How do I minimize, move or remove the ribbon. I need to have as much of the
page displayed as possible to do what I need to do with pictures and such on
office documents. The grid in Word 2007 helps, but not as much as seeing
more of the page while having print large enough to read. Is there any way I
can; A- Go back to the old menu system (Not as intuitive but MUCH more space
efficent), B- Make the ribbon go vertical like you can with the taskbar
(Would use the waisted space on a widescreen display), C- Make the ribbon
much smaller by shrinking or removing the 'pretty' pictures that take up so
much space. The floating windows that appear are a great idea that I love,
but the ribbon just sucks. Or should I just get an apple.
LOL! pcawley, I do believe there's a way to minimize the Ribbon. I don't
remember it, since after using the trial version of Office 2007 for a few
weeks, I chose to uninstall it and revert to Office 2003. I'm sure someone
else will post about how to minimize the Ribbon.
So long as you're using Office 2007, the only way to get the classic UI back
is to get third part add-ons that add one more tab with the classic UI in
them. If you search these discussion groups, you'll find that question
answered many times over. Some of these add-ons are free and you'll have to
shell out more $$$s for some. I recall trying out one of these. Per my
recollection, when the classic UI tab was displayed, the keyboard shortcuts
didn't work any more.
I do not believe you can make the Ribbon vertical.
As far as switching to a Mac is concerned, you might want to try it out at
your nearest Apple store. Office 2008 for the Mac retains the classic UI.
hth!
-- Gemini
"pcawley" wrote:
> How do I minimize, move or remove the ribbon. I need to have as much of the
> page displayed as possible to do what I need to do with pictures and such on
> office documents. The grid in Word 2007 helps, but not as much as seeing
> more of the page while having print large enough to read. Is there any way I
> can; A- Go back to the old menu system (Not as intuitive but MUCH more space
> efficent), B- Make the ribbon go vertical like you can with the taskbar
> (Would use the waisted space on a widescreen display), C- Make the ribbon
> much smaller by shrinking or removing the 'pretty' pictures that take up so
> much space. The floating windows that appear are a great idea that I love,
> but the ribbon just sucks. Or should I just get an apple.
| How do I minimize, move or remove the ribbon. I need to have as much
| of the page displayed as possible to do what I need to do with
| pictures and such on office documents. The grid in Word 2007 helps,
| but not as much as seeing more of the page while having print large
| enough to read. Is there any way I can; A- Go back to the old menu
| system (Not as intuitive but MUCH more space efficent), B- Make the
| ribbon go vertical like you can with the taskbar (Would use the
| waisted space on a widescreen display), C- Make the ribbon much
| smaller by shrinking or removing the 'pretty' pictures that take up
| so much space. The floating windows that appear are a great idea
| that I love, but the ribbon just sucks. Or should I just get an
| apple.
As with previous versions, r-clicking on the menu area brings up the
Options.
pcawley wrote:
> How do I minimize, move or remove the ribbon. I need to have as much of the
> page displayed as possible to do what I need to do with pictures and such on
> office documents. The grid in Word 2007 helps, but not as much as seeing
> more of the page while having print large enough to read. Is there any way I
> can; A- Go back to the old menu system (Not as intuitive but MUCH more space
> efficent), B- Make the ribbon go vertical like you can with the taskbar
> (Would use the waisted space on a widescreen display), C- Make the ribbon
> much smaller by shrinking or removing the 'pretty' pictures that take up so
> much space. The floating windows that appear are a great idea that I love,
> but the ribbon just sucks. Or should I just get an apple.
Thanks, that helped a lot. What I really need are the menus back. I guess
the ribbon replaces the toolbars and it appears fine for that, but I almost
never used the toolbars as the menu was always there and much quicker. Is
there any way to get the menu bar back (it would easily fit on the same row
as the reduced ribbon). The one thing I really liked aboit Internet Explorer
vs Firefox at least up to release 7 is that you could eliminate most icons
and reduce it to just the menu bar and the address bar (F11 keeps the wrong
things). I wish that I could still do that with IE7, maybe the new google
browser will do that. MENU BAR FOREVER!!!!!!!!!
"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
> Control+F1 will minimize the ribbon. The same combo will get you back to
> the normal ribbon.
>
> --
> Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>
> Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
>
>
> After furious head scratching, pcawley asked:
>
> | How do I minimize, move or remove the ribbon. I need to have as much
> | of the page displayed as possible to do what I need to do with
> | pictures and such on office documents. The grid in Word 2007 helps,
> | but not as much as seeing more of the page while having print large
> | enough to read. Is there any way I can; A- Go back to the old menu
> | system (Not as intuitive but MUCH more space efficent), B- Make the
> | ribbon go vertical like you can with the taskbar (Would use the
> | waisted space on a widescreen display), C- Make the ribbon much
> | smaller by shrinking or removing the 'pretty' pictures that take up
> | so much space. The floating windows that appear are a great idea
> | that I love, but the ribbon just sucks. Or should I just get an
> | apple.
>
>
>
Put your most used buttons/icons on the Quick Access Toolbar.
pcawley wrote:
> Thanks, that helped a lot. What I really need are the menus back. I guess
> the ribbon replaces the toolbars and it appears fine for that, but I almost
> never used the toolbars as the menu was always there and much quicker. Is
> there any way to get the menu bar back (it would easily fit on the same row
> as the reduced ribbon). The one thing I really liked aboit Internet Explorer
> vs Firefox at least up to release 7 is that you could eliminate most icons
> and reduce it to just the menu bar and the address bar (F11 keeps the wrong
> things). I wish that I could still do that with IE7, maybe the new google
> browser will do that. MENU BAR FOREVER!!!!!!!!!
>
> "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
>
>
>>Control+F1 will minimize the ribbon. The same combo will get you back to
>>the normal ribbon.
>>
>>--
>>Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>>
>>Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
>>How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
>>
>>
>>After furious head scratching, pcawley asked:
>>
>>| How do I minimize, move or remove the ribbon. I need to have as much
>>| of the page displayed as possible to do what I need to do with
>>| pictures and such on office documents. The grid in Word 2007 helps,
>>| but not as much as seeing more of the page while having print large
>>| enough to read. Is there any way I can; A- Go back to the old menu
>>| system (Not as intuitive but MUCH more space efficent), B- Make the
>>| ribbon go vertical like you can with the taskbar (Would use the
>>| waisted space on a widescreen display), C- Make the ribbon much
>>| smaller by shrinking or removing the 'pretty' pictures that take up
>>| so much space. The floating windows that appear are a great idea
>>| that I love, but the ribbon just sucks. Or should I just get an
>>| apple.
>>
>>
>>
Google's Chrome browser has no menu bar It does have an icon that includes a Menu drop down with Print, etc on it. Most
surprising thing on it for me was that even though it imports history, favorites/bookmarks, etc, it set the default behavior for
cookies to allow them all, which wasn't what was in the other browsers It does have an Easter egg though
In the address bar type
about:internets
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<<"pcawley" <pcawley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:32C46526-3E5B-4CE6-BF08-A03340A844AE@microsoft.com...
Thanks, that helped a lot. What I really need are the menus back. I guess
the ribbon replaces the toolbars and it appears fine for that, but I almost
never used the toolbars as the menu was always there and much quicker. Is
there any way to get the menu bar back (it would easily fit on the same row
as the reduced ribbon). The one thing I really liked aboit Internet Explorer
vs Firefox at least up to release 7 is that you could eliminate most icons
and reduce it to just the menu bar and the address bar (F11 keeps the wrong
things). I wish that I could still do that with IE7, maybe the new google
browser will do that. MENU BAR FOREVER!!!!!!!!! >>
--
Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP
*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
Gemini wrote:
> LOL! pcawley, I do believe there's a way to minimize the Ribbon. I don't
> remember it, since after using the trial version of Office 2007 for a few
> weeks, I chose to uninstall it and revert to Office 2003.
just out of curiosity, if you don't use Office 2007, why are you here?
Other than to just stir up the s**t with your never ending anti ribbon
posts?? FYI there are plenty of users who have no problem with the
ribbon...count me as one of them
ddpcad wrote:
> Gemini wrote:
>> LOL! pcawley, I do believe there's a way to minimize the Ribbon. I
>> don't remember it, since after using the trial version of Office 2007
>> for a few weeks, I chose to uninstall it and revert to Office 2003.
>
> just out of curiosity, if you don't use Office 2007, why are you here?
> Other than to just stir up the s**t with your never ending anti ribbon
> posts?? FYI there are plenty of users who have no problem with the
> ribbon...count me as one of them
>
> flame away 2003 user
> Dave
> DDP
well, I apologize for my misconception that this is an Office 2007 only
group, so stay if you like. I still like the Ribbon
ddpcad, apology accepted. I initially came here to find out if there was a
way to revert to the classic UI, since I found the Ribbon to be illogical,
non-intuitive and slow (and hence a productivity killer). I was using the
Office 2007 trial version. The fact that Excel kept crashing intermittently
didn't help one little bit.
There are many who don't like the Ribbon, for one reason or another.
However, some pro-Ribbon posters here don't seem to understand the fact that
no matter how much they argue or deride those who don't share their
enthusiasm about the Ribbon, they're not going to win over those who don't
like the Ribbon.
BTW, when I used the trial version, I had absolutely no preconceived notions
about the new UI. Having done plenty of UI and software design during my
software design/development days, I can see how the Ribbon might be helpful
to some, esp. novice users. However, imho, it does not suit me at all.
Perhaps that'll explain why I visit this group.
-- Gemini
"ddpcad" wrote:
> ddpcad wrote:
> > Gemini wrote:
> >> LOL! pcawley, I do believe there's a way to minimize the Ribbon. I
> >> don't remember it, since after using the trial version of Office 2007
> >> for a few weeks, I chose to uninstall it and revert to Office 2003.
> >
> > just out of curiosity, if you don't use Office 2007, why are you here?
> > Other than to just stir up the s**t with your never ending anti ribbon
> > posts?? FYI there are plenty of users who have no problem with the
> > ribbon...count me as one of them
> >
> > flame away 2003 user
> > Dave
> > DDP
>
> well, I apologize for my misconception that this is an Office 2007 only
> group, so stay if you like. I still like the Ribbon
>
Removing the Ribbon 
It does have an icon that includes a Menu drop down with Print, etc on it. Most
Linear Mode
