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Keeping selected tab on ribbon active

I am having a problem with the Ribbon Bar in Word 2013. By default when I open a document the "File" tab is selected. if I select another tab such as "Home" the tools and options come up for that tab but the "File" tab remains the selected tab (blue highlight). When I click down into the document, the "Home" or other selected tab option I just selected disappear and I am back to the File tab.
Obviously this makes the workflow very cumbersome as I have to re-select the tab I need each time I want to use the tools for it.
Any help is appreciated on how to keep this from happening.
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Just because the File tab is blue does NOT mean that it is selected.  Perhaps the issue is that you have the ribbon collapsed.  Double click on a tab to keep it displayed.
Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - MVP Office Apps & Services (Word)
dougrobbinsmvp@gmail.com
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Last updated October 5, 2021 Views 207 Applies to: