Using And Hiding The Word Mini Toolbar
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The Mini toolbar is a ghostly floating palette which automatically appears whenever you highlight text. Initially all the options it contains are discreetly semi-transparent. However, when you position your cursor over the various controls it contains, the Mini toolbar becomes activated.
It contains a number of buttons for formatting your text. All of these buttons can also be found in the Home tab of the Word Ribbon. The top row of buttons allows you to alter the font, size and colour of our text and also contains Word's nifty Format Painter. The Format Painter tool allows you to copy the format of the selected text to other areas of your document.
The second row of the Mini toolbar contains buttons for making text bold, italic, centre aligned. It also has options for changing the colour of the highlighted text, indenting text and inserting bullets.
The Mini toolbar provides users with a very convenient way of quickly formatting your text without having to go back to the Ribbon to find the options they are looking for. However, there are times when it can be an inconvenience. This is particularly true when using the very useful drag-and-drop facility within Microsoft Word.
This feature allows you to highlight text and simply drag it to a new location. However, just as you are about to drag, it's very easy for the cursor to collide with the Mini toolbar and instead of dragging your text, you simply change its format.
Each Word user can decide for himself or herself whether they like the Mini toolbar facility. If you decide it is more of a hindrance than a help, Word allows you to deactivate the Mini toolbar facility. From the Office button, select Word Options. In the Popular category, the very first option is labelled "Show Mini Toolbar on selection". If you have had enough of the Mini toolbar, simply uncheck this option. Now, whenever you highlight text, that pesky Mini toolbar will not appear.
The creators of Word 2007 obviously believe that you will eventually come round and become a fan of the Mini toolbar because, even when you have asked Word not to display the Mini toolbar, it is still possible to show it by simply right-clicking on selected text.
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