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Think of a ribbon as a group of context-sensitive toolbars designed to make your life easier. Each ribbon has multiple tabs; each tab contains tools suited for specific tasks.

You can, of course, click any tab to activate it, but the ribbon is context-sensitive. Note in Figure 3-2 that the PowerPoint ribbon has 11 tabs, including Home, Transitions, Animations, Chart Design, and Format. That’s because a chart in one of the slides is selected; were the chart not selected, you wouldn’t see the Chart Design and Format tabs.

Compare this ribbon with the one shown in Figure 3-3, where we've selected a text box instead of a chart. Note that the new tab, Shape Format, now appears on the ribbon and that the Format tab and the Chart Design tab have been removed, indicating that we’re no longer working with a selected chart but are working with a text box.

FIGURE 3-3: Notice the Chart Design and Format tabs on the ribbon have been replaced with the Shape Format tab.

Click the tab that’s already selected on the ribbon to hide it and leave only its tabs showing. You can also choose View ⇒ Ribbon on the menu at the top of the screen to toggle between hiding and showing ribbon tabs.

That’s really all you need to know to get started with ribbons. Trust us, there’s much more to come throughout the rest of the book.

You can add or delete commands from the preconfigured tabs and menus or create your own custom tabs from scratch. We show you just how to do so for each app in the coming chapters.