This new "innovation" that Microsoft has incorporated into its products,
whereby you have to click twice to see an entire pull-down menu, is
ridiculous. Show me the entire thing at once, without my having to click on
another down arrow to see the bottom half of the pull down menu.

Ridiculous? It is more a matter of setting your options properly.

ViewToolbarsCustomizeOptions and uncheck "Menus show recently used
commands first."




"maduser" wrote:

This new "innovation" that Microsoft has incorporated into its products,
whereby you have to click twice to see an entire pull-down menu, is
ridiculous. Show me the entire thing at once, without my having to click on
another down arrow to see the bottom half of the pull down menu.

It is intended to reduce screen clutter, but is not compulsory - in Word you
can turn it off from tools customize Options Always show full menus.
Similarly you can turn it off in other apps, such as IE.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




maduser wrote:
This new "innovation" that Microsoft has incorporated into its
products, whereby you have to click twice to see an entire pull-down
menu, is ridiculous. Show me the entire thing at once, without my
having to click on another down arrow to see the bottom half of the
pull down menu.

maduser wrote:
This new "innovation" that Microsoft has incorporated into its
products, whereby you have to click twice to see an entire pull-down
menu, is ridiculous. Show me the entire thing at once, without my
having to click on another down arrow to see the bottom half of the
pull down menu.

Dear Mad,

It's neither new nor an innovation, but it is ridiculous. Fortunately you
can turn it off. Open the Tools Customize dialog, click the Options tab,
and check the box for "Always show full menus".

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

The default should be the full menu and if you want a customized menu, have
that option in the option box. That customized menu thing is so annoying

quelegal

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

maduser wrote:
This new "innovation" that Microsoft has incorporated into its
products, whereby you have to click twice to see an entire pull-down
menu, is ridiculous. Show me the entire thing at once, without my
having to click on another down arrow to see the bottom half of the
pull down menu.

Dear Mad,

It's neither new nor an innovation, but it is ridiculous. Fortunately you
can turn it off. Open the Tools Customize dialog, click the Options tab,
and check the box for "Always show full menus".

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

In Word 2000, the option was the opposite--"Menus show recently used items
first"--but it was enabled by default, which amounted to the same thing.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"quelegal" wrote in message
...
The default should be the full menu and if you want a customized menu,
have
that option in the option box. That customized menu thing is so annoying

quelegal

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

maduser wrote:
This new "innovation" that Microsoft has incorporated into its
products, whereby you have to click twice to see an entire pull-down
menu, is ridiculous. Show me the entire thing at once, without my
having to click on another down arrow to see the bottom half of the
pull down menu.

Dear Mad,

It's neither new nor an innovation, but it is ridiculous. Fortunately
you
can turn it off. Open the Tools Customize dialog, click the Options
tab,
and check the box for "Always show full menus".

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

This "feature" continuously infuriates me also. I understand that it can be
turned off, but why is turned on in the first place? In my opinion this
should be turned off by default and then it can be enabled by all those users
just dying to take advantage if this "great" feature.

"maduser" wrote:

This new "innovation" that Microsoft has incorporated into its products,
whereby you have to click twice to see an entire pull-down menu, is
ridiculous. Show me the entire thing at once, without my having to click on
another down arrow to see the bottom half of the pull down menu.

On the Tools menu, click Customize. You can control the behavior of
menus on the Options tab.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Simon Champion" wrote in message
...
This "feature" continuously infuriates me also. I understand that
it can be
turned off, but why is turned on in the first place? In my opinion
this
should be turned off by default and then it can be enabled by all
those users
just dying to take advantage if this "great" feature.

"maduser" wrote:

This new "innovation" that Microsoft has incorporated into its
products,
whereby you have to click twice to see an entire pull-down menu,
is
ridiculous. Show me the entire thing at once, without my having
to click on
another down arrow to see the bottom half of the pull down menu.

FWIW, Microsoft has heard you. Look for changes in Office 12.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Simon Champion" Simon wrote in message
...
This "feature" continuously infuriates me also. I understand that it can
be
turned off, but why is turned on in the first place? In my opinion this
should be turned off by default and then it can be enabled by all those
users
just dying to take advantage if this "great" feature.

"maduser" wrote:

This new "innovation" that Microsoft has incorporated into its products,
whereby you have to click twice to see an entire pull-down menu, is
ridiculous. Show me the entire thing at once, without my having to
click on
another down arrow to see the bottom half of the pull down menu.