{"id":392116,"date":"2024-10-30T19:29:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T19:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ribbon-not-activated-how-to-fix\/"},"modified":"2024-10-30T19:29:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T19:29:05","slug":"ribbon-not-activated-how-to-fix","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ribbon-not-activated-how-to-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"Ribbon, not activated (how to fix?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;There is one student who downloaded &#8220;the student version (free)&#8221; from Ansys. All other students are fine but for this student, the following error (&#8220;ribbon&#8221;) occurs:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;#1. After meshing, the student opens &#8220;setup&#8221; to apply boundary conditions.&lt;br&gt;#2. If one right clicks the top (grey) menu bar, one can find &#8220;Ribbon&#8221; with &#8220;check&#8221; mark on the left.&lt;br&gt;#3. THE PROBLEM: for this student, &#8221; Ribbon &#8221; (not checked) and there is no such top menu\/tools within the screen, unable for her to find out submenus.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Any suggestions, to fix this &#8220;ribbon&#8221; activate\/deactivate issue?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Best,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;Simon&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;College of Engineering and Computer Sciences<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/30-10-2024-1730316517-ansys.png\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-392116","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There is one student who downloaded &quot;the student version (free)&quot; from Ansys. 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