Setting Some Taskbar Toolbar Options

After you’ve displayed a toolbar, you can set a number of options to customize the look of the toolbar and to make it easier to work with. (Note that you need to unlock the taskbar to see these options; right-click the taskbar and then click to deactivate the Lock the Taskbar option.) Right-click an empty section of the toolbar and then click one of the following commands:

View—This command displays a submenu with two options: Large Icons and Small Icons. These commands determine the size of the toolbar’s icons. For example, if a toolbar has more icons than can be shown given its current size, switch to the Small Icons view.

Show Text—This command toggles the icon titles on and off. If you turn on the ...

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