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Outlook 2002: how to lock toolbars

Mar 10, 2005 3:10AM PST

I am using Windows XP Home SP3, on my P4 1.8GHz with 608 (that?s what it says on My Computer) RAM.

In Outlook 2002, I rearrange my toolbars to fit on 2 rows but cannot find the ?lock toolbars? option that I use in IE and other programs. Is there a way to save changes so that I don?t open Outlook to find 4 rows of toolbars?

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Other programs?
Mar 10, 2005 4:45PM PST

Lock toolbars is not available in other Office programs. I'm having a hard time trying to figure out why your toolbars go to 4 rows... Do you have extra toolbars added?

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Extra toolbars
Mar 11, 2005 12:54AM PST

Yes, I have Adobe Acrobat, Bluetooth Palm Sync software, Norton Anti-Spam, MapPoint, Advanced formatting, etc. I am able to arrange them to fit into 2 rows but they go back to 4 rows when I start Outlook the next time.

BTW: I have decided to remove some toolbars (1st Norton because of Run-Time errors) and others that I can load when needed.

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Why so many?
Mar 11, 2005 5:01AM PST

Have you tried dragging the bottons from those toolbars onto the 2 Outlook bars? Or at least onto one toolbar.

I THINK you should be able to do that. Sorry...I've never used Outlook with *external* toolbars, except for Spambayes. And I've never had a problem with its toolbars moving around. Hmmm

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My Outlook does it too!
Apr 19, 2005 3:10PM PDT

I just have the default Outlook toolbars and every time I shut start up Outlook, they're always spread around. It's a pain to have to arrange them back into a more compact setup every time. Just don't understand why there isn't a "Lock" option.