Microsoft Excel 2013 Inside Out

Chapter 3. Custom-tailoring the Excel workspace

• Customizing the ribbon

• Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar

• Controlling other elements of the Excel 2010 interface

• Enhancing accessibility

• Installing apps

YOU NEEDN’T settle for the way the Microsoft Excel 2013 command and control system is organized. You can customize the Quick Access Toolbar and the ribbon, so if you feel that the Microsoft interface designers didn’t exactly have you in mind, you can make a lot of adjustments to Excel 2013.

Customizing the ribbon

When the ribbon was introduced in Office 2007, it was fixed—you couldn’t modify the user interface unless you were conversant in VBA or XML. In Office 2013, the ribbon is open for interpretation; you can freely rearrange command groups; change ...