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think-cell adds ribbon controls—that is, tabs, groups, and commands—in PowerPoint and Excel. By default, the think-cell tab in PowerPoint and Excel includes popular commands from think-cell and Microsoft Office to help streamline your workflow. You can customize the think-cell tab, as well as other tabs, groups, and commands on the ribbon.

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The think-cell ribbon in PowerPoint
The think-cell ribbon in Excel
Customize think-cell ribbon controls

The think-cell ribbon in PowerPoint

By default, you can find think-cell commands on the think-cell, Insert, Design, Review, and Help tabs in PowerPoint. If your ribbon looks different from what's described in the manual, your organization may have its own default ribbon configuration.

The think-cell tab contains think-cell and PowerPoint commands that are organized from left to right to reflect the process of creating a presentation. To learn more about the think-cell tab's groups and commands, see The think-cell tab in PowerPoint.

On the Insert tab, the think-cell group also contains popular think-cell commands.

If you've installed think-cell but can't see it in PowerPoint, see KB0004.

The think-cell tab in PowerPoint

By default, the PowerPoint think-cell tab contains the following groups. If your think-cell tab looks different, your organization may have its own default ribbon configuration.

Group	Description	More information
Structure	Manage presentation agendas	Agendas
Elements	Insert library content, think-cell elements, and PowerPoint shapes	think-cell Library: Presentation resources Shapes and elements
Data	Manage data from Excel and Tableau	External data links Slide workbooks Advanced report automation
Text	Insert symbols and format text	Insert symbols Format text (Microsoft)
Layout	Arrange objects and match object sizes	Align and match sizes Swap objects
Color	Change font, fill, and outline colors	Change font color (Microsoft) Format shapes (Microsoft)
Quality	Clean up and sanitize presentations	Switch decimal symbols Replace and resize fonts Clean up and sanitize Change the proofing language
Collaboration	Share presentation slides	Send and save slides
More	Access think-cell resources, view program information, and update think-cell	Video tutorials Knowledge base Installation and updates

The think-cell ribbon in Excel

By default, you can find think-cell commands on the think-cell, Insert, and Formulas tabs in Excel. If your ribbon looks different from what's described in the manual, your organization may have its own default ribbon configuration.

The think-cell tab contains think-cell and Excel commands that are organized from left to right to reflect the process of working with data. To learn more about the think-cell tab's groups and commands, see The think-cell tab in Excel.

On the Insert tab, the think-cell group also contains popular think-cell commands.

The think-cell tab in Excel

By default, the Excel think-cell tab contains the following groups. If your think-cell tab looks different, your organization may have its own default ribbon configuration.

Group	Description	More information
Clipboard	Store copied or cut items to paste into files	Office Clipboard (Microsoft)
Editing	Clear cells, sort and filter data, and find and select cells	Clear cells (Microsoft) Sort and filter data (Microsoft) Find and select cells (Microsoft)
Font	Format text	Format text (Microsoft)
Alignment	Align text and adjust indents	Align text (Microsoft) Adjust indents (Microsoft)
Elements	Insert Excel-linked elements into PowerPoint	Create elements from Excel
Number	Format numbers	Format numbers (Microsoft)
Formulas	Resolve rounding issues, calculate the CAGR, use the Name Manager dialog, and audit formulas	Excel data rounding Calculate the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) Formulas and functions (Microsoft)
Data	Extract data from scanned charts and use Excel data management tools	Chart scanner Outline (group) data (Microsoft) What-If Analysis (Microsoft) Enter and format data (Microsoft)
Styles	Add Excel table and cell styles, and apply conditional formatting	Add Excel table and cell styles Conditional formatting (Microsoft)
More	Access think-cell resources, view program information, and update think-cell	Video tutorials Knowledge base Installation and updates

Customize think-cell ribbon controls

On Windows, you can customize the think-cell tab and other think-cell ribbon controls—that is, commands, groups, and tabs—in PowerPoint and Excel. For example, you can reorder controls for easier access to your most-used commands, rename controls, and remove controls that you rarely use. On Windows and Mac, you can also Remove the think-cell tab.

If your organization has its own default ribbon customization, or if you have installed other add-ins, these may override your changes to the ribbon the next time that you open PowerPoint or Excel.

For administrators

To configure a default ribbon for users in your organization, see Configure the PowerPoint and Excel ribbons. For example, you can customize controls on the think-cell tab, disable the think-cell tab, or only show think-cell commands in the think-cell group on the Insert tab.

To customize the think-cell controls on the PowerPoint or Excel ribbon, follow these steps:

Open the app whose ribbon you want to customize—that is, PowerPoint or Excel.
Right-click the ribbon and select Customize the Ribbon.
In the Customize the Ribbon dialog, find the think-cell controls that you want to customize.
- The think-cell tab: open the Customize the Ribbon dropdown menu on the right and select Main Tabs. In Main Tabs, find think-cell (Custom).
- All think-cell commands: open the Choose commands from dropdown menu on the left and select Main Tabs. In the Choose commands from list, in Main Tabs, open think-cell Commands > think-cell Commands.
Customize the think-cell controls on the ribbon: reposition, add, remove, or rename controls.
- To reposition a control on the ribbon, under the Customize the Ribbon list on the right, drag the control to the position that you want, or select the control and use the Move Up or Move Down arrows.
- To add a command to the ribbon, under the Choose commands from list on the left, select the command that you want to add. Under the Customize the Ribbon list on the right, select the group that you want to add the command to. Select Add.
- To remove a control from the ribbon, under the Customize the Ribbon list on the right, right-click the control that you want to remove and select Remove.
- To rename a tab, group, or custom command, under the Customize the Ribbon list on the right, right-click the control that you want to rename, select Rename, and enter a new name. Select OK.
- For more ways to customize the ribbon, see Microsoft Support.
When you're finished, select OK.

Note: The think-cell Commands tab and group are not intended to be added to the ribbon in their entirety. We include these controls so that you can easily find all the think-cell commands and add them to the ribbon individually. In the Customize the Ribbon list, in Main Tabs, the think-cell Commands tab is always hidden. If you select this tab's checkbox, think-cell Commands will not appear on the ribbon.

To restore the default ribbon configuration, in the Customize the Ribbon dialog, select Reset > Reset all customizations. In the dialog that opens, select Yes.

To restore the default think-cell tab, on the Insert tab, select Tools Tools Menu icon > Restore think-cell tab . If the Tools menu is not on the ribbon, first add it to the ribbon using the Customize the Ribbon dialog.

Remove the think-cell tab

You can remove the think-cell tab from the PowerPoint and Excel ribbons.

Windows

On Windows, to remove the think-cell tab, follow these steps:

Open the app whose think-cell tab you want to remove—that is, PowerPoint or Excel.
Right-click the ribbon and select Customize the Ribbon.
In the Customize the Ribbon dialog, in the Customize the Ribbon list, clear the check mark beside think-cell (Custom).
Select OK.

Mac

On Mac, to remove the think-cell tab, follow these steps:

Open the app whose think-cell tab you want to remove—that is, PowerPoint or Excel.
On the ribbon, go to the Insert tab. In Tools , clear the check mark beside Show think-cell tab .

To restore the default think-cell tab, in Tools , select Show think-cell tab .