Word 2007 introduces the Ribbon, which takes commands such as Paste and Find and categorizes them into tabs and groups. One of the first things you will notice is Word 2007 is that the Ribbon takes up a lot of space. If you are not a huge fan of this feature and want to get back some of that space, you can hide the Ribbon. It will still be available but disappears when you are not using it.

There are three different ways that you can hide the Word 2007 Ribbon:

  1. Click the down arrow to the right of the Quick Access toolbar and select Minimize the Ribbon.
  2. Press CTRL + F1.
  3. Double click the current tab above the Ribbon.