I'm old school. low-tech. LOVE simplicity and relying my muscle-memory that
has taken a long time in perfecting. I'm struggling with the new trend of
the automatically condensing toolbars. I simply hate them.

Due to using the tools a lot in the past, I can almost find them by braille
by their placement on the toolbar. When the dropdown menus condense or change
their order based the last subject used, it takes me thrice as long to
complete the action, because I must stop to FIND the item, rather than go
directly to it, based on location.

Any suggestions on how to alter the toolbars permanently so that they ALWAYS
are fully displayed?
Thanks
-Low-tech

ViewToolbarsCustomize.

Click the "Options" tab. Check the box that says "Always show full menus."



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Low-tech wrote:
I'm old school. low-tech. LOVE simplicity and relying my
muscle-memory that has taken a long time in perfecting. I'm
struggling with the new trend of the automatically condensing
toolbars. I simply hate them.

Due to using the tools a lot in the past, I can almost find them by
braille by their placement on the toolbar. When the dropdown menus
condense or change their order based the last subject used, it takes
me thrice as long to complete the action, because I must stop to FIND
the item, rather than go directly to it, based on location.

Any suggestions on how to alter the toolbars permanently so that they
ALWAYS are fully displayed?
Thanks
-Low-tech