Applies to: Microsoft Office Access 2007, Excel 2007, Outlook 2007, PowerPoint 2007, Word 2007

When you select text, you can show or hide a handy, miniature, semitransparent toolbar called the Mini toolbar. The Mini toolbar helps you work with fonts, font styles, font sizing, alignment, text color, indent levels, and bullet features.

Note You cannot customise the Mini toolbar.

The following shows how the semitransparent toolbar looks when you select text on a slide or in a shape in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007.

The following shows the Mini toolbar when you rest your pointer on it. To use the toolbar, click any of the available commands.

Turn off the Mini toolbar

Microsoft Office Word 2007, Microsoft Office Excel 2007, or Office PowerPoint 2007

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Program Name Options, where Program Name is the name of the program you are currently in.
2. Click Popular, and then under Top options for working with Program Name, clear the Show Mini Toolbar on selection check box, where Program Name is the name of the program.

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

1. Open a new message.
2. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Editor Options.
3. Under Working with Outlook and other Microsoft Office programs, clear the Show Mini Toolbar on selection check box.