Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated April 17, 2021)
This tip applies to Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
If the toolbar buttons on your screen are too small for your liking, you may want to make them larger. Excel makes this easy—all you need to do is follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Options tab of the Customize dialog box.
You should have noticed that your toolbar buttons were much larger right after step 3. This action also affects the size of toolbar buttons in all your other Microsoft Office applications, as well.
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2021-09-23 11:44:23
There is no "customize option from the Tools menu" in version 16.16.27. Is this option to enlargen the Toolbar gone?
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