Getting ride of "tubular toolbar look" Office 2003

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Henry Mascovitch - 29 Sep 2003 17:25 GMT

With Word 2003, can I get back to the old flat and uniform toolbar look of
Word XP ?. The new "tubular look" is unproductive, larger and ugly.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 29 Sep 2003 21:26 GMT

Is this an Office function or a Windows function. This seems to describe the
look of Windows XP so far as I've seen it.

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> With Word 2003, can I get back to the old flat and uniform toolbar look of
> Word XP ?. The new "tubular look" is unproductive, larger and ugly.

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Terry Farrell - 29 Sep 2003 21:42 GMT

Uninstall Office 2003 and step back to Office XP.

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With Word 2003, can I get back to the old flat and uniform toolbar look of
Word XP ?. The new "tubular look" is unproductive, larger and ugly.

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Mark Tangard - 30 Sep 2003 00:54 GMT

Never having seen Office 2003, I would've thought this was a
Windows issue and that Henry could right-click an empty area
of the desktop, click Properties, Appearance, and at 'Windows
and Buttons' choose Windows Classic Style. But he implies
that his earlier installation (presumably Office XP) was
'flat and uniform'. Does this mean Office 2003 have its own,
even more swishy & swirly look??

I'm beginning to remember, unfondly, when cars changed their
tailfins every year for no reason. (Ok, so I still remember
tailfins period. Shuddup. You kids get off my lawn....)

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> Uninstall Office 2003 and step back to Office XP.
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> With Word 2003, can I get back to the old flat and uniform toolbar look of
> Word XP ?. The new "tubular look" is unproductive, larger and ugly.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 30 Sep 2003 04:34 GMT

Exactly my reaction. And btw the first car I owned (a hand-me-down family
car) was a station wagon we called "the space ship" because it had such big
tail fins. <g> (See
http://www.stationwagon.com/gallery/1960_Chrysler_Windsor.html)

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> Never having seen Office 2003, I would've thought this was a
> Windows issue and that Henry could right-click an empty area
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> > With Word 2003, can I get back to the old flat and uniform toolbar look of
> > Word XP ?. The new "tubular look" is unproductive, larger and ugly.

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Mark Tangard - 30 Sep 2003 06:41 GMT

So does 2003 really have an even more gooey look to it, or no?
(And if I'd saved a photo of our 1959 Chevy, I'm sure it'd
scare *somebody*....)

MT

> Exactly my reaction. And btw the first car I owned (a hand-me-down family
> car) was a station wagon we called "the space ship" because it had such big
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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 30 Sep 2003 18:14 GMT

I had a hard time finding that picture, and I'm still not sure it's the
right model, as I remember the "space ship" as being a lot less ugly than
that. <g> One interesting feature it had, though, was a "pushbutton
automatic" transmission--very confusing to people who were used to reaching
for a gear shift lever!

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> So does 2003 really have an even more gooey look to it, or no?
> (And if I'd saved a photo of our 1959 Chevy, I'm sure it'd
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> > > > Word XP ?. The new "tubular look" is unproductive, larger and ugly.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 30 Sep 2003 07:26 GMT

Hi Henry,

Under Tools>Customize>Options, do you have the Large Icons box checked?

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

> With Word 2003, can I get back to the old flat and uniform toolbar look of
> Word XP ?. The new "tubular look" is unproductive, larger and ugly.

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