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The ribbon shows the actions available on each tab on your screen. While the ribbon is very useful when you are working on a spreadsheet, you might want to minimize or hide the ribbon to increase screen space when you are reading a document. Steps for showing and hiding the ribbon can vary depending on your mobile device.

  • On your Android tablet, you can show or hide the ribbon by tapping the up and down arrows on the upper-right corner of your screen.

    Up arrow

    Down arrow

  • On your Android phone, you can expand the ribbon by tapping the edit icon Edit icon. You can collapse the ribbon by tapping the down arrow Down arrow.

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