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The Open dialog box appears and lists the files you can recover for the application you are
using. Select the file you want and then click Open to open it in the application. And if you
to want to keep that file, make sure you save your changes.

Customizing the user interface

In the first section of this chapter, you explored the user interface and became familiar with
terminology and product-specific functionality. The next step is to personalize your Office
surroundings to help you settle in and begin making yourself at home.

Here are some of the ways you can customize your user interface:

▪▪ To free up space on your screen, you can set the ribbon to auto-hide or you can
toggle the ribbon between a collapsed and expanded state. A ribbon set to auto-hide
is hidden from view. A collapsed state shows only the tabs, and the expanded state
shows both the tabs and the commands.

▪▪ Set the Quick Access Toolbar to appear above or below the ribbon.
▪▪ Add additional commands to the Quick Access Toolbar or remove commands you
don’t need.

▪▪ Choose the information you prefer to display in the status bar, if applicable to the
application.

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