You can change the default toolbar options, such as having the Standard and Formatting toolbars share one row, or you can create new toolbars and customize the existing ones to maximize your efficiency. Toolbars are self-adjusting. That is, commands that you use more often stay on the toolbars, and commands that you use less often are replaced with more frequently used commands. Toolbars are also movable; you can drag entire toolbars to new locations on the screen. Change Menu and Toolbar Options -
| Click the Tools menu, and then click Customize. | -
| Click the Options tab. | -
| Change the Options settings as necessary. | -
| Click Close. | Add a Toolbar -
| Click the Tools menu, and then click Customize. | -
| Click the Toolbars tab, click New, type a toolbar name , and then click OK. | -
| Click the Commands tab, click a category, and then click a command. | -
| Drag the command to a toolbar to add it to the toolbar or drag a button off the toolbar to remove it from the toolbar, and then click Close. | Add Buttons to a Toolbar -
| Click the Tools menu, and then click Customize. | -
Click the Toolbars tab, and then double-click the toolbar to which you want to add buttons. The toolbar is displayed. -
| Click the Commands tab. | -
| Click a category, and then click a command. | -
Drag the command to a toolbar to add it to the toolbar or drag a button off the toolbar to remove it from the toolbar, and then click Close. If the command has a button icon associated with it, that icon appears. If it doesn't, the name of the command appears. -
| Repeat steps 4 and 5 to add all the buttons you want to the toolbar. | -
| Click Close. | Reposition a Toolbar -
Position the pointer over the vertical bar at the left edge of the Formatting toolbar. The pointer changes to the four-headed arrow pointer. -
Drag the toolbar to the middle of the screen. The floating toolbar now has a title bar, a Toolbar Options list arrow, and a Close button. |