title: Exclude possibility of Ribbon in Excel 2013
body: <p>I've sought for a solution everywhere:</p>
  
  <p>I've made a user program (in EXCEL) where the user shouldn't be able to change anything concerning the formatting (colour, width, fonts, comments ... etc. etc.): the user is only capable to see the tables in the (visible) sheets on the screen and the tabs "chooser".
  The user can actively only edit in the cells. I use extensively sheet protection, shortcuts, scrollarea and my userdefined contextmenu to achieve what I want. With my +400kB VBAcode.
  It works perfect in Excel 2007 (and I think for Excel 2010)!</p>
  
  <p>For the ribbon to not appear I use:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Application.ExecuteExcel4Macro "SHOW.TOOLBAR(""Ribbon"", False)"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But not in Excel 2013! I use massively the [ALT]-key for my shortcuts, but when pressing it, the ribbons formatting options appear.</p>
  
  <p>I've seen examples using:</p>
  
  <pre><code>CommandBars.ExecuteMso "HideRibbon"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But it is not a solution as it is always possible for the user get to the  <em>Autohide ribbon/Show Tabs/Show Tabs and Commands</em> in the right upper corner.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to get "rid" of the ribbon in Excel 2013 and by no means (except VBA) to get it back. Specially the [ALT]-stroke form the user shouldn't be able to call it.</p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT</strong>
  I've added an image showing a section of what it looks like having NO Quick Access Bar or Ribbon in my EXCEL 2007. There is only the MS titleline, a plein table and some tabs (sheets) to chose.
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/62pU9.gif" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/62pU9.gif" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>