toolbar
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toolbars
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Steps vary based on the app and device, but tapping the top of the screen usually reveals a toolbar where you can adjust the typeface, font size, line spacing and background color of your e-book.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
Now, the app also has a “shop” tab on the bottom toolbar.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2022
You can also scan and attach a document to an email message you’re composing by tapping the scan icon on the keyboard’s toolbar.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2022
This is how you get it: Click on the search icon in the toolbar and search for “touch keyboard.”
From The Verge ● Apr. 26, 2022
Then I tapped the skull-and-crossbones icon that now appeared on my avatar’s toolbar.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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The Game Bar works through a variety of different toolbars.
From The Verge ● Apr. 19, 2022
The iPad’s OS 14 may look familiar to Mac users, with more sidebars, drop-downs, toolbars and search features that seem lifted directly from the Mac operating system.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 22, 2020
It's possible that the current version of Word does have one; I have no idea where among the layers of menus and toolbars it might be.
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2012
The Ribbon replaces the previous menu and toolbars in each Office application.
From Forbes ● May 17, 2011
Once added to Windows, toolbars became available for use in software programs created by Microsoft and thousands of independent companies.
From Time Magazine Archive
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