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 tried 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.

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 Click Kutools > Show & Hide > Work Area, See screenshot:

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 Usage:

Click Kutools > Show & Hide > Work Area, you will have a toolbar with 4 buttons locating on your screen as:

Click on the 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.

hide the status bar with one click

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

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.

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.

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

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    davidrturner@gmail.com · 2 years ago
    I had the same issue that Marion and Terry had (3 years ago!) but I don't think the question was understood - when I select the WORK AREA button, the ribbon goes away & the spreadsheet window is maximized (correctly), but there is no floating 'work area' icon. Without that icon, there is nothing I can do to bring back the ribbon except quit Excel & re-start it.

    ** I have just discovered that 'work area' icon - it was floating on a second monitor!!! I didn't see it because it was lost in my other windows. I had to ALT-TAB to find it.
    I would suggest to KuTools, that you add this icon to the navigation window that is defaulting to the left margin.

    Also - when I restore the work area, my Excel maximizes in its monitor. I only want it to return to its original window size.
    This may be particular to WIndows 10, or Excel 2016, or something else, so it could be a bug; but if everyone else has this happen, then it should be fixed in future versions - perhaps add a choice: 'return ribbon & window to original size' or 'return ribbon & maximize window'?
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    Riaan · 6 years ago
    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?
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    Riaan · 6 years ago
    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 ?
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    Marion McNeill · 6 years ago
    When I select work area the floating work are toolbar is no where to be found. Can someone help?
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      admin_jay · 6 years ago
      [quote name="Marion McNeill"]When I select work area the floating work are toolbar is no where to be found. Can someone help?[/quote]
      Hello, please try to apply Work Area as follows:
      [img]http://cdn.extendoffice.com/images/stories/shot-kutools-excel/shot-work-area/shot-work-area1.png[/img]
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    Terry Rosengarten · 6 years ago
    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?
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      Manjunath s · 6 years ago
      [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
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      admin_jay · 6 years ago
      [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]
      Hello, Can you see there are Kutools and Enterprise tabs in your Excel?