To add or remove features from this toolbar just click on the name. If the name has a checkmark it will appear on your toolbar. Click again to remove the feature.

If you’re anything like me, you often wonder where you’ve saved a document. I added a box to display the network path of my document. Instructions are available at this link.

Happy customizing!

Minimize and un-minimize the Ribbon in Microsoft Office

Pam S — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:37:06 +0000

Like most people, I occasionally click something and the Microsoft Office Ribbon vanishes.

The ribbon is at the top section of the page and looks like this in Excel.

When the ribbon is minimized Excel looks like this.

Having the ribbon minimized is great if that’s what you desire. You can see more of the document/spreadsheet/database you are using. I prefer to see the available options.

There are several ways to minimize/un-minimize the ribbon, I’ll show you two.

1. Right click on the word Home in the menu and click on the last option. If you see a checkmark, the ribbon will be minimized.

2. Right click on the arrow next to the Quick Access Toolbar. The ribbon option is at the bottom.

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Microsoft Office - Quick Access Toolbar

Minimize and un-minimize the Ribbon in Microsoft Office