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Can I shrink the nav buttons in Microsoft Entourage?

I've been using Microsoft's Entourage program for a while and like it, but just noticed recently that my friend's Entourage looks totally different: instead of having these six huge buttons on the top left of my main view window. How the heck did they do that?


Dave's Answer:

I know what you're talking about. In Microsoft Entourage on your Mac, you're seeing something like this:

Entourage: Big Buttons

and your friend sees something more like this:

Entourage: Small Buttons

The solution is simple, albeit a bit puzzling since it's buried in one of the general settings windows. Go to Entourage --> Preferences... and click on General. You'll see this:

Entourage: General Preferences

Notice where the cursor is located as that's the key option to select: "Display small navigation buttons (mazimize Folders and Views lists)". Check that box, click "OK", and you should be a happy Entourage user forevermore!


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Categorized: Mac OS X Help   (Article 6939, Written by )
Tagged: apple mail, mac os x, microsoft entourage
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Reader Comments To Date: 1

Ketchy said, on September 15, 2007 7:21 PM:

Ok, this is driving me crazy... I've had my mac for over 6months so far but am just now getting to fully use it to it's capacity and I find myself getting lost with almost everything. I am trying to set up and use my Microsoft Entourage, but I don't even know where to start... When I tried just following the system, I get stuck on adding my email address. Now I was able to add my hotmail address, but I have no idea how to manage it...
Please help I need to either figure out how to use it , or how to turn it off if I can't use it...
Thanks you so much for your time!!!

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