Purpose — customize the ribbon in Excel to add and arrange commands
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There are some commands in Excel which are not on the ribbon by default, or you may want to rearrange how the commands are organised on the ribbon.
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Video — add new commands to a new tab and group in Excel’s ribbon
Method — (shown in video above) customize the ribbon in Excel
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- Select the small dropdown arrow at the end of the Quick Access Toolbar — the dropdown is headed ‘Customize Quick Access Toolbar‘, but it also gives you access to customizing the ribbon.
- Select ‘Customize ribbon’.
- Add a new tab, and group and rename them.
- Select your own set of commands to appear in the new tab.