Normal Ribbon behavior?

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flacracker@mac.com - 23 Oct 2007 12:40 GMT

I'm new to Excel and learning the ropes...

The Ribbon is generally minimized to save screen space. When I click a
tab, the Ribbon opens up - and covers up the Formula Bar as well as
the first few rows of the worksheet.

Is this normal behavior?

The Ribbon in Word acts the same way. Clicking a tab on the minimized
Ribbon causes it to run over the ruler and the top of the document.

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Bernard Liengme - 23 Oct 2007 13:05 GMT

Yes, that is the way it works.
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> I'm new to Excel and learning the ropes...
>
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> The Ribbon in Word acts the same way. Clicking a tab on the minimized
> Ribbon causes it to run over the ruler and the top of the document.

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Jim Rech - 23 Oct 2007 14:01 GMT

>>The Ribbon is generally minimized to save screen space.

Just to clarify, you can choose to keep the ribbon minimized but it is not
'generally' in that state. The out-of-the-box setting is non-minimized.

Ribbon minimize keyboard toggle (for anyone who doesn't know this) ->
Ctrl-F1

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| I'm new to Excel and learning the ropes...
|
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
| The Ribbon in Word acts the same way. Clicking a tab on the minimized
| Ribbon causes it to run over the ruler and the top of the document.

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flacracker@mac.com - 23 Oct 2007 22:24 GMT

Thanks to both of you for the help.

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flacracker@mac.com - 23 Oct 2007 22:28 GMT

Thanks to both of you for the help.

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