WD2000: How to Create Custom Toolbars and Toolbar Buttons
ID: Q191178
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SUMMARY
This article describes how to customize and create toolbars and toolbar
buttons. In Word, you can add, delete, move, or group toolbar buttons to
suit your needs. Word has built-in buttons for menu items, such as those on
the File, Edit, View, Insert, Format, Tools, Table, Window, and Help menus.
Word also has built-in buttons for Drawing, Borders, and Mail Merge.
You may also want to create custom buttons for other commands that do not
have built-in buttons; in addition, you can create custom buttons for
macros, fonts, AutoText entries, and styles.
MORE INFORMATIONHow to Add a Button
Method 1:
- On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Customize.
- Click the Commands tab. Under Categories, select the category
from which you want to add a button.
- The available built-in buttons for the selected category are displayed to the right of the list, under Commands.
- Click the button you want, and drag it to the location you
want on a toolbar.
Method 2:
- On the Standard toolbar, click the More Buttons button, and
select Add or Remove Buttons.
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To add a button to the toolbar, select any
button item on
the drop-down menu. To remove a button item from the toolbar,
clear it from the drop-down menu.
NOTE: You can also select Customize and follow the instructions
in Method 1.
NOTE: To see a short description of any built-in button's function while in
the Customize dialog box, click the button, and then click Description.
How to Change the Image of an Existing Button
- Display the toolbar on which the button you
want to change appears.
- On the Tools menu, click Customize.
- Right-click the button you want, point to Change Button Image, and
then
click the button image you want to change to.
If you want to modify or edit the button image, right-click the button, and
then click Edit Button Image from the shortcut menu. Make any changes you
want, and click OK.
How to Copy or Move a Toolbar Button
- On the Tools menu, click Customize.
- Select the Toolbars tab.
- Use the appropriate procedure from the following table.
To do this: |
Use this procedure: |
Move a button |
Drag the button you want to the new location on the
same toolbar or to another displayed toolbar. |
Copy a button |
While holding down the CTRL key, drag the button to
the new location on the same toolbar or to
another displayed toolbar. |
- Click Close to quit the Customize dialog box.
How to Create a New Toolbar
- On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then
click Customize.
- Click the Toolbars tab, and then click New.
- In the Toolbar Name box, type a name for your new custom toolbar.
- In the Make toolbar available to box, click the template or open
document where you want to store the toolbar.
- Click OK.
The Customize dialog box appears.
- Click the Commands tab. Select the category you want to select your
button from. Under Commands, click and drag the button you want to the
new toolbar.
- Click Close to quit the Customize dialog box.
How to Delete a Custom Toolbar
- On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then
click Customize.
- Click the Toolbars tab.
- Under Toolbars, click the custom toolbar you want to delete, and then
click Delete.
NOTE: You cannot delete a built-in toolbar. When you select a built-in
toolbar in the Toolbars list, the Delete button is unavailable and the
Reset button becomes available. Using the Reset button returns the
built-in toolbar to its original default appearance.
How to Move a Toolbar
To move a toolbar from its "docked" position at the top of the Word window,
click and drag the two vertical bars on the left end of the toolbar. Drag
the toolbar to a new location. To move a "floating" toolbar, click and drag
the Titlebar of the toolbar window, and then drag it to the new location.
How to Store Toolbar Changes
When you create a custom toolbar or edit an existing toolbar, the changes
are stored in the Normal template, another active template, or an open
document.
To select where to store the changes, select the template or document you
want in the Save In box on the Commands tab of the Customize dialog box.
Note: The Save In box lists templates and documents other than Normal.dot
if those templates are active or if those documents are open in Word. To
have another template active, click Templates and Add-Ins on the Tools
menu, and use the Attach button to attach your active document to another
template.
In the Templates and Add-Ins dialog box, clicking the Organizer button
allows you to manage the items stored in templates and/or documents, such
as styles, toolbars, AutoText entries, and macros. The Organizer can be
used to do the following:
- Copy items from a document or template to
another document or template.
- Rename and delete items contained within templates and documents,
such
as styles, AutoText entries, toolbars, and macro project
items.
Additional query words:
word2000
Keywords : kbdta
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto
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