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
    2016-11-08T14:36:03+00:00

    LOL I can't believe it took 2 weeks and 12 pages of complaints for people to figure out their "touch mode" was activated. This is 2013 stuff!! XDDD

    Anyway, I came here to see if there's any way one can add a spacer or separator between some QAT icons, like other software with customizable toolbars allow.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-10-09T09:44:52+00:00

    a certain "SheilaMart****" told me how it works: click on the down arrow on the QAR and activate "touch/mouse mode". then fix the space problem by clicking on the newly added symbol on QAR.

    Thanks Sheila!

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-10-09T09:37:37+00:00

    After hours of frustration, I found the solution to the nasty QAT spacing. Right-click on the QAT down arrow. Add Touch/Mouse Mode to the QAT. Click on the icon's down arrow and select Mouse. Ta-Da! in Mouse mode we've got the old spacing back. In Tablet mode the spacing wides for touch. NOW, how to get the icons back in COLOR?!

    Thanks Sheila. Thant worked perfectly!

    In order to get the icons back to color you will need to go to File-Options and change the office theme to white.

    Hope it also works for you.

    Thank you Sheila!!!!!!!!!!! you're great. I did not have the patience to search for a solution. 

    But I have time to be grateful. This helped me a lot 

    Thank you so much!

    Jonas

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