How do I bring back the ribbon in Office 2010?

Question

The ribbon in Excel 2010 appears when I click on Home or Insert or one of the other tabs, but disappears again when I go back to editing my document. I'd like it to always be visible - how can I get it back so that it stays there?

Not sure whether the correct term for it would be "minimized", "hidden" or something else, but it's gone until I click a tab heading.

Solution 1

Right click on one of the tab headings and uncheck Minimize the Ribbon.

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Solution 2

In addition to @Bob's answer, there's a little icon in the upper-right corner. It's to the left of the question mark in this picture:

Comments

[edusysadmin]

For folks that like keyboard shortcuts this is also controlable via the combo 'Ctrl + F1'

[bwDraco]

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