Formula bar is too long - Can it be automatically shortened?

[RW1]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Processor: Intel

I have a 30" monitor. The formula bar in Excel 2008 (12.2.1) always stretches the entire width. Is there a way to limit the length of this so that it doesn't take so much movement to reach the right end?

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Processor: Intel

I have a 30" monitor. The formula bar in Excel 2008 (12.2.1) always stretches
the entire width. Is there a way to limit the length of this so that it
doesn't take so much movement to reach the right end?

Sorry, not if it is docked.

 

[CyberTaz]

Use its lower right corner to stretch it to the size you want... Although
I'm at a loss to understand what you need at its "right end" There's
nothing to do there other than the stretching corner & the Cancel (X)
button, & cancelling the entry/edit can be accomplished more readily with
the ESC key.

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

Use its lower right corner to stretch it to the size you want... Although
I'm at a loss to understand what you need at its "right end" There's
nothing to do there other than the stretching corner & the Cancel (X)
button, & cancelling the entry/edit can be accomplished more readily with
the ESC key.

Hi,

That's the point! For many of us, who are mouse rather than keyboard
oriented, it is a Llloooonnnngggg way to the cancel button when it is
displayed on a big screen. I've often seen smoke coming from my mouse
because of the frequent long trips to the right of the formula bar.

 

[CyberTaz]

Aw, c'mon Bob -- you don't edit formulas with your mouse... your hands are
already at the kybd otherwise you wouldn't have any reason to Cancel what
you've done Besides, I know you never make any mistakes in the first
place ;-)