Make ALL items on drop-down menus remain visibile all the time

[John Cutler]

I want to set the drop-down menus in Word, Excel, etc., so that all the menu
items remain visible all the time whenever that drop-down is accessed.

I want to TURN OFF the "feature" that shows only the most commonly used menu
items unless I nit the "expand" arrows at the bottom of the menu.

I'm using Office 2003 standard version.

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

In Word, click on View | Toolbars | Customize | Options tab | check the
"Always show full menus" box.

 

[Lene Fredborg]

Select Tools > Customize > Options tab and turn on "Always show full menus".

Note that changing this setting from Word affects all your Microsoft Office
programs, not only Word.

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Regards
Lene Fredborg
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word

 

[Marc K]

I am running Office 2003 in Windows Vista. I make the change as you
suggested but it does not persist the next time I open the program. I have
even tried to make the change running as an Adminstrator, but again, the
change disappears the next time I open an Office program.

????

Thanks,

Marc