OFF: How to Rename Toolbars on the Office Shortcut Bar

• Microsoft Office 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0

SUMMARY

This article explains how to rename toolbars on the Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar (OSB) included with Microsoft Office versions listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The following sets of steps work in both Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows NT.

To rename a toolbar on the Microsoft Office 97 Shortcut Bar

The Microsoft Office 97 OSB allows you to rename toolbars without using Windows Explorer. To rename a button, use the steps appropriate for your version of Windows:

   Windows 95 and Windows NT, version 4.0, only
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   1. Right-click the icon for the toolbar you want to rename. On the
      shortcut menu, click Rename.

   2. In the New Name box, type the toolbar's new name. Press ENTER
      or click OK.


   Any version of Windows 95 or Windows NT
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   1. Click the control menu in the upper-left corner of the OSB, and
      click Customize.

   2. Click the Toolbars tab.

   3. In the list of toolbars, click the name of the toolbar you want to
      rename, and then click Rename.

   4. In the New Name edit box, type the new name of the toolbar. Then
      press ENTER or click OK.

   5. Click OK.

To rename a toolbar on the Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar, version 7.0

Each toolbar on the OSB has an equivalent folder stored in the Msoffice\Office\Shortcut Bar folder on your hard disk. You can rename the toolbar on the OSB by renaming the folder. To do this:

   Windows 95 and Windows NT, version 4.0, only
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   1. In Windows Explorer, go to the Msoffice\Office\Shortcut Bar
      folder on your hard disk (C:\Msoffice\Office\Shortcut Bar, for
      example).

   2. Right-click the folder with the same name as the toolbar that
      you want to rename (Office, for example), and click Rename.

   3. Type a new name for the folder (NewOffice, for example) and then,
      press ENTER.

   4. Go to step 5, shown below.

   Windows NT, version 3.51
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   1. In File Manager, go to the Msoffice\Office\Shortcut Bar folder on
      your hard disk. (C:\Msoffice\Office\Shortcut Bar, for example.)

   2. Select the folder with the same name as the toolbar that you
      want to rename (Office, for example). On the File menu, click
      Rename.

   3. In the edit box, type the new name of the toolbar, preceded by its
      path. For example: "C:\Msoffice\Office\Shortcut Bar\NewOffice" and
      then click OK.

   4. Go to step 5, shown below.

   5. Click the control menu at the upper-left corner of the OSB, and
      click Customize.

   6. Click the Toolbars tab.

   7. In the list of toolbars, clear the checkbox next to the old name of
      the toolbar (Office).

   8. Click Add Toolbar.

   9. In the Add Toolbar dialog box, click "Make Toolbar for this Folder"
      and type the path to the renamed folder in the edit box. You can also
      click Browse, select the folder, and click Add. Click OK.

  10. Click OK.