Customizing the Window

The program window is where you do your work, so you’ll probably want to customize it to fit your work habits and working style. In Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access, and in the Outlook Editor, you can show or hide items on the status bar, set the Ribbon to appear only when you need to use it, change the overall color scheme for the window, and so on.

Show or Hide Items on the Status Bar

  1. Right-click anywhere on the status bar.

  2. Review the information on the Customize Status Bar menu.

  3. To show an item that isn’t currently displayed on the status bar, click the item.

  4. To hide an item that’s currently displayed, click the item.

    Show or Hide Items on the Status Bar

Change the Window’s Color Scheme

  1. Click the Office button, and click the program’s Options button on the menu to display the program’s Options dialog box.

  2. With the Popular category selected in the left pane, specify the color scheme you want.

    Change the Window’s Color Scheme

Change What’s Shown

  1. Click the Advanced category in the left pane.

  2. In the Display category, select the number of files you used recently that are displayed on the Office menu.

  3. In Word and Excel, and in the Outlook Editor, select the units of measurement if you want to use units different from the default units for your country or region.

  4. Select this check box if you want each open file in this program to have its own window and its own button on the Windows taskbar; clear the check box if you want only one window for the program so that you can switch among open files.

  5. Make any other display settings that are specific to your program.

  6. In Word or in the Outlook Editor, click the Display category, and select the formatting marks you want to be displayed. In Word, select any other items you want to be displayed.

  7. Click OK.

    Change What’s Shown

Tip

Tip

Each program has different settings in its Display section because each program displays different types of information in its own way. Explore the different areas of the Advanced category to see the extent to which you can customize each program.

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