Ribbons (general)

This page is about all the ribbons that memoQ uses, except for the ribbons in the memoQ online project window.

You can customize the Workflow and the Quick Access ribbon, as well as the Quick access toolbar: The Help pages describe the default settings only.

To learn more about each ribbon, click their name below:

Ribbon basics

A ribbon contains icons. To use a command, click an icon.

There can be several ribbons in the memoQ window. Each ribbon has a tab. To bring a ribbon to the top, click its tab (the area with the red border):

ribbon-tabs

Sometimes an icon opens a menu:

archive-menu

Sometimes an icon starts a command, but it can also open a menu. To open the menu, click the label - the text - below the icon (the area with the red border):

new-project-menu

If you just click the icon, it will start one of the commands.

If you make the memoQ window smaller - or your screen is too small -, some icons will get smaller, lose their text, or disappear entirely:

smaller-ribbon

You cannot see all the ribbons all the time. memoQ displays a ribbon if its commands make sense at the place you are.

For example, the Edit ribbon will appear only when you are editing a document.

If you need more screen space, you can hide the ribbon. To do that, right-click anywhere on the ribbon. From the menu, choose Minimize The Ribbon. Or, click the little up arrow icon in the upper right corner of the memoQ window (the area with the red border):

minimize-the-ribbon

When the ribbon is hidden, you need to click the same button again to see it:

reveal-the-ribbon

Customizing the ribbons

You can customize the following ribbons: