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Search function: where is the item in the ribbon?
I have a question concerning the Excel User Interface. When I search for an option using the Search field at the top, often I get the result I want, but I can't see where in the ribbon this option is to be found. So next time I need the option, I have to search for it again. I'd like to not only find the option, but also where it is in the ribbon, is there a way to do so (within Excel)?
Eg. in the example below, Excel finds the perfect menu for me, but it doesn't show where in the ribbon I can activate it (without passing through Search again):
For that you may click on next section, Get Help
and in opened right pane you may find related support articles which explain in details, often with screenshots, how to this or that operation.
Actions to perform, returned by Search, may have related icon on ribbon, may have not it. That's just another way to do something - you may use icon on ribbon, you may use shortcut, you may use Search.
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For that you may click on next section, Get Help
and in opened right pane you may find related support articles which explain in details, often with screenshots, how to this or that operation.
Actions to perform, returned by Search, may have related icon on ribbon, may have not it. That's just another way to do something - you may use icon on ribbon, you may use shortcut, you may use Search.
- OK, thank you!
