Ribbon and tabs

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The ribbon is a management style of keeping commands at the top of the screen. The ribbon management area includes tabs, panels, and icons.

1. Tabs contain a grouping of command panels.
2. Panels are a grouping of similar command icons.
3. Icons start the commands directly.

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The tabs are found on top of the ribbon directly below the Quick Access toolbar. Some of the tabs included are: Home, Insert, Annotate, Modify, Analyze, View, Output, Manage, and so on. The tabs also include WisDOT Design and WisDOT Sheets.

Panels

Panels are labeled on the bottom of the ribbon. Each panel contains tool/commands that are related to that panel. If the panel's name has an arrow next to it, select to see additional tools/commands. This is called a fly-out menu and once a tool/command is selected it will minimize.

Icons

Icons are tools/commands. If there is an arrow next to the icon, select it for a dropdown menu of additional related commands.

Minimize ribbon

To minimize the ribbon to have more drafting room, select the last icon within the row of tabs. This button has 4 options, and must be clicked each time to activate.

1. First click, Minimize to Panel Buttons
2. Second click, Minimize to Panel Titles
3. Third click, Minimize to Tabs
4. Forth click, Show full ribbon