How to reduce the size of quick access toolbar icons? (Office 2016)

Anonymous
2015-09-22T22:39:10+00:00

With the update to Office 2016 the Quick Access Toolbar icons were enlarged.

I used to have a filled Quick Access toolbar for Excel and now they do not fit defeating the purpose.

Is there any way to reduce the size of Quick Access Toolbar items?

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Anonymous
2015-11-05T18:00:03+00:00

Folks, our shared UX controls team have been following this thread, as well as your requests on UserVoice and are spinning up some work to address your concerns. I can't promise a specific date for getting this work out to you all, but they recognize the impact this has had on those of you who work with customized QAT and are moving very quickly.

When they're done you'll see the improvement arrive as part of the regular updates we send all subscription customers.

Thanks again for the clear feedback, both here and on UserVoice - keep it coming!

Cheers...pc

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-02-26T08:40:20+00:00

    Below is a copy of a post I wrote 02/17/16 - I don't know if it will solve your problem, but it worked for me...

    THE QAT IS BACK!  Sorry for shouting, but I am so happy the "Quick" is back in the QAT.  After reading Lee Coventry's post, I manually updated et voila, little buttons with little spacing.  And the Touch/Mouse Modeactually works.  Many, many thanks.

    Just one question, however - even though my account page reads "Updates are automatically updated and installed," I had to run U****pdate Now to get the update.  ???

    SO glad QAT is fixed...

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-02-24T07:54:31+00:00

    > or at lease we should be given the option.

    We should ALWAYS be given the option - but somehow Micrtosoft fails to see that, when making new stuff!

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-02-24T05:09:00+00:00

    Hello...any luck with this yet?  I'm one of those who customized my QAT, and now a quarter of my bar is "missing" (sure, it's an extra click away, but, isn't that the point of the QAT is to reduce clicking?)

    Thanks!

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-02-22T22:48:03+00:00

    Here is the same suggestion in the Word forum

    · Recently Used List Sort order: Date vs Alpha https://word.uservoice.com/forums/304924-word-for-windows-desktop-application/suggestions/10137741-recently-used-list-sort-order-date-vs-alpha

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