U*nexplained ribbon change

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When I installed Excel 2010, I found Home > Styles > Cell style
presented me with default cell colors for four types of cells: Normal,
Good, Bad, Neutral.

Today that color display has disappeared, collapsed into the Styles
button. If I expand the button I can see the missing display. How can
I get it back on the ribbon? To the best of my knowledge, I haven't
changed anything.

Dick
 
When I installed Excel 2010, I found Home > Styles > Cell style
presented me with default cell colors for four types of cells: Normal,
Good, Bad, Neutral.

Today that color display has disappeared, collapsed into the Styles
button. If I expand the button I can see the missing display. How can
I get it back on the ribbon? To the best of my knowledge, I haven't
changed anything.

Dick
Click to expand...

Right click on the bar at the bottom of the styles tab and select
"customize the ribbon".

In that, you select "main tabs" and then "home" and "styles", and then
select the commands you want added.

If the color boxes are there in that list, they will then appear when
you check them.
 
Right click on the bar at the bottom of the styles tab and select
"customize the ribbon".

In that, you select "main tabs" and then "home" and "styles", and then
select the commands you want added.

If the color boxes are there in that list, they will then appear when
you check them.
Click to expand...

Just found your problem.

The new package (2010) AND 2013 AUTO-Sizes the ribbon.

So, IF you maximize the window, it will likely re-appear.
I found this as my 2013 install also has your dialogs missing.

UNTILL I stretched the window across my screen ad they started popping
into their old familiar places.

So stretch your window or maximize it. Removing ribbon elements you do
not use much also leaves those elements you do often use remaining.
 
When I installed Excel 2010, I found Home > Styles > Cell style
presented me with default cell colors for four types of cells: Normal,
Good, Bad, Neutral.

Today that color display has disappeared, collapsed into the Styles
button. If I expand the button I can see the missing display. How can
I get it back on the ribbon? To the best of my knowledge, I haven't
Click to expand...

Expand your Excel window back to full size.

Excel doesn't want you to have to scroll the ribbon horizontally, so
when the window isn't wide enough it collapses some of the ribbon
icons into groups.
 
When I installed Excel 2010, I found Home > Styles > Cell style
presented me with default cell colors for four types of cells: Normal,
Good, Bad, Neutral.

Today that color display has disappeared, collapsed into the Styles
button. If I expand the button I can see the missing display. How can
I get it back on the ribbon? To the best of my knowledge, I haven't
changed anything.
Click to expand...

Upon further investigation, I found a note that says the formatted
style boxes show if the window is wide enough.

Given that I haven't done anything to the window width, where did they
go? Other than maximizing the window, is there any way to increase
width?
 
Upon further investigation, I found a note that says the formatted
style boxes show if the window is wide enough.

Given that I haven't done anything to the window width, where did they
go?
Click to expand...

Apparently, there are more ribbon elements than in the previous
version.
Other than maximizing the window, is there any way to increase
width?
Click to expand...

I think you can shuffle the element positions. Turning OFF those
elements you do not use helps as well. They refer to it as
"customization".

You remove commands you do not use. That parses the ribbon elements
down, and yours are more likely to be visible again.
 
Right click on the bar at the bottom of the styles tab and select
"customize the ribbon".

In that, you select "main tabs" and then "home" and "styles", and then
select the commands you want added.

If the color boxes are there in that list, they will then appear when
you check them.
Click to expand...

That's not the problem. The colored tabs used to appera by default now
they don't. I didin't add anything that oulwd have made them go away.
Yesterday they were there, today they are not.

I did fiddle with some desktop properties (icon size, spacing, label
size). Does that have any effect on applications?
 
Just found your problem.

The new package (2010) AND 2013 AUTO-Sizes the ribbon.

So, IF you maximize the window, it will likely re-appear.
I found this as my 2013 install also has your dialogs missing.
Click to expand...
UNTILL I stretched the window across my screen ad they started popping
into their old familiar places.

So stretch your window or maximize it.
Click to expand...

It's already maziimized.
Removing ribbon elements you do
not use much also leaves those elements you do often use remaining.
Click to expand...

I shouldn't have to remove anything as the cell styles were displayed
with all the elements currently on the ribbon.
 
Apparently, there are more ribbon elements than in the previous
version.
Click to expand...

There is no previous version involved. I've been using 2010 for months
and the cell styles have been displayed. I didn't upgrade anything.
I think you can shuffle the element positions. Turning OFF those
elements you do not use helps as well. They refer to it as
"customization".

You remove commands you do not use. That parses the ribbon elements
down, and yours are more likely to be visible again.
Click to expand...

As I said earleir, the cell styles have been displayed with the ribbon
elements as they are. The styles literally disappeared overnight.
 
That's not the problem. The colored tabs used to appera by default now
they don't. I didin't add anything that oulwd have made them go away.
Yesterday they were there, today they are not.

I did fiddle with some desktop properties (icon size, spacing, label
size). Does that have any effect on applications?
Click to expand...

Apparently it does. I had set the font size to Large expecting it to
only affect the desktop labels but apparently it affects Microsoft
apps as well.
 
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