Toolbar Appearance in Office 2003

[Gregory Strong]

The toolbars have an odd background that makes them hard
to read. I ould like the toolbars to appear without any
background. How do I change their appearance.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

What are your windows settings? That controls the appearance of the
toolbars in Office.

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
Gregory Strong <[email protected]> asked:

| The toolbars have an odd background that makes them hard
| to read. I ould like the toolbars to appear without any
| background. How do I change their appearance.

 

[DeLa]

The windows setting control the genereal appearance indeed. But not the
toolbars in Office. But the new Office has a distinctive 3D-like round bar
appearance that I personally dislike too. For me it is a reason to return to
Office 2000.

Maybe there is a workaround when all the icons are added to the menu-bar,
which has no 3D-like appearance.

I'm glad that finally there is a post about it because I was wondering if
I'm the only one that does not like it.
It might look good on huge lcd-screens though but not on anything else.

--DeLa

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

The windows setting control the genereal appearance indeed. But not
the toolbars in Office. But the new Office has a distinctive 3D-like
round bar appearance that I personally dislike too. For me it is a
reason to return to Office 2000.

I wouldn't go back to Office 2000, but the new look is definitely visually
taxing. I changed my Windows colouring to Silver for a marginal improvement.

Maybe there is a workaround when all the icons are added to the
menu-bar, which has no 3D-like appearance.

No. But by choosing the "Windows Classic Style" in the Windows XP Display
control Panel's Appearance tab, the Office 2003 apps revert to a close
approximation of the Office XP look.

I'm glad that finally there is a post about it because I was
wondering if I'm the only one that does not like it.
It might look good on huge lcd-screens though but not on anything
else.

It doesn't look good on anything I've seen. This is not the first Office NG
post on the issue. On reviewer sites I have seen them described as "horrid",
"cartoonish", and a "garish grotesquerie".

 

[Brian Kvalheim - [MS MVP]]

Hi Mike Williams [MVP] (mikew@[removeme]mvps.org),
in the Microsoft® newsgroups
you posted:

|| It doesn't look good on anything I've seen. This is not the first
|| Office NG post on the issue. On reviewer sites I have seen them
|| described as "horrid", "cartoonish", and a "garish grotesquerie".

Funny how opinions differ. I think the toolbars and UI is the absolute best
looking to date. And that is on flat screens, flat panels and crt's. I would
hate to ever revert back.

--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Office Publisher MVP
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http://www.kvalheim.org

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[Greg Strong]

-----Original Message-----


I wouldn't go back to Office 2000, but the new look is definitely visually
taxing. I changed my Windows colouring to Silver for a marginal improvement.


No. But by choosing the "Windows Classic Style" in the Windows XP Display
control Panel's Appearance tab, the Office 2003 apps revert to a close
approximation of the Office XP look.


It doesn't look good on anything I've seen. This is not the first Office NG
post on the issue. On reviewer sites I have seen them described as "horrid",
"cartoonish", and a "garish grotesquerie".


.
When I try the windows classic option in windows xp, the

3-d effect is still there. In the books I have looked at
in the bookstore aobut Office 2003, the screen shots
don't have the 3-d toolbars, leading me to think there is
an option buried somewhere to turn the 3-d effect off.