Any way to hide ribbon?
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Any way to hide ribbon?
Is there a way to hide the Ribbon until I want to view it, as MS Office 365 allows?
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Re: Any way to hide ribbon?
I think I found it. I hit the arrow on the far right side of the ribbon itself, and that makes it disappear except for a thin horizontal bar, which if I click on it, makes it appear. OK that's good enough.
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Re: Any way to hide ribbon?
Hello, prr
You can also double click on any header to collapse/open the ribbon as if you clicked that arrow/pin icon. Beyond that, you can use F8 to hide the ribbon tab entirely and restore it afterwards.
Kind regards,
You can also double click on any header to collapse/open the ribbon as if you clicked that arrow/pin icon. Beyond that, you can use F8 to hide the ribbon tab entirely and restore it afterwards.
Kind regards,
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Re: Any way to hide ribbon?
is there anyway to set-up a shortcut minimizing the ribbon only - like in office etc
I only found shortcut to hide all the toolbars including ribbon-headers and document toolbars
feedback much appriciated
I only found shortcut to hide all the toolbars including ribbon-headers and document toolbars
feedback much appriciated

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Re: Any way to hide ribbon?
Hello fkagargamel,
Welcome to our forums!
F8 should hide the top ribbon (and the File menu). I do not think there's the option to specify a keyboard shortcut command to this operation: Kind regards,
Stefan
Welcome to our forums!
F8 should hide the top ribbon (and the File menu). I do not think there's the option to specify a keyboard shortcut command to this operation: Kind regards,
Stefan
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Re: Any way to hide ribbon?
Hello Stefan
thank you for the warm welcome and the quick reply <3
Yes I don' think so too unfortunately.
then I would like to humbly request this feature
thank you for the warm welcome and the quick reply <3
Yes I don' think so too unfortunately.
then I would like to humbly request this feature

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Re: Any way to hide ribbon?
Hello fkagargamel,
We would bring it up to our devs' attention, and ask for them to consider this request, however I can not make any promises in that regard, sorry!
Kind regards,
Stefan
We would bring it up to our devs' attention, and ask for them to consider this request, however I can not make any promises in that regard, sorry!
Kind regards,
Stefan
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Re: Any way to hide ribbon?
thanks for forwarding the request
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Re: Any way to hide ribbon?

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Re: Any way to hide ribbon?
Hello fkagargamel,
Just a quick update, our devs told me that for now they do not plan to make such a shortcut, and suggested the use of either F8 or the button on the right hand side to hide the ribbon entries.
Kind regards,
Stefan
Just a quick update, our devs told me that for now they do not plan to make such a shortcut, and suggested the use of either F8 or the button on the right hand side to hide the ribbon entries.
Kind regards,
Stefan
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Re: Any way to hide ribbon?
Dear Stefan
Thank you for the feedback. Much appreciated:)
That's unfortunate that at the moment there is no outlook to implement shortcut to minimize ribbon only - like there is in office.
Thank you for the great support
Thank you for the feedback. Much appreciated:)
That's unfortunate that at the moment there is no outlook to implement shortcut to minimize ribbon only - like there is in office.
Thank you for the great support
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