Hi Art,
If you click the office button in the top right of the access window, choose
options at the bottom right, choose 'current database', then scroll down you
will see some ribbon/toolbar options.
I haven't played with them, so I can't add much more. I'm pretty sure you
could use some vba to loop through the collection of toolbars and hid/show
them, if you couldn't get where you needed to go using the built in options
I've pointed out coupled with making your own toolbars....
Hope that helps,
John Cocktoastton