Pulldown Menus

[Gus]

Hi Group,

Where is the setting to stop my standard windows pull-down menus
from collapsing to show only the most recently used options.
e.g. when I click on File, Edit, View etc. I want to see all options
immediately.

Thanks
Gus

 

[Wesley Vogel]

For MS Word or other MS Office applications.

Tools | Customize | Select: Always show full menus

From MS Word HELP:

Always show full menus
[[If selected, shows all the commands on the menus. If cleared, shows basic
and frequently used commands on personalized versions of menus. When you
select or clear this check box, the setting affects all your Microsoft
Office programs.]]

Show full menus after a short delay
[[When you rest the pointer over an open menu, shows all the commands on the
menu after a brief delay.]]

Displaying only the commands and buttons that you use
[[Microsoft Office automatically customizes menus and toolbars based on how
often you use the commands. When you first start an Office program, only the
most basic commands appear. Then, as you work, the menus and toolbars adjust
so that only the commands and toolbar buttons you use most often appear.]]

Displaying all the commands on a menu
[[To look for a command that you don't use often or have never used before,
click the arrows at the bottom of the menu to show all the commands. You can
also double-click the menu to expand it. When you expand one menu, all of
the menus are expanded until you choose a command or perform another action.
When you click a command on the expanded menu, the command is immediately
added to the short version of the menu. If you do not use the command often,
it is dropped from the short version of the menu.]]
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For IE.
To enable or disable the Internet Explorer personalized Favorites menu:
1. Start Internet Explorer.
2. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
3. Click the Advanced tab.
4. Click to clear or select the Enable Personalized Favorites Menu check
box.
5. Click OK.


For the Start Menu.

With the Classic Start Menu, both of these need to be UNChecked.
XP Start Menu doesn't have Use Personalized Menus option.

XP Start Menu >>
Right click the Start button | Properties |
Start Menu tab | Customize button | Advanced tab |
Scroll down to and UNCheck:
Scroll Programs |
Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK

Classic Start Menu >>
Right click the Start button | Properties |
Start Menu tab | Customize button |
Scroll down to and UNCheck both of these:
Scroll Programs |
Use Personalized Menus
Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK

Scroll Programs
[Specifies whether to display the items on the Programs menu as one long
scrolling menu or as horizontal pages. Depending on your screen resolution,
if you have more than 29 or 38 programs installed, and you select to have
one long scrolling menu, you can access the programs you don’t see
by clicking the arrow at each end of the list of programs.]

Use Personalized Menus
[Specifies whether to turn on Personalized Menus.
Personalized Menus keeps the Programs menu clean by hiding items you haven't
used recently, while still keeping other programs easily accessible. You
can gain access to hidden programs by clicking the down arrow at the bottom
of the Programs menu.]

HOW TO: Show All Items on the Start Menu or Favorites Menu
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/230596

"Use Personalized Menus" Option in Taskbar and Start Menu Properties Has No
Effect on Internet Explorer Favorites Menu
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257045

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[MartinW]

Thanks Wesley, that solved the problem

I tried the help file and google as well for things like "pulldown menus"
"dropdown menus" "collapsing pulldown menus" etc. etc. but as usual
Help was not much help unless you know where to look and the
web was getting too many obscure hits on completely unrelated sites.

Thanks again
Gus

 

[witan]

For MS Word or other MS Office applications.

Tools | Customize | Select: Always show full menus

From MS Word HELP:

Always show full menus
[[If selected, shows all the commands on the menus. If cleared, shows basic
and frequently used commands on personalized versions of menus. When you
select or clear this check box, the setting affects all your Microsoft
Office programs.]]

Show full menus after a short delay
[[When you rest the pointer over an open menu, shows all the commands on the
menu after a brief delay.]]

Displaying only the commands and buttons that you use
[[Microsoft Office automatically customizes menus and toolbars based on how
often you use the commands. When you first start an Office program, only the
most basic commands appear. Then, as you work, the menus and toolbars adjust
so that only the commands and toolbar buttons you use most often appear.]]

Displaying all the commands on a menu
[[To look for a command that you don't use often or have never used before,
click the arrows at the bottom of the menu to show all the commands. You can
also double-click the menu to expand it. When you expand one menu, all of
the menus are expanded until you choose a command or perform another action.
When you click a command on the expanded menu, the command is immediately
added to the short version of the menu. If you do not use the command often,
it is dropped from the short version of the menu.]]
---------

For IE.
To enable or disable the Internet Explorer personalized Favorites menu:
1. Start Internet Explorer.
2. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
3. Click the Advanced tab.
4. Click to clear or select the Enable Personalized Favorites Menu check
box.
5. Click OK.

For the Start Menu.

With the Classic Start Menu, both of these need to be UNChecked.
XP Start Menu doesn't have Use Personalized Menus option.

XP Start Menu >>
Right click the Start button | Properties |
Start Menu tab | Customize button | Advanced tab |
Scroll down to and UNCheck:
Scroll Programs |
Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK

Classic Start Menu >>
Right click the Start button | Properties |
Start Menu tab | Customize button |
Scroll down to and UNCheck both of these:
Scroll Programs |
Use Personalized Menus
Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK

Scroll Programs
[Specifies whether to display the items on the Programs menu as one long
scrolling menu or as horizontal pages. Depending on your screen resolution,
if you have more than 29 or 38 programs installed, and you select to have
one long scrolling menu, you can access the programs you don't see
by clicking the arrow at each end of the list of programs.]

Use Personalized Menus
[Specifies whether to turn on Personalized Menus.
Personalized Menus keeps the Programs menu clean by hiding items you haven't
used recently, while still keeping other programs easily accessible. You
can gain access to hidden programs by clicking the down arrow at the bottom
of the Programs menu.]

HOW TO: Show All Items on the Start Menu or Favorites Menuhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/230596

"Use Personalized Menus" Option in Taskbar and Start Menu Properties Has No
Effect on Internet Explorer Favorites Menuhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/257045

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Hi Group,

Where is the setting to stop my standard windows pull-down menus
from collapsing to show only the most recently used options.
e.g. when I click on File, Edit, View etc. I want to see all options
immediately.

Thanks
Gus

Thanks Wes. Although I was not the OP, I had the same problem, and
your advice has solved it in a trice.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Hi Gus,

but as usual
Help was not much help unless you know where to look

Or what it's called. LOL. I know what you mean. Some times you just have
to spend a little time in help looking through other stuff. It seems to me
that if you're looking for help on one thing you'll find an answer to
something else. Like looking around the house for your keys and you stumble
over something else you misplaced months ago. ;-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Glad to help, witan.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

For MS Word or other MS Office applications.

Tools | Customize | Select: Always show full menus

From MS Word HELP:

Always show full menus
[[If selected, shows all the commands on the menus. If cleared, shows
basic
and frequently used commands on personalized versions of menus. When you
select or clear this check box, the setting affects all your Microsoft
Office programs.]]

Show full menus after a short delay
[[When you rest the pointer over an open menu, shows all the commands on
the
menu after a brief delay.]]

Displaying only the commands and buttons that you use
[[Microsoft Office automatically customizes menus and toolbars based on
how
often you use the commands. When you first start an Office program, only
the
most basic commands appear. Then, as you work, the menus and toolbars
adjust
so that only the commands and toolbar buttons you use most often
appear.]]

Displaying all the commands on a menu
[[To look for a command that you don't use often or have never used
before,
click the arrows at the bottom of the menu to show all the commands. You
can
also double-click the menu to expand it. When you expand one menu, all of
the menus are expanded until you choose a command or perform another
action.
When you click a command on the expanded menu, the command is immediately
added to the short version of the menu. If you do not use the command
often,
it is dropped from the short version of the menu.]]
---------

For IE.
To enable or disable the Internet Explorer personalized Favorites menu:
1. Start Internet Explorer.
2. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
3. Click the Advanced tab.
4. Click to clear or select the Enable Personalized Favorites Menu check
box.
5. Click OK.

For the Start Menu.

With the Classic Start Menu, both of these need to be UNChecked.
XP Start Menu doesn't have Use Personalized Menus option.

XP Start Menu >>
Right click the Start button | Properties |
Start Menu tab | Customize button | Advanced tab |
Scroll down to and UNCheck:
Scroll Programs |
Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK

Classic Start Menu >>
Right click the Start button | Properties |
Start Menu tab | Customize button |
Scroll down to and UNCheck both of these:
Scroll Programs |
Use Personalized Menus
Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK

Scroll Programs
[Specifies whether to display the items on the Programs menu as one long
scrolling menu or as horizontal pages. Depending on your screen
resolution,
if you have more than 29 or 38 programs installed, and you select to have
one long scrolling menu, you can access the programs you don't see
by clicking the arrow at each end of the list of programs.]

Use Personalized Menus
[Specifies whether to turn on Personalized Menus.
Personalized Menus keeps the Programs menu clean by hiding items you
haven't
used recently, while still keeping other programs easily accessible. You
can gain access to hidden programs by clicking the down arrow at the
bottom
of the Programs menu.]

HOW TO: Show All Items on the Start Menu or Favorites
Menuhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/230596

"Use Personalized Menus" Option in Taskbar and Start Menu Properties Has
No
Effect on Internet Explorer Favorites
Menuhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/257045

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Hi Group,

Where is the setting to stop my standard windows pull-down menus
from collapsing to show only the most recently used options.
e.g. when I click on File, Edit, View etc. I want to see all options
immediately.

Thanks
Gus

Thanks Wes. Although I was not the OP, I had the same problem, and
your advice has solved it in a trice.