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We select the wrong icon and go back to the beginning of our PowerPoint slideshow.
Not to Slide 11. And we’re in front of a potential client.
We tap ‘Quick Print’ instead of ‘Read Aloud’… and an 85-page document spits out of our printer. Enough, already!
Years ago, after grabbing the wrong ‘quick access’ tool one. too. many. times, I asked:
“Can we move those itty bitty icons at the top of Microsoft files?”
It turns out: yes, we can!
Those ‘itty bitty icons’ live on our Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) at the top of our files.
And they come in pretty handy.
Um … until we have a ‘critical’ tool next to an ‘innocuous’ one. And get in a hurry. Yeah.
Check out these steps
I’ve provided a handout for you. You’ll find step-by-step notes for adding, deleting, and moving Quick Access Toolbar icons. I also explain why my icons are in a specific order now.
Grab a copy of the handout here
Feel free to share the handout and this article.
This is a fun process once you get the hang of it.
Note: These instructions worked on my Windows
computer when I created the handout.
Procedures may change when Microsoft updates its software.
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- The time you printed a huge document because you tapped the wrong tool.
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