Using Large Toolbar Buttons

Dan (and others)...

Note that this tip is for very OLD versions of Word. It won't work with anything beyond Word 2003. That was the last version to use a menu system (such as the Tools menu).

This is why, at the end of the tip it includes this info: "This tip (1881) applies to Microsoft Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003."

In fact, EVERY tip on this website is for the very OLD versions of Word. If you want newer tips for newer versions of Word, there is a link in the upper-right corner of the page that will take you to that site.

I don't know how to make it plainer that this is for very OLD versions of Word. (And, yes, there are people still using those very OLD versions.)

Please let us know how do you get to the TOOLS menu in Word 2019?

Allen:

I realise you know your field very well, but to be a better teacher,
you need to start where the student is. For example, on this link
here https://word.tips.net/T001881_Using_Large_Toolbar_Buttons.html

you fail, at the very beginning, to show how to get to the toolbar in
the first place. You need to begin your teaching on the exact level
of your student's understanding, otherwise, all of your expert advice
is useless.

I have a problem that I can't seem to find an answer for. I opened Word XP today and all my fonts in the toolbars were shrunk to a microscopic size without me doing anything to change the size.

I tried going to tools, customize, but once I get there I see nothing that allows me to change the size of the fonts in the toolbar.

Just to make it as clear as possible, I'm talking about the bars at the top which include the file, edit, view options and so on, and the one below that which allows you to choose the type size for the text in the document, not the font size for the document itself.

I've seen people talk about right clicking the desktop to change it, but I'm thinking they're mistaking this feature, as it controls other things. It has no effect on Word.

I had Microsoft Office 2007 on my old laptop. That broke and I got a used one that also has Microsoft Office 2007 (supposedly). It looks different than the old version. The icons are too small to see even with my screen resolution at 1600X900 like the old computer. I can find no screen that looks like your sample that gives an option for "large icons." This is pretty typical for me in tutorials that I can't find the window shown in the example. I usually have better luck on YouTube, but for this topic of enlarging icon size in Word 2007, there isn't anything. Any help will be much appreciated.

How do i get to the tools menu to click on customize

Hi
I have Word 2007 and Windows7..
How can I make the icons smaller as they are huge at the moment..
I have searched and cant find a solution to make them smaller.
I recognise the above dialogue box as having seen it on XP but there is no Tools > Options on Windows 7..
Thank you

12/16/2014 6:15 AM
Since the word TOOLS is nowhere to be seen on my monitor running Word, how can I navigate to the Customize dialog box?