How to show Excel ribbon in internet explorer when hosting Excel workbooks

Question

Hi,

If Excel 2007 or 2010 ribbon cannot be appeared/shown in internet explorer, when hosting IE to open Excel workbooks then, why am I able to see Excel ribbon on the previous tabs every time when I switch between tabs? This gives me a clue that somehow, it is possible to show the Excel ribbon in the internet explorer. However, the ribbon is only visible in the previous tabs and not in the current tab. Has anyone got an idea how and why is this happening?

Kind regards,
Misbah

Answer 1

Ribbon has known drawing issues when being hosted in another program, no fix planned. Microsoft is discouraging embedding Office programs and the support may be removed one day. 

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