If you really wanted to, you could make Word 2011 look just like Word 2008 by disabling the Ribbon and then selecting View -> Toolbars and enabling the floating toolbars.Īll that said, don’t assume that you’ll want to get rid of the Ribbon before you try it. Or, if you want to get rid of it altogether, you can go to the Ribbon pane in Word’s preferences and uncheck Turn On The Ribbon. Secondly, it’s easy to make the Ribbon go away: You can hide it temporarily by clicking on an arrow in the upper right of Word’s window. Can I disable it and return to normal toolbars?įirst of all, it’s not an either/or thing: The Ribbon doesn’t replace “normal toobars.” Those toobars are all still there. We’ve answered your questions about Excel and Outlook now here are answers for Word 2011. A while back, we asked you to submit your questions about Microsoft’s new Office 2011 suite.
