What is Ribbon in MS Excel | Use of MS Excel Ribbon | MS Excel Ribbon | Ribbon in Details 2024

Ribbon in Microsoft Excel is the main working tool and contains most of the commands necessary to solve the assigned tasks. In this lesson, we will look at what the Ribbon consists of, and also learn how to hide it as needed.

If you’ve used Excel 2010 or 2007 before, then Excel 2013 will look familiar to you. It uses all the same Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar , where you can find commands for the most frequently used tasks, as well as Backstage view .

Getting to Know the Ribbon

Excel 2013 uses a logical group and tab system called the Ribbon instead of the traditional menu. The Ribbon contains a series of command tabs that provide tools for performing the most common tasks in Excel.

Home Tab Ribbon

Home tab contains the most basic commands used when working with Microsoft Excel 2013, such as copy, paste, formatting, and styles. It opens by default when you start Excel.

Insert Tab Ribbon

Insert tab allows you to insert charts, tables, spark lines, filters, and more, which makes it possible to visualize and visualize the data in your workbook.

Page layout Ribbon

Page Layout tab allows you to change the formatting of the book, including margin width, sheet orientation, and theme. These commands will be especially useful when preparing a book for printing.

Formulas Tab Ribbon

Formulas tab gives you access to the most commonly used Excel tools – functions and formulas. With the help of them, you can calculate and analyze numerical data, for example, find the average value or percentages.

Data Tab Ribbon

Data tab makes it easy to sort and filter information in your workbook, which is especially useful when the Excel workbook contains a large amount of data.

Review Tab Ribbon

Review tab provides a wide range of text editing options, including adding notes and tracking revisions. These tools make it easy to share and work on Excel workbooks.

View Tab Ribbon

View tab allows you to toggle the view modes of the Excel workbook and freeze areas for easy working with them. These commands are also needed when preparing a book for printing.

Contextual Tabs

Contextual tabs appear on the Ribbon when working with certain Excel elements, such as tables or pictures. These tabs contain special groups of commands that allow you to format these items as needed.

Some programs, such as Adobe Acrobat, may add extra tabs to the Excel Ribbon. They are called Add-ons .

How to collapse and expand the Ribbon

Ribbon is designed to make it easier to complete your current tasks in Microsoft Excel. However, if the Ribbon takes up too much screen space, you can always minimize it.

1. Click the arrow in the upper right corner to bring up the Ribbon Display Options menu .
2. Select the appropriate collapse option from the drop-down menu.
   • Auto Hide Ribbon: When this option is selected, the document is displayed in full screen mode and the Ribbon is minimized completely. To see the Ribbon, click the Expand Ribbon command at the top of the screen.
   • Show Tabs: When this option is selected, all unused command groups are hidden and the tabs remain visible. To call the Ribbon, just click on any tab.
   • Show tabs and commands: When this option is selected, the Ribbon is fully expanded. All tabs and commands will be visible. This option is selected by default the first time you open Microsoft Office Excel.

Hiding and Displaying the Ribbon

In order to free up space on the screen for a working document, the ribbon can be minimized in one of the following ways:

1. Double click on the name of the open tab.
2. Clicking the right mouse button on any free space on the ribbon will open an additional menu, in which you must select the command “Minimize the ribbon”.
3. Click on the “Minimize the ribbon” button located in the lower right corner of the ribbon:
4. Press the Ctrl + F1 key combination on the keyboard .
5. Click on the button “Ribbon display options” located in the upper right corner of the document:

And choose one of the following options:

• Auto Hide Ribbon – the menu will be completely hidden. If you need to use the tape, you need to click at the top of the screen.
• “Show tabs” – the ribbon will be hidden, but the tabs will remain, upon clicking on which the ribbon will appear.

  

• Show tabs and commands – this command is enabled by default. Clicking on it will return the ribbon appearance to its original value.

In order to display the ribbon again, you must use the same methods.