Office 2019 Ribbon too chunky with DPI scaling

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I've just bought a Dell XPS 15 and a pair of 4k monitors. I have all 3 screens set to 200% scaling, and when I run an Office app, the buttons on the ribbon have WAY too much margin/padding and cause the ribbon to show a truncated view, despite the fact that I have more than enough room to show the whole thing:

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I can't seem to find a setting anywhere to stop Office from doing this, and even if I set the scaling of all screens to 100%, the ribbon still looks chunkier than it does on my old laptop - could it be an Office 2019 thing?

For reference, this is what it looks like in Office 2016 on my old laptop (also at 200%) - much more compact and the whole ribbon shows:

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littlecharva

Posted 2019-10-07T12:35:36.220

Reputation: 135

Answers

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Turns out it's in Touch Mode and switching to Mouse Mode fixes it. In order to change the Touch/Mouse Mode you must add the button to the toolbar.

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Once the button has been added you can easily switch between each mode.

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Source: Office 2019 Ribbon icons suddenly appear widely spaced out (all apps except Outlook)

littlecharva

Posted 2019-10-07T12:35:36.220

Reputation: 135

1I have made a proposed edit to your answer, in order to include the relevant information in the body of the answer, instead of just having a url that might not work in 60 days. Please take a moment to verify you agree with the changes, and keep in mind, that answers which only contain a url are not acceptable answers here at Super User. – Ramhound – 2019-10-07T15:58:58.780