● Related but less common commands might be available in a dialog box or task pane, which you display by clicking the dialog box launcher located in the lower right corner of the group.
Tip: You might find that less commonly used commands from earlier versions of a program are not available from the ribbon. However, these commands are still available. You can make missing commands accessible by adding them to the Quick Access Toolbar. For more information, see “Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar” later in this chapter.
● Some buttons include an integrated or separate arrow. To determine whether a button and arrow are integrated, point to the button or arrow to display its border. If a button and its arrow are integrated within one border, clicking the button will display options for refining the action of the button. If the button and arrow have separate borders, clicking the button will carry out the default action indicated by the button’s current icon. You can change the default action of the button by clicking the arrow and then clicking the action you want.
The arrow of the Change Styles button is integrated, and the arrow of the Paste button is separate.
● Above the right end of the ribbon is the Minimize The Ribbon button. Clicking this button hides the commands but leaves the tab names visible. You can then click any tab name to temporarily display its commands. Clicking anywhere other than the ribbon hides the commands again. When the full ribbon is temporarily visible, you can click the button at its right end, shaped like a pushpin, to make the display permanent. When the full ribbon is hidden, you can click the Expand The Ribbon button to redisplay it.
Keyboard Shortcut Press Ctrl+F1 to minimize or expand the ribbon.
● Clicking the Help button at the right end of the ribbon displays the program-specific Help window in which you can use standard techniques to find information.
Keyboard Shortcut Press F1 to display the Help window for the active program.
● Across the bottom of the program window, the status bar displays information about the current file and provides access to certain program functions. You can control the contents of the status bar by right-clicking it to display the Customize Status Bar menu, on which you can click any item to display or hide it.
● At the right end of the status bar in the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint program windows are the View Shortcuts toolbar, the Zoom button, and the Zoom slider. These tools provide you with convenient methods for adjusting the display of file content.
You can change the file content view by clicking buttons on the View Shortcuts toolbar and change the magnification by clicking the Zoom button or adjusting the Zoom slider.
The goal of all these features of the program environment is to make working in the program as intuitive as possible. Commands for tasks you perform often are readily available, and even those you might use infrequently are easy to find.
For example, when a formatting option has several choices available, they are often displayed in a gallery of thumbnails. These thumbnails display visual representations of each choice. If you point to a thumbnail in a gallery, the Live Preview feature shows you what that choice will look like if you apply it to the selected content.
