The ribbon organizes tools in logical groupings.
The ribbon provides a compact palette of all of the tools necessary to create or modify your drawing. It can be in placed in the following positions:
- Docked horizontally at the top of the drawing area (default)
- Docked vertically along the right or left edge of the drawing area
- Undocked, or floating, within the drawing area or on a second monitor
The orientation of the tabs changes when the ribbon is vertically docked or floating.
The ribbon is displayed only when a new or existing document is open in the drawing area.
Ribbon Tabs and Panels
The ribbon is composed of a series of tabs, which are organized into panels that contain many of the tools and controls available in toolbars.
Some ribbon panels provide access to a dialog box related to that panel. To display the related dialog box, click the dialog box launcher is denoted by an arrow icon, 
, in the lower-right corner of the panel.
To change which ribbon tabs and panels are displayed, right-click the ribbon and, on the shortcut menu, click or clear the names of tabs or panels.
Floating Panels
If you pull a panel off of a ribbon tab and into the drawing area or onto another monitor, that panel floats where you placed it. The floating panel remains open until you return it to the ribbon, even if you switch ribbon tabs.
Slide-out Panels
An arrow in the middle of a panel title, 
, indicates that you can slide out the panel to display additional tools and controls. Click on the title bar of an open panel to display the slide-out panel. By default, a slide-out panel automatically closes when you click another panel. To keep a panel expanded, click the push pin, 
, in the bottom-left corner of the slide-out panel.
Contextual Ribbon Tabs
When you select a particular type of object or execute some commands, a special contextual ribbon tab is displayed instead of a toolbar or dialog box. The contextual tab is closed when you end the command.
Check Boxes
Check boxes allow you to toggle an option on or off. A third, indeterminate state occurs if the setting differs for multiple objects.
Radio Buttons
Depending on the available space in the vertical or horizontal ribbon, radio buttons can collapse into a single button. A single radio button works as a toggle, allowing you to cycle through each item in the list, or as a split button, where the top half of the radio button is a toggle button and clicking on the arrow icon in the lower half displays a drop-down of all items in the list.
Sliders
When an option can be executed with varying intensity, the slider allows you to control the setting from lower to higher, or reverse.
