Some people love the Ribbon interface of Office 2016, while others only tolerate it. No matter what your feelings toward the Ribbon interface may be, you can customize which icons appear on it so it only displays those features you need (and use) most often.
To customize the Ribbon interface, follow these steps:
Load an Office 2016 program, such as Word or Excel. Click the File tab. Click Options. The Options dialog box appears. Click Customize Ribbon in the left pane. The Options dialog box displays two columns. The left column displays all additional commands you can place on the Ribbon, while the right column lists all currently displayed tabs. In word 2016 for windows (windows 10), i regularly use small caps. I never use text effects. What i want to do: customize the ribbon, by modifying the 'font' subgroup of the 'home' tab to add the 'small caps' command, and remove the 'text effects' command.
- Load an Office 2016 program, such as Word or Excel.
- Click the File tab.
- Click Options.The Options dialog box appears.
- Click Customize Ribbon in the left pane.The Options dialog box displays two columns. The left column displays all additional commands you can place on the Ribbon, while the right column lists all currently displayed tabs and commands.
- (Optional) Clear a check box in the right column to hide an entire tab from view.Hiding tabs can be handy when you never use a particular group of commands and you want to simplify the Ribbon interface.
- (Optional) Click the New Tab button to create a new tab. Then you can click a command in the left column and click the Add button to place commands on a new tab of your own design.
- (Optional) Click the Reset button.The Reset button lets you restore the default settings of a single tab or the entire Ribbon. Use this feature to make your copy of Office 2016 look like everyone else’s.
- Click OK.
Customizing the Ribbon can make your copy of Office 2016 work exactly the way you want. However, if other people need to use your copy of Office 2016 (or if you need to use someone else’s copy of Office 2016), you may find that using different Ribbon interfaces can get confusing.
An important part of Word 2016’s interface is the Ribbon. It’s where a majority of Word’s commands dwell and where settings are made. These items appear as buttons, input boxes, and menus.
The Ribbon is divided into tabs, as shown here. Each tab holds separate groups. Within the groups, you find the command buttons that carry out various word-processing duties.
To use the Ribbon, first click a tab. Then locate the command you need by scanning the group names, and then hunting down the button. Click the button to activate the command or to display a menu from which you can choose a command.
- Some items on the Ribbon let you input text or values, or make other settings.
- Galleries on the Ribbon display a smattering of tiles. To see them all, click the Show Gallery button in the lower-right corner of the gallery, as illustrated.
- Use the dialog box launcher icon in the lower-right corner of a group to open a dialog box relevant to the group’s function. Not every group features a dialog box launcher.
- The amazingly frustrating thing about the Ribbon is that it can change. Some tabs may appear and disappear, depending on what you’re doing in Word.To ensure that you always see all the command buttons, adjust the program’s window as wide as is practical.
- Clicking the File tab replaces the contents of the Word window with a screen full of commands and other information. To return to the Word window, click the Back button or press the Esc key.