User Interface
Opens the Select Your Preferred User Interface dialogue box to let you choose the user interface layout for Office.
The notebook bar shows a different way to organise controls and icons than a collection of straight rows of icons, displaying contextual groups of commands and contents for a quicker usage and better user experience.
To access this command...
Choose menu View - User Interface
User interface layouts
The User Interface entry defines which user interface elements are visible.
Standard toolbar
Classic mode with two visible toolbars – standard and formatting. The sidebar is partially collapsed and shows only tabs. Intended for users who are familiar with the classic interface.
Tabbed
In this mode, the bar is divided into tabs, where each tab displays a set of icons grouped by context. The context can also change depending on the object selected in the document, for example a table or an image. The Tabbed user interface is the most similar to the Ribbons used in Microsoft Office. It organises functions in tabs and makes the main menu obsolete.
Tabbed compact
The Tabbed Compact variant aims to be familiar with the Microsoft Office interface, yet occupying less space for smaller screens.
Groupedbar compact
The Groupedbar Compact interface provides access to functions in groups, with icons for most-frequently used features, and dropdown menus for others. This compact variant favors vertical space.
Contextual single
The Contextual Single interface shows functions in a single-line toolbar with context-dependent content.
Single toolbar
Standard user interface but with single-line toolbar. Intended for use on small screens. The sidebar is collapsed.
Sidebar
Standard user interface with expanded sidebar. Expert users who want to quickly change many different properties are advised to use this user interface.
When user activates additional toolbars, they will be saved in the user profile. Therefore, on returning from the notebook bar mode, all toolbars set visible before will show again.
The Tabbed and Groupedbar modes are also available as compact variants.
The notebook bar icon size is adjustable in Tools - Options - Office - View - Notebookbar icon size list box.
The notebook bar cannot be customised.
The current implementation (Office 7.4) of the notebook bar is common to Writer, Calc, Draw and Impress modules. A change in the notebook bar in one module will affect the notebook bar of the other modules.