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Ribbon

What is the Ribbon?



At the top of Excel is the the ribbon, shown above, which was called the Menu previously. It allows you to do actions on your spreadsheet.

For beginners the difficult part will be finding what you're looking for. A quick Google search will usually do the job.

Once you get use to the Ribbon you'll be able to find the action you need easily.

Like
  • Bold text
  • Use the Clipboard
  • Format text
  • Insert/delete rows or columns
  • Add a PivotTable
  • Find data on the spreadsheet


    Parts of the Ribbon
  • Tabs (File, Insert, Page Layout, Formulas, Data, View..)
  • Sections - ex. of Home tab (Clipboard, Font, Alignment, Number, Styles, Cells, Editing)
  • Special Tabs - these are context dependent, ex. Picture Tools - Format - when image is selected


    Menus compared with Ribbon

    The ribbon and the menu are pretty similar and do the same basic purpose. The main difference is that the Ribbon has more information.

    Where is it?

    The ribbon can be hidden and you can press Ctrl+F1 to show it.

    Why are parts of the Ribbon greyed out

    This usually means those functions aren't available for various reasons:
  • Can't paste if nothing in the clipboard
  • A dialog is displayed
  • You're editing a cell

    Hiding the Ribbon
  • Ctrl+F1


    The mouse wheel

    Hover over the ribbon and scroll the mouse wheel and the Ribbon will cycle through the different tabs

    How to create your own ribbon?

    There are many articles on Creating a custom Ribbon in Excel.

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