A friend recently was telling me that the ribbon which is a new feature with Office 2007 was taking a lot of screen space and that he wasn’t comfortable with it. I was also surprised to note that he did not know how to remove it. I assume there are a lot more people around the world who may not know and hence this post.

There are two ways of removing the ribbon in Office 2007 -

Removing the ribbon in Office 2007 – Type 1

Click the Down Arrow (as shown in the screenshot below) which is located to the right of the quick access toolbar and then click Minimize the
Ribbon.

This removes the ribbon from the top.

Removing the ribbon in Office 2007 – Type 2

Press Ctrl+ F1 on the keyboard and that removes the Ribbon from the top. Using the same keyboard shortcut combination, you can also bring it back again.