The Ribbon is the state-of-the-art user interface, introduced in Microsoft Office 2007. It provides easy and quick access to software commands.
Shortcut Keys
ALT |
Switches keyboard focus to the first link of the main menu. If bars already have keyboard focus, it is removed.
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Left and Right Arrows |
Navigate left and right through bar links. If the currently selected link is in a sub-menu, pressing these keys result in navigating to the neighboring link within the owning bar and expanding its sub-menu (if it is present). In this case, the first link within the expanded sub-menu becomes focused. |
Up and Down Arrows |
Navigate up and down through links of a sub-menu or a popup menu. The down arrow key expands sub-menus when their owning links are focused |
ESC |
Closes the currently expanded sub-menu or popup menu. If a sub-menu is closed, its owning button obtains keyboard focus |
TAB |
Navigates right through buttons of a bar. If a bar is oriented vertically, navigates down through its buttons |
SHIFT+TAB |
Navigates left through buttons of a bar. If a bar is oriented vertically, navigates up through its buttons |
ENTER |
Invokes the focused button functionality. Equivalent to clicking a button. |
F10 |
Shows all key shortcuts assigned to ribbon bar pages and buttons. Typing shortcut letters on keyboard invokes the focused link's functionality. Equivalent to clicking a button. |
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Mouse Double Click
When you double click on a ribbon tab you can hide ribbon pages to see only their headers, another double click restores pages visibility
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