Office Ribbon Too Big -- not a display resolution issue

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All Office application display the menus, ribbons, sidebars as way too large.

It is not an issue where going to Settings->Display->Scale & Layout, setting to 100% will fix it. I already have that set. I have also toggled the 'When using multiple displays options' several times within Office applications settings.

Everything else is just great with my display. All text within the viewing panes of Office applications is fine. For instance, in Outlook, the ribbon is huge, the sidebar is huge, I can only see about 4 emails at a time listed. However, where it displays a full email on the right, that text is just fine. If I lower the zoom level it gets too small to read. Also that zoom level does not affect the size of the ribbon or side bar. Same issue in Excel. Ribbon is huge, but the cells of the spreadsheet are normal size.

The file explorer menus and ribbon also display fine. All other non-office applications display fine.

It was working fine. I must have pressed some button inadvertently which increased the size of these items. Or maybe it was because I temporarily hooked my laptop up to a different monitor.

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Anonymous

2021-08-07T05:49:06+00:00

Hi Jspin77,

May I know which Office 365 desktop client channel version are you using please provide us with the detailed information about this, see About Office: What version of Office am I using?

Since you mentioned "maybe it was because I temporarily hooked my laptop up to a different monitor", have you tried to restart your laptop to check this issue?

You may check whether you have Turned on Touch Mode. If so, tap the Touch/Mouse Mode hand icon on the Quick Access Toolbar and tap Mouse to see if there any difference.

Note: If you don’t see the button or the icon on the Quick Access Toolbar, Press, hold, then release any button on the Quick Access Toolbar, then tap Customize Quick Access Toolbar. Under Popular commands, tap Touch/Mouse Mode, and tap Add.

Moreover, please provide us with detailed screenshots about the issue so that we can check to further assist you.

Your cooperation is highly appreciated.

Best regards,

Shyamal
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Anonymous

2021-08-10T09:22:08+00:00

Hi Jspin77,

I'm writing to follow up on this thread. If there are any updates on your side, please post back information above at your convenience.

Best regards,

Shyamal
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Anonymous

2021-09-07T12:24:25+00:00

Shyamal, I too have the same issue, having the ribbon and general text size as too large on my Office 365 online applications. Making the workspace (actual typing area) small.

I have tried the Chrome browsers' settings for display settings and another for accessibility. settings for text and zoom sizes. I tried to make everything as small as possible in hope of resetting but that failed.

You asked another person here what version they were using. I am not sure of mine, please let me know what information you need from me and how to get it?.

Thank you.
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Anonymous

2021-12-02T00:43:50+00:00

I have this exact problem. No responses have rectified. This happened after an update for me.
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Anonymous

2021-12-02T01:36:53+00:00

its hampering my work flow. sigh. Hello MICROSOFT?
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