Using Microsoft® Excel® 2010

1. Getting to Know the Excel Interface

This chapter shows you how to customize the ways you interact with and see your work in Excel, both online and on paper.

Customizing the Ribbon

When Microsoft released the new Ribbon interface in Excel 2007, users couldn’t make changes to the tabs as they could the menus in legacy Excel. If there was a function you wanted quick access to in Excel 2007, you had to add it to the Quick Access toolbar.

With the release of Excel 2010, Microsoft returned the capability to customize the Ribbon. You can modify the existing tabs or create your own.

Removing Default Tabs and Groups

You can customize the Ribbon by hiding tabs or removing groups you don’t think you need.

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Hiding a Tab

To hide a tab, ...