Trying to get the HOME tab to show while working on a Word document

Just because the File tab has a blue background, does not mean that it is the active tab.  Do you have the ribbon minimised as Jay Freedman suggested in his answer to the 2011 question?

In 2013, after right clicking on a tab instead on the "Minimize the Ribbon" that is visible in 2010, you will see "Collapse the Ribbon".  If that has a check mark against it, left click on that item to remove the check mark. 

I'm glad you did not Howard or else I'd not have found you were having the same problem as I.  Double click and the home row has finally returned.  But still...  Microsoft is just that much more despised by this user for playing this ridiculous game of changing/complicating Word for no good reason other than -apparently- to prevent anyone ever learning it for more than a brief moment in time!  I guess they are just trying to justify reasons for folks to keep updating versions so they can forever continue to $gouge people for Word - a ridiculously messed up pathetic excuse of a word processing program. 

Yup, I wish Microsoft would disintegrate into a pile of nothingness so another company with ethics might take their place.  

*** Double click and the home row has finally returned.  But still...  Microsoft is just that much more despised by this user for playing this ridiculous game of changing/complicating Word for no good reason other than -apparently- to prevent anyone ever learning it for more than a brief moment in time!  ***

I have no love for Microsoft. However, this feature is useful to many people. There are two groups in particular that benefit from it:

1. Those trying to maximize their screen real estate because they are using small monitors (or even tablets these days).
2. Those who use keyboard shortcuts for most of the commands they would use buttons on the Ribbon to achieve. Much of what people do with the buttons on the Ribbon can be done through keyboard shortcuts that date back to Word 97 or earlier.

To both of those groups, the ability to get the Ribbon out of the way of their work is important. It would be nice if Microsoft, in the beginning, warned people that they were hiding the Ribbon and told them how to get it back. On the other hand, if you right-click on any Ribbon tab in Word and you will get the command to minimize it (checked or unchecked).