Moving the ribbon

[xwb]

Office 2007/2010. Is there a way of moving the ribbon so it appears on the left or right?

I sometimes have to use a 1366x768 laptop. The entire ribbon with ruler etc takes up appx 180pixels. With a 768 height, that is 25% of your screen gone. The status bar and taskbar take up another 70pixels so that is 35% of the viewable area gone. I can move the taskbar to the right/left: that saves about 40 pixels so I can have 70% viewable. If I could move the ribbon to the right or left, it would help enormously, otherwise I am perpetually scrolling up and down, especially when the text refers to the diagram.

 

[Lilliabeth]

No, you can't move the Ribbon. You can right-click on a tab and minimize it to free up some room though.

--Lilliabeth

 

[xwb]

Thanks

 

[kjv1611]

You can also double-click on a tab, and that will minimize the ribbon as well. Then hovering over it will bring it back to full size.

"But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 15:57

 

[xwb]

I know about minimizing the ribbon: just wondering whether it could be moved to show vertically. After all, the screens are just geting wider but the height is shrinking.

My 8 year old PC has a screen resolution of 1400x1200. Current one is 1920x1080: lost 120 pixels vertically. My small portable laptop had a screen size of 1280x800, the new netbook is one inch wider but resolution is 1366x768: lost 32 pixels vertically.

When I open docs, half the screen is black because the paper only covers half the screen. That space could have been used for the ribbon then I wouldn't have to play hiding menus all the time.