Word 2010 has some groovy new features including the Mini Toolbar. By default this toolbar will show up whenever you Select a segment of text in your document. But, it also shows up when you Right-Click anywhere in the document. Tired of it automatically showing up when you Select text? No problem, let’s disable that!
To be clear, the Mini Toolbar is the small box that appears in Word during selections and above the Right-Click menu. It contains commonly used formatting options including font changes, bold, italics, underline, and more.
How To Turn Off The Mini Toolbar Auto-Appear In Word 2010
Step 1
Click the File ribbon and then Click Options.
Step 2
In the options window, Click the General tab and then Uncheck the Show Mini Toolbar on selection box. Click OK to save changes and exit.
Done!
Now the mini-toolbar will only show up when you Right-Click somewhere in the document. I find this much less annoying since I have always used Right-Click to bring it up anyway.
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Annoyed with Word 2010
January 23, 2011 at 5:51 pm
Yeah, but how do you disable the mini tool bar all together when you right click!?! I’m use to it just staying above on the main bar like in Word 2003. It is annoying for me!!
MPA2000
November 7, 2012 at 8:25 am
Exactly! That was the reason for coming to this place.
Yolanda
April 16, 2014 at 2:27 pm
I like the mini toolbar. How do I customize it to include other features like underscore and cross-out?
Working On It
November 20, 2018 at 3:46 pm
Yes! Thank you. I despise that mini toolbar — incredibly annoying! Thank you so much.