What version of excel are you using?
What version of windows are you using?
If you're using xl2003 and winXP, maybe you could try a playing with a windows
setting.
Windows Start button|Settings|control panel|Display
(Using the classic menus)
Appearance tab
Windows and buttons dropdown: Windows Classic Style
This is a windows setting, though.
(I used this for a few hours after upgrading to both xl2003 and WinXP, but
reverted back to the winXP style. It kind of grows on you, er, me.)