Change working area size: show or hide ribbon, formula bar, and status bar in Excel

When you are working with a small screen computer, such as a laptop, or browsing a workbook with too much data, have you ever try to get a bigger browsing area by toggling the status bar, the formula bar and the ribbon off? If so, with this Work Area Size you can quickly switch among the following 3 types of working area size in your Excel.

 Click Kutools >> Work Area, See screenshot:

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 Usage:

Click on Work Area, you will have a toolbar with 4 buttons locating on your screen as:

Click on first button will reset your Excel to the normal working area size.

Click on the other 3 buttons will switch among 3 types of working area sizes in your Excel.

To hide the status bar with one click

Click the second button, the status bar below the workbook will be hidden.

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To hide the status bar and the formula bar with one click

Click the third button, the status bar and the formula bar will be hidden.

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To hide the ribbon, the status bar and the formula bar with one click

Click the fourth button, the status bar, formula bar and the ribbon will be hidden.

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Demo: Hide and show the ribbon, the status bar and the formula bar at once:

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Permalink 0 Terry Rosengarten
I have just started trying Kutools for Excel. I do not have the floating work area toolbar on my screen, so I don't know how to get my ribbon and status back. Can someone help me?
2014-08-29 15:28 Reply Reply with quote Quote
Permalink 0 admin_jay
Quoting Terry Rosengarten:
I have just started trying Kutools for Excel. I do not have the floating work area toolbar on my screen, so I don't know how to get my ribbon and status back. Can someone help me?

Hello, Can you see there are Kutools and Enterprise tabs in your Excel?
2014-09-17 06:06 Reply Reply with quote Quote
Permalink 0 Manjunath s
[quote name="Terry Rosengarten"]I have just started trying Kutools for Excel. I do not have the floating work area toolbar on my screen, so I don't know how to get my ribbon and status back. Can someone help me?[/quote
hi you restart the your computer so you will get on riban
2014-09-23 08:34 Reply Reply with quote Quote
Permalink 0 Marion McNeill
When I select work area the floating work are toolbar is no where to be found. Can someone help?
2014-09-15 12:02 Reply Reply with quote Quote
Permalink 0 admin_jay
Quoting Marion McNeill:
When I select work area the floating work are toolbar is no where to be found. Can someone help?

Hello, please try to apply Work Area as follows:
2014-09-17 06:04 Reply Reply with quote Quote
Permalink 0 Riaan
I have the same problem. I clicked on the work area button and the ribbon, the status bar and the formula bar dissapeared. I do not have the floating menu on my sheet. How do I restore my ribbon, status bar and the formula bar ?
2014-11-19 10:34 Reply Reply with quote Quote
Permalink 0 Riaan
I was working on my second screen. When I moved Excel back to the first screen the floating tool bar appeared. Why does the toolbar not follow excel to the second screen?
2014-11-19 10:37 Reply Reply with quote Quote

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