Office Component Buttons Not Displayed on Toolbar

• Microsoft Office 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows
• Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

When you install Microsoft Office, the Office components (Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Office Binder) are not displayed on the Office toolbar on the Office Shortcut Bar.

CAUSE

By default, when you install Office, the Office toolbar does not display the buttons for the Office components, although these items can be displayed on the toolbar.

Note that by default, the Office components are displayed on the Microsoft Office Manager (MOM) toolbar in Office versions 4.x.

RESOLUTION

To display an Office component as a button on the Office toolbar, do the following:

1. Click the right mouse button on a blank space on the Office Shortcut Bar, and then click Customize.

2. Click the Buttons tab.

3. In the Toolbar list, click Office.

4. In the Show These Files As Buttons list, select the check box next to the component for which you want to display a button, such as Microsoft Word.

5. Click OK when you are finished adding buttons for the Office components.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q131182
   TITLE     : OFF7: Buttons Supplied with the Office Toolbar

REFERENCES

For more information about displaying a button on the Office Shortcut Bar, click the Index tab in Microsoft Office Help, type the following text

   customizing Shortcut Bar, hiding