Increase your monitor real estate

Have you projected Word onto a screen for a team meeting? Have you projected Word using a low resolution projector? Have you noticed that almost nothing fits onto the screen?

Yeah, me too. And I desperately needed more screen size to show more of the document to the team.

Word 2007 introduced “The Ribbon,” a useful but large part of the Word window. Although removing the ribbon will not double the size of the screen real estate, it will provide a tremendous increase.

There are three different ways that you can hide the Word Ribbon:

1. Click the down arrow to the right of the Quick Access toolbar and select Minimize the Ribbon
2. Press CTRL + F1
3. Double click the current tab above the Ribbon

This is a simple but effective way to show more on screen. I hope you find it helpful.