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
    2015-12-01T02:57:18+00:00

    FYI

    On Nov 23 MS Staff marked a suggestion box thread about QAT Icon size as "Started".  Apparently they are "working" on it. similar suggestion for PowerPoint marked the same way

    https://word.uservoice.com/forums/304924-word-for-windows-desktop-application/suggestions/10051359-fix-qat-buttons-spacing#comments

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-11-27T16:31:21+00:00

    Quick access icons are too large, and also everything in Outlook is too large. I'm deleting Office 2016 from my computer and reverting to 2010, having wasted both time and money. You people screwed up.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-11-27T16:27:25+00:00

    I read the thread and see that there is in fact no solution available, either for this or the enlarged size of items on Outlook. So, having wasted money and time on Office 2016, I'm now going to delete it from my computer. The people at Office ought to have signaled that this program was designed for touch screens, not mouse screens. I don't feel like waiting around to see if Office comes up with a solution I can live with. I think it would be useful from now on if Office clearly told potential buyers that the product is either for touch or for mouse.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-11-22T02:52:12+00:00

    How could anyone think that making the icons so big that only a small number of them are visible could possible be an "improvement?"

    Doesn't MS have a user group that you run these things by?

    How could anyone think making icons big ... probably the same type of person as one I once encountered. In the late 90's I was rolling out new computers with 17" monitors (at $1500 for just the monitor!).  They loved it. They pulled it as close as possible on the desk, and set the screen resolution to 640x480.  Wonderful ...  I couldn't stretch my arms enough to be comfortable working at it, but they were happy.

    I have proposed a theory that the user group MS hires is made up of aliens, "little-green-men" and "bug-eye-monsters".  It explains the results ...

    MS uses "statistics" it has collected to justify all of these decisions.  My statistics prof like to quote Mark Twain:

    "There are Lies, damned lies, and statistics"

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