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Sunday, October 09, 2005

Seeing an entire dropdown menu

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Seeing an entire dropdown menu
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Microsoft Office programs, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint, do not display an entire dropdown menu when you click on a word in the Menu Bar at the top of the screen. For example, if you click File, you may only see three or four items until you’ve held the cursor over that menu item for a couple of seconds. Then the rest of the menu is displayed. I find that very annoying (can you tell I’m always in a hurry?). You can change this option so when you click File the entire menu drops down immediately.

In any of the programs listed above, left click Tools on the Menu Bar at the top of your screen. Left click Customize. A dialog box will open. Left click the Options tab. Left click in the check box beside “Always show full menus.” Left click Close. Now when you click on any item on the Menu Bar, you should see the entire list of menu choices. Now isn’t that better than waiting?

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Barb Walker
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I love teaching senior citizens to use computers. I'm a senior myself, so I'm working with my peers. When I work with you in your home on your computer, I don't sit in front of your computer and TELL you want to do. You sit in front of your computer while I TEACH you what to do. I also write step-by-step instructions for you to follow when I'm not there.