EXCEL 365 Ribbon text size

Question

Hello,

can anyone please shed some light on HOW TO MINIMISE the Ribbon text size??

I accidentally clicked on some keys, and really don't know how to go back to the original Ribbon size. I'm not talking about showing tabs and commands, I am talking about REDUCING the size of the Ribbon text! 

The grid, the cells, and the rest working area seem to be fine, but the Ribbon itself (e.g. Page Layout, Add-ons, Cell Styles, Format, etc.) has become disproportionally larger!

Please?

Thank you

George 

Answer 1

Hi GeorgiosAthanasiou,

I want to isolate the issue for us to pinpoint the exact concern. Is this issue specific to Excel office app only? Have tried opening other office apps and check if the same problem occurs? Kindly check this article: Customize the ribbon in Office to gather more information about personalizing the ribbon in Office apps. Please take note that it's possible that the settings of your PC's display resolution might have been changed because it’s indicated in the article that it’s not possible to change the size of your ribbon, or the size of the text or the icons on the ribbon. To change the font of the menu bar you can follow the screenshot below for a step by step instructions on how to do the process.

If the issue persist, feel free to update the Office suite and check if the issue will be resolved. If after updating the Office app and it's a no go, you can repair the Office suite through this link.

If you have further questions, simply reply to this thread and I will respond back as soon as I can.

Bob

Answer 2

My Excel just updated, and it made the ribbon bigger and all the icons on the ribbon bigger, so it takes up even more of my screen space.  It's only Office products, not the rest of my computer. I HATE it. I don't have poor eyesight, and I don't need so much wasted space on my computer!

My computer (Windows 10 64-bit kept updated) does not have "Display" on that list in the control panel, and when I go to the display preferences via the desktop, there is no option to change font size. I think that would be for all programs, though, not just Office products. 

I suppose I need a computer with a higher resolution to make everything smaller... but I don't know why programs are assuming that none of us still have 1366 x 768 monitors!  I am getting so frustrated by everything assuming I have a small screen and I want everything huge. I keep almost everything scrolled out to 80% or something like that, but I cannot find any means to scroll the menus out on Word and Excel so they are still visible all the time but not taking up 20% of my screen space.  

Look... the ribbons take up 25% of my screenspace, and my laptop won't go to any higher resolution. Please tell me there's some way to shrink the ribbon icons so it only takes up 10% of my screen space instead of 20% of it! 

ETA:  Here's my feedback link in the MS Feedback hub for anyone who wants to upvote it. I specified that Windows does not any longer have the option to shrink font size on menus like Bob here seems to think it does.

https://aka.ms/AA3pqcs

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Hi Bob,

I'd like to thank you for the very detailed explanation! 

I followed your advice and done everything that you suggested. I updated the Office suit and then repaired the Office suit through your link (https://support.office.com/en-US/Article/Repair-an-Office-application-7821d4b6-7c1d-4205-aa0e-a6b40c5bb88b).

However, the issue persists! The Ribbon text size remains large, as it was before! Really don't know what's happening. The only thing I guess to do is to uninstall the Office and re-install it from scratch, do you think so?

Thank you very much anyway for your detailed info, it really was very informative and crystal clear...

George

Answer 5

Kathleen:

I totally sympathize with your concerns. I have much the same problem on my laptop, PHAT ribbons and more and more web pages with the same sort of "disease".  When I have the money, I plug in a 42-49" 4K monitor to my laptop. MUCH better!

MS "improved" those control options out of Windows 10. We no longer have that fine control. 

You can work around to recover a little of the control using 3rd party tools like WinAero Tweaker

Change Icons Text Size in Windows 10 – Winaero Tweaker

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/19768-change-icons-text-size-windows-10-a.html

This article includes downloadable registry hack files.

https://winaero.com/blog/tootip-text-size-windows-10-version-1703/ 

This article includes instructions to do manual registry hack

Also recommends Winaero Tweaker tool. I have used it in past.

The problem with these tweaks is that they affect diaply of all programs, not just Office.

You should also submit Feedback directly to MS about this concern

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“Official” MS does not pay much attention to this forum. However, you now can send your complaints and feature requests directly to MS developers and managers using the “Feedback” process described in this link:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-windows_install/send-feedback-to-ms-developers/506e7654-8ced-405b-911e-c58d8f253069

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