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

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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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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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2017-07-22T10:22:30+00:00

Hello Patrick,

I read your reply regarding the size of the Quick Access Toolbar. Aside from the icons being larger impacting the number of icons that can fit in the toolbar, the toolbar along with the ribbon take up a larger space on the screen.

This means less space for viewing and working. You know, the most logical way to go is to increase the working area - not the opposite. It's probably the major reason why most applications have done away with menu toolbars and have moved to alternative options [something I don't really agree with by the way-I still find menus very useful].

There is another thing about the icons though. They have changed in appearance as well-making them less appealing.

They seem to be less crisp in appearance. I am not sure if I am describing it properly.

I should tell you that I have recently migrated from Excel 2003 to Excel 2010 - for a brief period of time - and then migrated to Excel 2016. I admit to struggling with the ribbon concept but managed to adapt. Upon migrating to Excel 2016 I immediately saw the difference - for the worse. So it's not like I have been using Excel 2010 for a really long time and it's taking time for me to adapt.

Unfortunately this change showed me a working environment clearly less appealing and has gotten me started looking for alternative applications to replace Microsoft's.

I would seriously recommend in considering any negative reception Microsoft Office 2016 has had and act.

Thanks

Argyris
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2017-03-12T00:42:39+00:00

I love you both. Next. How to get it back to showing on two lines rather than just one.
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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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2015-09-22T23:18:17+00:00
Hi - I don't know of a specific option in Office that will let you do this, a workaround that came to my mind is to map the options you use most to keyboard shortcuts (in the Customize the Ribbon dialog, select the Customize button next to keyboard shortcuts)
- that has the advantage of keeping your hands on the keyboard and avoiding a touch action or a mouse move/select; and for the most frequent choices it should be easy to remember the shortcuts.
Out of interest what have you put on your toolbar? [I've added Delete & Address Book in my Outlook set up, but haven't added anything in the other apps]

Hope this helps...

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