Hi William,
If the icons looked different, it's probably Word2003.
Office2003 toolbars also have a kind of bulging, 3-D look.
For the rest (toolbar background color ...) you can play with the settings
in Windows "Control panel > Appearance and themes".
Greetings,
Klaus
> I have Word 2002 (10.2627.3501) SP-1 and have noticed
> that when I see a Word page displayed in a PC magazine
> the icons and toolbar backrgound are different from
> mine. They appear blue in background with newer "XP"
> icons. Is this new for 2003, or is there some setting I
> can change?