Adjusting your ribbon display

The ribbon is dynamic and adjusts to the size of the application window, your screen
resolution, and your screen magnification. If you’re using a low resolution, one that
makes everything appear larger, a small application window, or a screen magnifica-
tion of more than 100 percent, the appearance of groups and buttons may be af-
fected. For example, a gallery or an entire group of commands may collapse to a
single group button, or button images may appear without labels, or buttons may
appear stacked vertically instead of horizontally. And when you are resizing an ap-
plication window, if there isn’t enough room to display the ribbon, it could disappear
completely. You may want to take a few minutes to resize an application window to
become more familiar with the dynamic ribbon changes.

To modify your screen resolution in both Windows 8 and Windows 7, right-click an

empty area of your desktop and then click Screen Resolution. In the Screen Resolution
dialog box, click Resolution and drag the slider to adjust your resolution.

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