If you spend a lot of time using several commands on a particular panel in the Ribbon you can simply pull out your favorite panel and place in the drawing area or on another monitor (if you have two). Simply right-click on the panel you would like to move and drag out to the drawing area (make sure you do not click on a command). For this example we will pull out the layer panel.
You can move the panel around by selecting the side tabs (dark sides shown below). When you want it back on the ribbon select the arrow as shown and the panel will be placed back on the ribbon where it was originally located. Even if you are on another tab!
