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

Spoke with the deployment team and (I had a d'oh moment) they pointed out that subscription customers can do the following:

1. In Word, Excel, PowerPoint Select/click the "File" tab header
2. Select/click "Account"

You'll see a big button on the left called "Office Updates" with the text "Update Options" on it.

If you select/click the button one of the options is "Update Now" - if we're rolling an upgrade this should pick it up and apply it to your installation.

I mentioned that a few of you had feedback that the deployment team's blog was useful for seeing when an update was being pushed, but not so much for telling what is in each update and they're going to have a think about better ways of keeping you informed on what you're getting. (We're also trying to do a better job of telling you what's new when you first start up an app after it has been updated, especially for new or significantly improved features)

Finally a couple of folks asked if they could pick and choose updates - we don't really work that way (there are some limited exceptions for enterprise customers hitting specific "Critical Situation" issues) as managing the resultant matrix of applied/not applied patches would soon be a headache for anyone involved in supporting an Office installation. By keeping the matrix simple we think help everyone avoid a whole class of problems of unexpected feature interaction/dependency.

Hope this clears things up a bit.

...pc

Patrick,

I know you are stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Please realize that this is one of the things that has our Office 365 migration on hold.

Our heaviest users, primarily Excel users, make extensive use of the QAT.

If the links mentioned above are not safe, can you please provide an expectation of availability.

-Dan

Patrick,

So in saying...

"Hey folks, the spacing should now be back to Office 2013 widths."

you mean...

Hey for a select few of you, the spacing should now be back to Office 2013 widths.

Are the updates from the sustained engineering post in this link safe to run??

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3131245

-Dan

Sometimes folk can't help but take things for granted, so thanks for your perspective on the complexity of what you are dealing with. 

My medical friends have a saying about the human body, another complex system that's evolving over time:  "The mystery isn't that things stop working, it's that they ever worked in the first place."

I started using Windows back in the mid-80's, and while there have been a few bumps, false starts and detours along the way, the progress has always been steadily upwards. 

In 2013, I bought a Surface Pro 1 with Windows 8, knowing full well the risks of early adoption, and accepted them. Last year, I installed Win10 Insider- Fast Ring on it, and was rewarded with a machine that functions better than when it was new. I now use a Surface Pro 3 for daily business use, and just bought a Surface Pro 4 for personal use because, taken together, the combination of form factor, operating system, programs and apps seamlessly meet all my needs.

Keep up the good work, and keep up the innovation.