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This assignment will explain in details the function of the ribbon as well as those of each tab and its groups. According to Robert eta’l (2008; 4) a ribbon is defined as “a large strip of visual commands that enables you to perform tasks.” The ribbon is the command center of the Microsoft office 2007 interface, providing access to the functionality of the programs. The ribbon has three main components these are tabs, groups and commands.
Tabs look like folder tabs are the ones that divide the ribbon into task oriented sections. For example the ribbon in word contains these tabs; home, insert tab, page layout, reference, mailing, review and view when you click the insert tab you see a set of commands that enables you to insert objects, such as tables, clip art, headers and page numbers (Robert eta’l 2008).
Groups organize related commands together on each tab. For example, the home tab in word contains these groups; clipboard, font, paragraph, styles and editing.
These groups help organize related commands together so that you can find them easily. For example, the font group contains font related commands, such as font, font size, bold, italic, underline, highlighter and font colour. Groups organize similar commands together within each tab.
Commands are specific tasks performed. Commands appear as visual icons or buttons within the groups on the ribbon. The icons are designed to provide a visual clue of the purpose of the command. For example, the bold command looks like a bolded B in the font group on the home tab. You simply click the desired command to perform the respective task (Ibid).
In computing a ribbon is set of toolbars placed on several tabs.
Microsoft products released since 2007 have introduced a form of modular ribbon as their main interface, where large tabbed toolbars filled with graphical buttons and other controls are grouped by functionality. Such ribbons use tabs to expose different sets of controls, eliminating the needs for...