WD2000: Custom Toolbar Appears Truncated on Left Side

ID: Q204797

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you open a file attached to a template that has a custom toolbar, the toolbar may appear to be truncated on the left rather than the right side.

For example, one or more buttons that used to be positioned on the left side of the toolbar are now available on the More Buttons list (the last button on the toolbar), and a button that originally appeared in the middle of the toolbar is positioned at the left side of the toolbar.


CAUSE

The Menus show recently used commands first option in the Customize dialog box is selected. When you select this option, Word prioritizes the buttons and places the most recently used buttons on the toolbar first. In other words, when you use a button that is not displayed on the toolbar, Word moves that button to the toolbar, and then moves a button that has not been used recently to the More Buttons list. (To access this list, click the arrows at the right side of the toolbar.)

NOTE: The More Buttons list appears on docked toolbars only.


RESOLUTION

To have Word display the toolbar buttons arranged in a specific order, turn off the Menus show recently used commands first option. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. On the Tools menu, click Customize.


  2. Click the Options tab.


  3. Click to clear the Menus show recently used commands first check box.


NOTE: Performing these steps does not turn off the More Buttons list. If your toolbar contains more buttons than fit within the area of a docked toolbar, the last button on the toolbar will be this button. If you don't want the More Buttons list to appear on your toolbar, undock it.

After turning off the Menus show recently used commands first option, you may have to reposition the buttons the way you want them to appear on the toolbar. To do this, click Customize on the Tools menu, and then click and drag the buttons to reposition them where you want them to appear.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbdta wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb


Last Reviewed: September 14, 1999
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