Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated September 16, 2023)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, and Excel in Microsoft 365
The Formula Bar is the area at the top of the Excel window, just below the ribbon area or the Formatting toolbar, depending on your version of Excel. The Formula Bar has two parts: at the left is the Name Box, and to the right is the contents of the currently selected cell.
If you need more room to view a worksheet, or you don't need the information provided by the Formula Bar, you can turn it off. To control display of the Formula Bar, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Advanced options of the Excel Options dialog box.
You can also use the Formula Bar option from the View tab of the ribbon. This option functions like a toggle—click on it once and the Formula Bar disappears; click again and it reappears.
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2023-09-17 10:02:14
J. Woolley
My Excel Toolbox includes the ToggleFormulaBar macro (Ctrl+T F B) to turn the formula bar off or on. The macro supports Undo (Ctrl+Z). Here is an abbreviated version:
Public Sub ToggleFormulaBar()
Const myName As String = "ToggleFormulaBar"
With Application
.DisplayFormulaBar = (Not .DisplayFormulaBar)
.OnUndo myName, (ThisWorkbook.Name + "!" + myName)
End With
End Sub
Similar macros include ToggleRibbon, ToggleStatusBar, ToggleScrollBars, and ToggleFullScreen.
The WindowDressing macro will toggle several properties for the active worksheet or all worksheets. See my comment dated 2022-02-23 here: https://excelribbon.tips.net/T009308_Controlling_Where_You_Edit_Cell_Contents.html
See https://sites.google.com/view/MyExcelToolbox
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