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Use of a ribbon interface dates from the early 1990s in productivity software such as Microsoft Word and WordStar [1] as an alternative term for toolbar: It was defined as a portion of a graphical user interface consisting of a horizontal row of graphical control elements (e.g., including buttons of various sizes and drop-down lists containing icons), typically user-configurable.
A ribbon was originally used to refer to a toolbar, but it now means a complex user interface which consists of multiple toolbars chosen between through tabs. A taskbar is a toolbar provided by an operating system to launch, monitor and manipulate software.
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The ribbon introduced in Office 2007 for Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word is the primary user interface for all applications in Office 2010 and is now customizable.
SmartArt, found under the Insert tab in the ribbon in PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Outlook, is a new group of editable and formatted diagrams. There are 115 preset SmartArt graphics layout templates in categories such as list, process, cycle, and hierarchy.
Office Remote/Microsoft PowerPoint Remote app and Office add-in to control presentations from a Windows Phone or Android phone. Automatic slide resizing/refit in Microsoft PowerPoint; New Office Open XML-based format, VSDX for Microsoft Visio; Flatter look of the Ribbon interface and subtle animations when typing or selecting (Word and Excel)
From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Leslie Stone Heisz joined the board, and sold them when she left, you would have a -6.7 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.
Word for the web is a free lightweight version of Microsoft Word available as part of Office on the web, which also includes web versions of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint. Word for the web lacks some Ribbon tabs, such as Design and Mailings.