Controlling Automatic Interface Changes
Each Office application includes hundreds of customization options. Because Office uses shared program code to display toolbars and menus, the techniques for customizing these elements are absolutely consistent from one application to another.
Just as in Office 2000, the single most controversial customization option is the personalized menus and toolbars feature. Unlike other Windows programs in which toolbars and pull-down menus are fixed, Office menus and toolbars change from day to day. Unless you specifically disable this feature, each Office program monitors your usage patterns and "personalizes" menus and toolbars. The idea is to reduce clutter in each menu by showing you only the choices you use ...
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