R: [libreoffice-users] Using text instead of icons

You’re not missing it. In current LibreOffice, the global **“Text, Text and Icons, or Icons”** 
choice is no longer presented under **Tools → Options → LibreOffice → View**. That advice refers to 
an older interface/version.
The feature still exists, but it is applied **per toolbar**:
1. Make sure the relevant toolbar is visible: **View → Toolbars**.2. Right-click an empty area of 
that toolbar—or click its small toolbar drop-down/menu button.3. Choose **Visible Buttons** if you 
need to add or remove commands.4. Open **Customize Toolbar…** or **Toolbar Settings…**, depending 
on the exact build and UI.5. In the toolbar customization dialog, select **Text only** in the 
control that normally offers **Icons only**, **Text only**, or **Icons and Text**.6. Repeat this 
for each toolbar.
LibreOffice’s documentation for the 26.2 branch confirms that toolbar buttons can be set to **Icon 
only, Text only, or Icon and text**, but says this selection is made from the toolbar customization 
interface—not from the general **View** options.
If you are using the **Tabbed/NotebookBar** interface rather than the traditional toolbars, that 
setting will not convert the entire interface to text. Switch to a conventional layout via **View → 
User Interface → Standard Toolbar** (or **Single Toolbar**, depending on your preference), then 
customize the individual toolbars.
So the short answer is: **the text-label capability remains, but the convenient global setting 
appears to have been removed or the online instructions are outdated. On Windows 28.6, use 
per-toolbar customization or switch to the Standard Toolbar interface first.**

Hope this helps.
Paolo 

 
 
  Il dom, 27 set, 2026 alle 23:48, Dave Close<dave@compata.com> ha scritto:   I usually use 
LibreOffice on Fedora Linux. The current version I have
installed is 26.2. Today I tried to use it on Windows with version 28.6.
I could not find a way to change all the icons for the various tools to
simple text. Although this has been tedious on Linux, it has at least
been possible. (I haven't used picture books since I was about five
years old. I learned to read.)

Online helps says I can do this on the Windows version with "go to Menu
> Tools > Options > LibreOffice > View, and then select the option to
display text labels for icons." This would be wonderful if it worked
since doing so in the past required making individual changes for each
toolbar. But that option does not seem to appear.

Am I missing something? Or has LibreOffice eliminated this useful
feature?
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        Dave Close, Compata, Irvine CA      +1 714 434 7359
      dave@compata.com              dhclose@alumni.caltech.edu
      "Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time."
                                  -- Terry Pratchett


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