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
    2016-01-13T19:32:12+00:00

    The new interface is an nice improvement to to the QAT.  Icon space is now down to twice as wide, vs.  3 times as wide before.  

    [...]

    MtnTraveler: How did you get them??

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-01-13T19:15:50+00:00

    I'm on 365 and ran yesterday's updates and did not get any Office 2016 updates.

    [...]

    -Dan

    It's the same for me.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-01-13T19:09:24+00:00

    I'm on 365 and ran yesterday's updates and did not get any Office 2016 updates.

    Searched installed updates and didn't find ANY updates for Office 2016.

    I went looking, starting with the sustained engineering TechNet link supplied earlier.

    Ended up here https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3131245 and went hunting for one related to QAT and found this...

    This article describes update KB3114536 for Microsoft Office 2016, which was released on January 12, 2016. This update has a prerequisite.

    Fixes the following issues:

    • You start Outlook 2016, and you use a right-to-left language. In this situation, when you move another window over Outlook 2016, a redraw issue occurs, and the background of Outlook 2016 isn't repainted correctly. Therefore, it is difficult to read the content in Outlook 2016.
    • After you change from Mouse mode to Touch mode in Office 2016 applications, the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) icons aren't enlarged.

    I could be wrong, but I don't think that's the patch we were expecting.

    -Dan

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-01-13T18:49:06+00:00

    Thanks for that information. I had deleted 2016 and gone back to 2010. Now I'll know to stick to 2010.

    The idea that there should be alternative desktop and tablet modes is excellent, and is also so obvious you have to wonder why they didn't do it.

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