It won’t automatically change the ribbon design across Microsoft apps, so you’ll have to toggle the classic ribbon in every Office app you use. This arrow acts like a toggle to switch between the simplified and classic ribbons whenever you want. Start by clicking on the small down arrow icon found in the far right of the ribbon. Here’s how to return to the classic ribbon. Whatever the reason, the simplified ribbon won’t be to everyone’s taste. RELATED: How to Toggle Outlook Between Touch and Mouse Mode Presumably, this is a move to help people working from home on laptops, or maybe it’s because they see the future having smaller, more mobile devices (although Office already has a touch mode designed for this).
Here’s the classic ribbon in the Microsoft Word web app.Īnd the new, simplified ribbon in the same app.Īccording to Microsoft, the simplified ribbon “is more streamlined to use less space on the screen,” which means that the company has hidden most of the icons so that the ribbon takes up less vertical space. The new, simplified ribbon has appeared in the web apps as well.
