Share via

Ribbons look different in excel

Anonymous
2021-11-18T05:09:41+00:00

Hi,

I just noticed that the ribbons in my excel look different. It was fine when I used it in the morning and now it's very different.

Like the top row which has the quick ribbon looks like something has been added to it. The save option looks normal but the quick access items like save, undo, redo has moved a little to the top. If you notice the alignment tab, the wrap text and the merge & center options don't show the description. Only icons are seen. And also there is a blank space to the right of the ribbon, after editing option.

Please help me go back to the old ribbon because I use excel everyday and I am really uncomfortable with it now.

One of the options I saw was to check if my excel was in touch mode or mouse mode. I checked and it is mouse mode. Still it looks like this.

I will be really grateful for any help I can get.

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For home | Windows

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments

13 answers

Sort by: Most helpful
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2021-11-22T05:44:58+00:00

    I 2nd everything said here. This is a non-sensical, mis-applied change for the sake of appearing to be doing something that is in reality only doing something of negative value. The fact that it wasn't tested adequately, was applied indiscriminately and without user choice is just blissful developer ignorance. Reverse this backwards change. Geez, what a waste of time and energy.

    Was this answer helpful?

    5 people found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  2. Anonymous
    2021-11-26T21:04:19+00:00

    Rest assured, I did provide that feedback to MS first.

    Ran the full/online Office Repair proc as well. Result, no affect on restoring titlebar to normal height.

    Was this answer helpful?

    1 person found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  3. Anonymous
    2021-11-18T08:32:11+00:00

    May you send a screenshot of your quick toolbar options?

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  4. Anonymous
    2021-11-18T07:38:43+00:00

    Hi Ian,

    Thank you for your reply.

    I tried doing it and it did not work.

    Only the top portion's colour is changing and no change is happening to the ribbon.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  5. Anonymous
    2021-11-18T05:50:16+00:00

    Hi LTK_94, hope you're doing well. I’m Ian, and I’m happy to help you today.

    You can customize or reset you customize ribbon by following the article below.

    https://support.microsoft.com/topic/customize-t...

    To reset your ribbons into default, see steps below.

    1. Go to File > Options
    2. Select Customize Ribbon, click Reset.
    3. Click Reset all customizations.

    This is a user-to-user support forum and I am a fellow user.

    I hope this helps, but please let me know if you need anything else.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments