[Clive[_2_]]

Can I move the ribbon from the top to the side?
At a time when laptops / PCs are going widescreen it is inconvenient to lose
usable height when there is spare width.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No, the ribbon can't be moved.

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"Clive" wrote in message
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Can I move the ribbon from the top to the side?
At a time when laptops / PCs are going widescreen it is inconvenient to
lose
usable height when there is spare width.

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

You can however minimize the ribbon and customize the Quick Access Toolbar
so that it has most if not all of the buttons on it that you will need.

I agree with you however that much better use could be made of the space on
the left and right of the screen.

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"Clive" wrote in message
...
Can I move the ribbon from the top to the side?
At a time when laptops / PCs are going widescreen it is inconvenient to
lose
usable height when there is spare width.

[Clive[_2_]]

Thanks to you both.

Perhaps Microsoft will improve on this in a Service Pack. Having just paid
to move to 2007 I'd hate to have to wait till the next chargeable release to
improve this feature.


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

You can however minimize the ribbon and customize the Quick Access Toolbar
so that it has most if not all of the buttons on it that you will need.

I agree with you however that much better use could be made of the space on
the left and right of the screen.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Clive" wrote in message
...
Can I move the ribbon from the top to the side?
At a time when laptops / PCs are going widescreen it is inconvenient to
lose
usable height when there is spare width.

[Cindy M.]

Hi ?B?Q2xpdmU=?=,

Perhaps Microsoft will improve on this in a Service Pack. Having just paid
to move to 2007 I'd hate to have to wait till the next chargeable release to
improve this feature.

I doubt anything will be changed in a Service Pack...

About the only thing you can do would be to get an Add-in, such as
ToolbarToggle, that will let you create your own "toolbars". (They aren't
really toolbars, but you can use them in a very similar way - including
positioning them where ever you need them.) Then you could put commands you
need for certain tasks, or that you always want on the side, on such a toolbar.

Http://www.toolbartoggle.com

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Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[PE[_2_]]

We just got a home PC with the appalling Ribbon. Looks like AmiPro 1996,
with symbols for the bewildered. A total and absolute waste of space on
screen - it should be moved to the side.

When it's possible under Windows 95 to move the windows and the program bars
to the side in order to free up vertical space, this is a move backwards.
It'll get to the stage that the amount of visible text will be the same as in
a typewriter.

[Julie Delaney]

Originally Posted by Suzanne S. Barnhill

No, the ribbon can't be moved.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Clive" wrote in message
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Can I move the ribbon from the top to the side?
At a time when laptops / PCs are going widescreen it is inconvenient to
lose
usable height when there is spare width.

This is quite disappointing the ribbon cannot be moved to either the left or right side just as Clive has stated. There is so much wasted space on the wider screen sides and harder to see what I'm working on when using multiple programs simultaneously. I do wonder if enough people stated their frustration would Microsoft reconsider this necessary? And if that's the case, could someone advise me on the proper channel to provide such information from users?