One of the most powerful features in Office is the capability to customize your workspace so that you can have the tools you need the most at your fingertips and remove the tools you don't use. Creating a Custom ToolbarCreating a custom toolbar is as easy as opening the Customize dialog, selecting the Tool b ar tab, and choosing N ew. Enter a name for your toolbar in the New Toolbar dialog box that appears, click OK, and you've created a new toolbar (see Figure 16.11). For the toolbar to be useful, you must add tools to it, either by dragging tools from other toolbars or by adding new tools to it. Figure 16.11. Use the Toolbars tab to create or delete custom toolbars and to reset the default toolbars to their original settings.
By default, a new toolbar floats on the screen; you'll have to move it to one of the edges of the window if you want it docked . Custom toolbars are listed with the other toolbars when you choose V iew, T oolbars or use a right-click to show the toolbar list. You can use this menu to show or hide your toolbars.
Adding Tools to Custom ToolbarsAfter you've created a custom toolbar, it's time to add tools to it. Switch to the Commands tab and browse the categories and commands to find the tools you want on your new toolbar. For example, if you'd like to make a toolbar that contains just the tools you use from the Standard and Advanced toolbars, you can drag tools from those two toolbars to create a single custom toolbar.
Renaming and Deleting Custom ToolbarsIf you discover the name you gave your custom toolbar isn't descriptive or is misspelled , select the toolbar by name from the T ools, C ustomize, Tool b ars tab list and choose the R e name button, as shown in Figure 16.11. If you decide you really don't need your custom toolbar any longer, select it and click the D elete button, and the toolbar is gone. After you delete a custom toolbar, you can't restore ityou'll have to create a new one. Task: Create a Custom ToolbarWhen there are commands you use often, you might want to create custom toolbars so that your frequently used commands are together on one toolbar. One custom toolbar you'll probably find very useful is a toolbar containing buttons for the different colored Quick Flags. You can label each flag color with a name, such as Important, ASAP, Read Later, or another descriptive label:
Drag the toolbar to any edge of the window to dock it or let it float on the screen. |