diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/keytips/keytip_table/generated.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/keytips/keytip_table/generated.rs
index 79920b5b8..cde8066a4 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/keytips/keytip_table/generated.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/keytips/keytip_table/generated.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use super::{Action, Entry};
 /// whenever a pressed letter starts a deeper sequence, so only terminal entries are
 /// listed here. See keytip_table.rs for the helpers that read this table.
 pub const SEQUENCES: &[(&str, Entry)] = &[
+    ("F", Entry::Tab("File")), // Excel: File tab (Backstage view); Opens the File view on Home; its letters below still run their commands.
     ("H", Entry::Tab("Home")),
     ("N", Entry::Tab("Insert")),
     ("JI", Entry::Tab("Draw")), // Two-letter unit. Deeper Draw letters differ between Excel and GridCraft; left blank for future contributors.
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/keytips/keytips.json b/crates/ui-egui/src/keytips/keytips.json
index 59aeadcfb..729cf673b 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/keytips/keytips.json
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/keytips/keytips.json
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@
   "  - Keep entries grouped by tab and sorted by sequence within a group; the FIRST entry for a tab is its canonical badge (legacy aliases come after it)."
  ],
  "sequences": [
+  {
+   "seq": "F",
+   "kind": "tab",
+   "target": "File",
+   "excel": "File tab (Backstage view)",
+   "note": "Opens the File view on Home; its letters below still run their commands."
+  },
   {
    "seq": "H",
    "kind": "tab",
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index f2775656b..63cdeb1ad 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -1191,7 +1191,8 @@ impl SheetApp {
         if !self.chrome.file_tab {
             self.backstage = None;
         }
-        if self.backstage.is_none() {
+        // Keytips opened the File view (Alt, F): its letters keep working there.
+        if self.backstage.is_none() || self.keytips.prefix().is_some() {
             self.ribbon_keys(&ctx);
         }
         if self.chrome.title_bar {
@@ -1270,12 +1271,18 @@ impl SheetApp {
             && self.grid.renaming_tab.is_none()
             && (before.is_some() || !egui::Popup::is_any_open(ctx));
         let actions = self.keytips.process(ctx, enabled);
+        // Backing out of F to the tab letters, or finishing an F sequence, closes the File view
+        // that Alt, F opened: the command runs on the sheet, as it did without the view.
+        if self.backstage.is_some() && before.is_some() && (self.keytips.prefix() == Some("") || !actions.is_empty()) {
+            self.backstage = None;
+        }
         if before.is_some() && before.as_deref() != self.keytips.prefix() && !ctx.input(|i| i.pointer.any_pressed()) {
             // Leave pointer cancellation to the popup so clicking a menu item still works.
             egui::Popup::close_all(ctx);
         }
         for action in actions {
             match action {
+                keytips::Action::Tab("File") => self.open_backstage(backstage::Page::Home),
                 keytips::Action::Tab(tab) => {
                     self.run_or_alert("ui.ribbonTab", json!({"tab": tab}));
                     self.ui.ribbon_collapsed = false;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/ribbon.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/ribbon.rs
index a0ab5a339..75604ff3e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/ribbon.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/ribbon.rs
@@ -265,6 +265,11 @@ fn file_menu(app: &mut SheetApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
     if file.clicked() {
         app.open_backstage(crate::backstage::Page::Home);
     }
+    if app.keytips.prefix() == Some("")
+        && let Some(sequence) = keytip_table::tab_sequence("File")
+    {
+        keytip(app, ui, sequence, pos2(file.rect.center().x, file.rect.bottom() - 1.0));
+    }
 }
 
 /// System / Light / Dark, as in the View tab's Display theme box (`view.theme`).
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/keytips.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/keytips.rs
index 1cf286eac..a32abe82f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/keytips.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/keytips.rs
@@ -390,6 +390,25 @@ fn tab_letters_switch_to_their_ribbon_tabs() {
     assert_eq!(h.state().keytips.prefix(), None, "terminal tab units finish cleanly");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn f_opens_the_file_view_and_its_letters_still_run() {
+    use gridcraft_ui_egui::backstage::Page;
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, &[Key::F], false);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().backstage.as_ref().map(|b| b.page), Some(Page::Home), "F opens the File view on Home");
+    assert_eq!(h.state().keytips.prefix(), Some("F"));
+    // Esc backs out one level: the File view closes and the tab letters show again.
+    key(&mut h, Key::Escape);
+    assert!(h.state().backstage.is_none());
+    assert_eq!(h.state().keytips.prefix(), Some(""));
+    letter(&mut h, Key::F, false);
+    assert!(h.state().backstage.is_some());
+    letter(&mut h, Key::N, false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "file.new"), "F, N still runs New");
+    assert!(h.state().backstage.is_none(), "the command runs on the sheet, as before the view opened");
+    assert_eq!(h.state().keytips.prefix(), None);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn view_gridlines_sequence_runs_end_to_end() {
     let mut h = harness(blank());
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/keytips_generated.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/keytips_generated.rs
index 653554857..cece3b3ed 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/keytips_generated.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/keytips_generated.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ fn sequence(h: &mut Harness, seq: &str, text_first: bool) {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn keytip_f_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "F", false);
+    assert!(h.state().backstage.is_some(), "F must open the File view");
+    assert_eq!(h.state().keytips.prefix(), Some("F"));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn keytip_h_() {
     let mut h = harness(blank());
@@ -2741,7 +2749,7 @@ fn keytip_q_() {
 
 #[test]
 fn generated_test_count_matches_the_table() {
-    const EXPECTED: usize = 364;
+    const EXPECTED: usize = 365;
     assert_eq!(gridcraft_ui_egui::keytips::keytip_table::SEQUENCES.len(), EXPECTED);
 }
 
diff --git a/xtask/src/keytips.rs b/xtask/src/keytips.rs
index 36847222f..54c332c11 100644
--- a/xtask/src/keytips.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/keytips.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 use std::fs;
 use std::path::Path;
 
-const TABS: &[&str] = &["Home", "Insert", "Draw", "Page Layout", "Formulas", "Data", "Review", "View", "Automate"];
+/// "File" is not a ribbon tab: its sequence opens the Backstage view.
+const TABS: &[&str] = &["File", "Home", "Insert", "Draw", "Page Layout", "Formulas", "Data", "Review", "View", "Automate"];
 
 /// Commands whose empty-params behaviour depends on the host machine (e.g. the
 /// system dictionary). These are never probed; their tests assert "invoked
@@ -260,6 +261,10 @@ fn render_tests(entries: &[Entry], probe: &Probe) -> String {
     let mut out = String::from(HEADER);
     for e in entries {
         let body = match e.kind.as_str() {
+            "tab" if e.target == "File" => format!(
+                "sequence(&mut h, {seq:?}, false);\n    assert!(h.state().backstage.is_some(), \"{seq} must open the File view\");\n    assert_eq!(h.state().keytips.prefix(), Some({seq:?}));",
+                seq = e.seq,
+            ),
             "tab" => format!(
                 "sequence(&mut h, {seq:?}, false);\n    assert_eq!(h.state().ui.ribbon_tab, {tab:?}, \"{seq} must switch to the {tab} tab\");",
                 seq = e.seq,