Well, then I'm out of here. You are telling me that Office 2007 will not
allow the classic look? I understand that Vista will so why won't Office and
why doesn't it do so in the beta version? That is the problem. I don't use
XP look. I use classic and that allows me to choose smaller icons. It
doesn't have much to do with window size or the screen resolution although
XP does force, even in classic look, larger icons than 98SE where they can
be made as tiny as you want (but this is partly because XP doesn't allow you
to make the task bar extremely narrow like 98SE does). XP look doesn't allow
small icons because it is intended for children who like cartoons and for
the visually impaired as gigantic icons are not needed by persons with
normal vision. I gather Vista is the same but it will allow for the classic
look for those who can't stand XP and Vista looks is what I have read so
Office 2007 should also. It doesn't matter that much to me as I see that DRM
is part of Office 2007 and that is that. I'm off to learn Linux for many
reasons (Microsoft's insistence that they need to check every few minutes to
see if I am an honest person or not is enough to make any self respecting
person leave Windows as soon as they master another operating system).

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
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only by changing the window size or your resolution.

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"Melelina" wrote in message
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Is there a way in Outlook 2007 beta to reduce the size of the icons in
the Navigation pane and across the top of the page? They are GIGANTIC.
Horrible looking. It makes Outlook appear to be a comic book instead of a
business application. I will never use this version of Outlook (or Word
for that matter) if I can't reduce the icon size to very small, neat and
nice looking. I also cannot see how to reduce the font size for the
listings in the Navigation pane. That is also way too large.

I like the size of the icons on the top of the "inbox page". Those are
nice and small and neat. I hate the gigantic size icons on the "new
message" page though. Why are those so huge? I don't have a vision
problem with icons. I assume Microsoft must think everyone has low vision
and thus needs gigantic icons. How do I change the size of the icons in
the Navigation pane and on pages such as "new message" so they are very
small and don't take up such a ridiculous amount of room?