There is a tool called Ribbon Clicker that claims to do this:
http://viziware.com/
I don't know how well it works, as I haven't had a chance to try it out
yet.

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"CWFrizzell" wrote in message
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Thanks for the reply, but that's not what I'm after. I have the ribbon
minimized already. I want to be able to simply hover the mouse over the
specific tab (ie Home or Insert) and have the ribbon appear, rather than
actually having to click on the menu title. Trivial, sure, but a preference
I would like to have. Perhaps something along the lines of RibbonCustomizer
could make this work.

"Paul Ballou" wrote:

Right Click the Ribbon and select minimize the ribbon

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"CWFrizzell" wrote in message
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I would like to be able to leave the ribbon minimized and only show it on
mouseover, rather than clicking on the name. Is this possible?