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5.10 INTRODUCING THE RIBBON

The ribbon is a feature in Microsoft Office programs from Office 7 onwards. Each program (Word, email etc.) has its own ribbon. It is a strip across the top of the screen showing what you can do within that program.

Mouse users see what they want then click on it in the ribbon. If you don’t use a mouse, you have a choice: you can either use keystrokes to go directly to what you want on the ribbon, or you can explore, working your way through the options to get to your choice.

To get to ribbon choices, press and release the ALT key. Next, press the Right Arrow and you will hear a menu heading for each press, "Home", "Insert", "page layout" etc. You can get to these more quickly by learning the keystrokes:

F for File.

H for Home.

N for Insert.

P for Page Layout.

S for references.

M for Mailings.

R for Review.

W for View.

Each of those options has further choices to explore with the ARROW keys, pressing ENTER on your choice. If you know the keystroke, press that to go more directly to what you need.

Exploring the ribbon is interesting and allows you to see what is available but you can sometimes lose your place in the ribbon. If this happens, press CONTROL and Function key 1 (F1). Then press ALT RIGHT ARROW and you will be at a simplified menu. Control F1 is a toggle key, so press it again to restore the full ribbon when you wish.

 

 

The Free Internet Cafe for the Blind & Visually Impaired, the first in the whole of Africa, which opens the World Wide Web, making The Gambia a leading light in Africa, with this technology by allowing free and total access to surf the net send and receive emails and for students to enhace their studies with the aid of this pioneering software. No more do they need to rely on a third party to read to them newspapers, magazines, books, letters and world wide information.