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Brass Contributor

May 13, 2021

Is it possible to simplify the title bar?

I work in Excel and frequently need to move windows around my dual-monitor desktop. But the title bar is so loaded with stuff that Microsoft thinks I need (which I don't) that I am forced to make my ...

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Riny_van_Eekelen

Platinum Contributor

May 14, 2021

perkin_warbeck Under File, Options, Customise Ribbon you can deselect ribbon tabs you don't need/want to see. Or within an individual Tab you can remove groups of commands.

Press Reset to to undo all customisations.

perkin_warbeck

Brass Contributor

May 14, 2021

I'm new to Excel terminology, but the "title bar" (the strip across the top of the window) is not a "ribbon." The title bar is a windows feature. I want to customize it so that it looks like an ordinary Windows title bar with the application name (or document name) plus three buttons on the right side: minimize, maximize, and close.

Kohaku
Copper Contributor
Nov 06, 2021
perkin_warbeck Did you find a solution? I have the exact same question for the exact same motives.
- perkin_warbeck
  Brass Contributor
  Nov 06, 2021
  Kohaku No, I am still struggling with it. A narrow Excel workbook can simply not be moved without first enlarging it. I guess Microsoft expects us to be working in fullscreen mode.
  - davimack
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 30, 2021
    perkin_warbeck Kohaku The workaround I've found: Everything here with yellow beneath it will let you click/drag. That's everything from file name through user icon.
    If I shrink it down to the minimum size & still have something to drag, I end up with something like this:
    If you're going narrower than that, I don't think there's an option, or not one I've found.