Expanded ribbon

The Ribbon was first introduced in Microsoft Office 2007 to replace the regular Menu and its drop down submenus seen in MS Office 2003 and the earlier versions. The ribbon is designed to help you quickly find the commands that you need to complete a task. Each command or button in the ribbon has its own corresponding hot key. These commands are organized logically in groups that are collected together under tabs.

The New Mail composer (Ctrl + N) also has its own ribbon and its own set of tabs plus a special format tab for you to manage word art and images.