There are also several contextual tabs that only appear when performing specific tasks, the main ones are summarized below:-

The Drawing Tools - Format tab appears when you are performing any graphical functions such as inserting drawings or charts and provides various tools to create graphics, change colours, styles and positioning of items

The Picture Tools - Format tab appears when you click on an image in your document and allows you to edit it by way of cropping, colour correction, artistic effects, altering its position and adding borders

The Table Tool - Design tab appears when inserting and working with table elements and provides tools to change and configure the table style and layout


The SmartArt Tools - Design and Format tabs appear when you are editing a SmartArt graphic you inserted via the Insert ribbon


The Chart Tools - Design and Format tabs appear when you insert a Chart into your document and allow you to further customize it

The Header & Footer Tools - Design tab appears when you are inserting or editing the header/footer in your document

The Equation Tools - Design tab appears when working with equations in your document and allows you to insert symbols and change the equation structure


The PivotTable Tools - Analyze and Design tabs appear when you are working with a Pivot Table inserted via the Insert tab



The PivotChart Tools - Analyze, Design and Format tabs appear when working with a Pivot Chart inserted via the Insert tab

The SparkLine Tools - Design tab appears when you insert Sparklines via the Insert tab

The Slicer Tools - Options tab appears when working with Slicer filters inserted via the Insert tab