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
    2016-02-17T21:10:44+00:00

    Updates are made available on the update server, but they are not pushed out immediately to everyone at the same time.

    So, if you have not already received it, clicking on "Update Now" says give me any updates more recent than my current version.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-02-17T22:08:20+00:00

    Updates are made available on the update server, but they are not pushed out immediately to everyone at the same time.

    So, if you have not already received it, clicking on "Update Now" says give me any updates more recent than my current version. 

    Good to know - apparently I interpreted "automatically" liberally to mean "automatically when completed," not literally as "automatically at some time or another."

    I shall modify my behavior accordingly...

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-02-18T06:26:29+00:00

    hurrah at last it's done.

    (i'm set to standard - Office 2016 is buggy enough without risking first release)

    My thoughts exactly - on BOTH counts...

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-02-21T02:53:15+00:00

    Yay! It is finally done.  Amazing.  MS listened and actually responded.  Thanks to you all for keeping the heat on. The smaller icons are still larger than the 2010 version, but now only by 20% or so. 

    Now, all we need is cleartype in Word, so I don't have to use 2010 to keep my eyes from watering.  However, it is markedly better than before.   Might bite the bullet and use 2016 eventually....

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