Icons in toolbars too large.

My uncle is in the learning stages with his laptop. Although he
bought it last year he's only just retired, and how he's having fun
learning to work with it. However, the inevitable happens ... he
inadvertently tried installing a version of WinXP Office that he was
given from his old job when he left (he'll be doing consultant work
for them in future) on top of the Office 2000 he already has. So when
I was visiting last weekend for Xmas, I managed to fix the situation.
MS installer corrupted but was able to find fix on MS KB and could
then delete both offices and re-install Office 2000 (because it's the
version I know).

Ever since then, however, all the icons on all the toolbars in the
office suite are about twice their normal size and pixelated. They're
ugly, too and take up more space because of their large size. These
weren't like this when he recvd laptop from company and it happened
after the re-install so was wondering how to fix? Can anyone help? I
have Win98SE at home and Win2K at office so am not very familiar yet
with XP Pro.

Thanks. D

Try the office Newsgroup
Microsoft Office Newsgroups (Web Client):-
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...verview.mspx#9

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"StargateFan" <IDon'tAcceptSpam@IDon'tAcceptSpam.com> wrote in message
newse6gr1t720vfuf6dkrkn4hgf8i0gjdu7gu@4ax.com...
> My uncle is in the learning stages with his laptop. Although he
> bought it last year he's only just retired, and how he's having fun
> learning to work with it. However, the inevitable happens ... he
> inadvertently tried installing a version of WinXP Office that he was
> given from his old job when he left (he'll be doing consultant work
> for them in future) on top of the Office 2000 he already has. So when
> I was visiting last weekend for Xmas, I managed to fix the situation.
> MS installer corrupted but was able to find fix on MS KB and could
> then delete both offices and re-install Office 2000 (because it's the
> version I know).
>
> Ever since then, however, all the icons on all the toolbars in the
> office suite are about twice their normal size and pixelated. They're
> ugly, too and take up more space because of their large size. These
> weren't like this when he recvd laptop from company and it happened
> after the re-install so was wondering how to fix? Can anyone help? I
> have Win98SE at home and Win2K at office so am not very familiar yet
> with XP Pro.
>
> Thanks. D
>

Either run repair from add/remove software in the control panel or run
detect and repair from help menu of Word. Select restore my shortcuts
and restore default setting check box on the detect and restore menu.


"StargateFan" <IDon'tAcceptSpam@IDon'tAcceptSpam.com> wrote in message
newse6gr1t720vfuf6dkrkn4hgf8i0gjdu7gu@4ax.com...
| My uncle is in the learning stages with his laptop. Although he
| bought it last year he's only just retired, and how he's having fun
| learning to work with it. However, the inevitable happens ... he
| inadvertently tried installing a version of WinXP Office that he was
| given from his old job when he left (he'll be doing consultant work
| for them in future) on top of the Office 2000 he already has. So
when
| I was visiting last weekend for Xmas, I managed to fix the
situation.
| MS installer corrupted but was able to find fix on MS KB and could
| then delete both offices and re-install Office 2000 (because it's
the
| version I know).
|
| Ever since then, however, all the icons on all the toolbars in the
| office suite are about twice their normal size and pixelated.
They're
| ugly, too and take up more space because of their large size. These
| weren't like this when he recvd laptop from company and it happened
| after the re-install so was wondering how to fix? Can anyone help?
I
| have Win98SE at home and Win2K at office so am not very familiar yet
| with XP Pro.
|
| Thanks. D
|

On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 19:37:58 -0500, "Mungo Bulge" <NO.SPAM@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Either run repair from add/remove software in the control panel or run
>detect and repair from help menu of Word. Select restore my shortcuts
>and restore default setting check box on the detect and restore menu.

Thank you! I'll do that next time I visit. Much appreciated. D

>"StargateFan" <IDon'tAcceptSpam@IDon'tAcceptSpam.com> wrote in message
>newse6gr1t720vfuf6dkrkn4hgf8i0gjdu7gu@4ax.com.. .
>| My uncle is in the learning stages with his laptop. Although he
>| bought it last year he's only just retired, and how he's having fun
>| learning to work with it. However, the inevitable happens ... he
>| inadvertently tried installing a version of WinXP Office that he was
>| given from his old job when he left (he'll be doing consultant work
>| for them in future) on top of the Office 2000 he already has. So
>when
>| I was visiting last weekend for Xmas, I managed to fix the
>situation.
>| MS installer corrupted but was able to find fix on MS KB and could
>| then delete both offices and re-install Office 2000 (because it's
>the
>| version I know).
>|
>| Ever since then, however, all the icons on all the toolbars in the
>| office suite are about twice their normal size and pixelated.
>They're
>| ugly, too and take up more space because of their large size. These
>| weren't like this when he recvd laptop from company and it happened
>| after the re-install so was wondering how to fix? Can anyone help?
>I
>| have Win98SE at home and Win2K at office so am not very familiar yet
>| with XP Pro.
>|
>| Thanks. D
>|
>