To see the ribbon again, just double-click any ribbon tab, or press CTRL+F1. If the ribbon isn't visible at all (no tabs are showing), then you probably have it set to Auto-hide.

What you can customize: You can personalize your ribbon to arrange tabs and commands in the order you want them, hide or unhide your ribbon, and hide those commands you use less often.

To quickly show the ribbon, click any tab, for example, the Home or Insert tab. To show the ribbon all the time, click the arrow on the lower-right corner of the ribbon.

Show, hide, reset, or share your ribbon, and add, remove, hide, or change order of tabs.

On the Word menu, select Preferences. Select Ribbon and Toolbar > Customize the Ribbon > Main Tabs. Check Developer and select Save. The tab stays visible, unless you clear the …

When you press Alt, letter or KeyTips appear on the ribbon by tabs or Quick Access buttons. The keyboard shortcuts in this table can be used to activate ribbon tabs.

Select File > Options > Customize Ribbon. To add a new tab to the ribbon, select New Tab. To remove a tab, in the Customize the Ribbon list, select it. Then select Remove. To add a …

The ribbon shows the actions available on each tab on your screen. While the ribbon is very useful when you are writing your document, you might want to minimize or hide the ribbon to …

In this topic Use KeyTips to access the ribbon Keyboard shortcuts for KeyTips Change the keyboard focus without using the mouse Other useful keyboard shortcuts for the ribbon Use …

Click Ribbon Display Options, located in the lower-right below the ribbon. In the list, choose either Show Quick Access Toolbar or Hide Quick Access Toolbar as appropriate.