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Excel 2010 Ribbon Parts


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Excel 2010 Ribbon



File Tab

The file tab opens the file menu. The file menu allows users to open, save or close files, add permissions, and view many different options within Excel.

For more information, see Excel 2010 File Menu.

Active Tab

The active tab is nothing more than the ribbon tab that is selected and currently be displayed below the ribbon tabs.

Main Ribbon Tabs

The Excel ribbon has several tabs that are displayed on the ribbon automatically. The tabs consist of some of the most common commands and actions, such as insert objects, formatting cells or data, and importing and exporting data.

For more information, see Excel 2010 Main Ribbon Tabs.

Tool Ribbon Tabs

The tool ribbon tabs are specific to certain tools.  For example if you create a shape you could see the drawing tools tab, or if you import picture, you will see the picture tools tabs.

For more information, see Excel 2010 Tool Ribbon Tabs.

Custom Ribbon Tabs

The custom ribbon tab is a new feature with the Excel 2010 Ribbon.  These are tabs created by the users to add macros, commands that may not be displayed elsewhere or perhaps they just want to organize a group of commands differently.

For more information, see Excel 2010 Custom Ribbon Tabs.

Ribbon Groups

Each ribbon tab consists of ribbon groups and ribbon commands.  The ribbon groups are another way of sorting commands within a tab. Certain ribbon groups even have shortcuts to other tools, menus or dialogs that help assist that ribbon group.

For more information, see Excel 2010 Ribbon Groups.

Ribbon Toolbox

The ribbon toolbox contains the minimize/expand ribbon button and a shortcut to Microsoft Excel Help.

For more information, see Excel 2010 Ribbon Toolbox.

Workbook Toolbox

If the active workbook is maximized then the workbook toolbox will be located to the right of the ribbon toolbox.

For more information, see the Excel 2010 Workbook Toolbox.

See Also

Excel 2010 Ribbon Location

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