![]() Go back to the Simplified Ribbon, then click on the “ HOW TO CUSTOMIZE SIMPLIFIED RIBBON IN OUTLOOK While the classic ribbon isn’t customizable, the simplified ribbon is, and it’s incredibly flexible. It obviously offers many more choices, but it’s also big, taking up a lot of space on my screen, which is a problem if I’m not on some enormous 23″ or bigger office display. Very much a classic Microsoft toolbar that I see in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and other Microsoft office tools. To try out the Classic ribbon, simply choose “ Classic ribbon” from this menu… SWITCH MICROSOFT OUTLOOK TO THE CLASSIC RIBBON Now you can go back to the first image and consider: It’s the “Simplified” ribbon. Then again, I won’t be surprised if it changes to something a bit more obvious in the next few weeks…Ĭlick on the tiny “v” and a little menu appears: See what I mean? It’s rather silly to have it be so tiny and unobtrusive to the point where I would bet that over 99% of Outlook users will have that staring at them for months without ever once realizing it’s clickable and has an actual function. Remember I said it’s tiny? Here’s the control to switch ribbons: I’m not even going to ask if you can see the icon because I’m sure you cannot. To start, here’s my Outlook window with that new ribbon switching icon present: Not only that, but you can switch between them quite easily if you have noticed that there’s a tiny new icon that appears on the screen too. But there are now two styles of ribbon (toolbar) in Outlook, a ‘classic’ design that’s a typical complex multi-button style, and a streamlined ‘compact’ toolbar that just shows a few key features and functions. Since I needed to get to my email, I clicked “Okay” and didn’t think much about it. A tiny window popped up saying that my “ribbon” was going to change. That’s good in as much as it ensures that security patches are fixed and bugs are fixed speedily, but if it’s a user interface change, it can be jarring.Īs it happens, it appears that Microsoft rolled out an update to Outlook across all its users because I too had exactly the same thing happen. In fact, might change on a daily basis for all we know. It also means that the software and interface can change at seemingly random times because you no longer are downloading updates or new versions. Much easier to access all of your email and calendar through than worrying about apps and compatibility. One of the great things about Office online is that it doesn’t actually matter what type of computer or operating system you’re using: it’s the same on a Mac, PC, Chromebook, or even a Linux system. ![]()
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