At first
glance you may think that the Ribbon is completely Mouse- centric. After all,
the commands don't display the traditional underlined letter to indicate the
Alt +keystrokes. But in fact, the Ribbon is very keyboard friendly. The
trick is to press the alt key to display the pop-up key tips. Each Ribbon
control has a letter that you type to issue the command.
Below
figure shows how the home tab looks after I press the
alt key to display the key tips, and then the H
key to display the key tips for the home tab. If you
press one of the key tips, the screen then displays more key tips. For
example, to use the keyboard to align the cell contents to the left, press alt,
followed by H, and then AL.
Nobody will
memorize all these keys, but if you are a keyboard fan, it takes just a few
times before you memorize the keystrokes required for commands that you use
frequently.
After you
press alt, you can also use the left - and right - arrow keys to scroll through
the tabs. When you reach the proper tab, press the down arrow to enter
the ribbon. Then use left and right arrow keys to scroll through the ribbon
commands. When you reach the command you need, press enter to execute it.
This method isn't efficient as using the key tips, but
it’s a quick way to take a look at the commands
available.
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