Excel 2010 Bible

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CHAPTER

Customizing the

Excel User Interface

IN THIS CHAPTER

About the Quick Access

toolbar

Adding frequently used

commands to the Quick

Access toolbar

Adding commands that are

otherwise not available

A

software program’s user interface consists of all the ways that the user

interacts with the software. In Excel, the user interface consists of

l The Ribbon

l (^) The Quick Access toolbar
l Right-click shortcut menus
l (^) Keyboard shortcuts
This chapter describes how to make changes to two Excel user interface
components: the Ribbon and the Quick Access toolbar. You might want to
customize these elements to make Excel more suited to the way you use it.

Customizing the Quick

Access Toolbar

The Quick Access toolbar is always visible, regardless of which Ribbon tab is

selected. After you customize the Quick Access toolbar, your frequently used

commands will always be one click away.

Note

The only situation in which the Quick Access toolbar is not visible is in Full

Screen mode, which is enabled by choosing View ➪ Workbook Views ➪

Full Screen. To cancel Full Screen mode, right-click any cell and choose

Close Full Screen, or just press Esc(ape). n