To be clear, the Mini Toolbar is the small box that appears in Word during selections and above the Right-Click menu.  It contains commonly used formatting options including font changes, bold, italics, underline, and more.

How To Turn Off The Mini Toolbar Auto-Appear In Word 2010

Step 1

Click the File ribbon and then Click Options.

Step 2

In the options window, Click the General tab and then Uncheck the Show Mini Toolbar on selection box.  Click OK to save changes and exit.

Done!

Now the mini-toolbar will only show up when you Right-Click somewhere in the document.  I find this much less annoying since I have always used Right-Click to bring it up anyway.

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