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Louise - 14 Sep 2004 07:57 GMT

Can it be set that the full menu list is shown at
HOVERING over a menu bar item?

In Office you have to CLICK a menu item (like File) for
the menu to expand. First ONLY the recently used items
are shown. If you WAIT or click the double arrow at the
bottom the remaining items are shown.
This is very annoying. I don't want to wait and I don' t
want to have to click so much.

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Graham Mayor - 14 Sep 2004 08:34 GMT

It *is* irritating, but can be switched off altogether to display the full
menus.
Tools > customize > options > always show full menus (you may want to put
the toolbars on separate lines from this dialog also).

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> Can it be set that the full menu list is shown at
> HOVERING over a menu bar item?
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> This is very annoying. I don't want to wait and I don' t
> want to have to click so much.

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 14 Sep 2004 08:35 GMT

Hi Louise,

> Can it be set that the full menu list is shown at
> HOVERING over a menu bar item?

Not just by hovering, no. But once you've clicked the top
level button on the menu bar you can certainly have all the
menu points display immediately:

Tools/Customize/Options. activate "Always show full menus".

> In Office you have to CLICK a menu item (like File) for
> the menu to expand. First ONLY the recently used items
> are shown. If you WAIT or click the double arrow at the
> bottom the remaining items are shown.
> This is very annoying. I don't want to wait and I don' t
> want to have to click so much.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Louise - 14 Sep 2004 11:35 GMT

Hereby I thank Graham and Cindy for their speedy reply: I
knew it was possible somehow, but those options are often
hidden. Strange the Office help file doesn't offer this
kind of info.

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Graham Mayor - 14 Sep 2004 11:51 GMT

It does - but as with all Help information, you have to know what to search
for. Try searching help for 'personalised menus' - it's the second item.

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> Hereby I thank Graham and Cindy for their speedy reply: I
> knew it was possible somehow, but those options are often
> hidden. Strange the Office help file doesn't offer this
> kind of info.

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