You can click any tab to view its tools on the ribbon when you need one. Now the only things you see at the top of the application window are the Quick Access Toolbar and tabs. RELATED: How to Quickly Show or Hide the Ribbon in Office 2013Ĭlick the arrow on the far-right side of the ribbon to collapse it. If you’ve included the actions you use most and took it a step further by customizing the Quick Access Toolbar with our tutorial, then you may only need to see the ribbon once in a while. Now, if you don’t like the Quick Access Toolbar below the ribbon because you feel it encroaches on your workspace, here’s something to try: hide the ribbon! Show Only the Quick Access Toolbar and Tabs This lets you add more actions than what you see in the list. But others are application-specific.Īs examples, you can add actions to draw a table in Word, sort in ascending or descending order in Excel, start a slideshow from the beginning in PowerPoint, and find a contact in Outlook.įor additional actions, check out our how-to for customizing the Quick Access Toolbar. Some actions like new, open, and save are available across all Microsoft Office applications. Note that the actions will appear in the order you select them, not the order they are in the list.Īgain, the flexibility here lets you select what you use most for that particular application. Click the arrow on the right side again and select (checkmark) each action you want to display. The options for the toolbar include the most common actions for the particular application. Then, customize the toolbar’s actions for what you use most. Tip: You can also move the Quick Access Toolbar below the ribbon in File Explorer on Windows. This flexibility lets you only relocate it in the applications where it’s beneficial to you.

Meaning, just because you move it below the ribbon in Word doesn’t mean it will be there when you open Excel. You can move the Quick Access Toolbar in each of the Microsoft Applications that you want. And there it goes! That toolbar is now right above your workspace for much quicker access.

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