Working with Toolbars

Working with Toolbars

PowerPoint includes its most common commands on toolbars. Click a toolbar button to choose a command. When PowerPoint starts, the Standard and Formatting toolbars are at the top of the window aligned on a single bar, and the Drawing toolbar is at the bottom, unless you've changed your settings. The toolbars are personalized as you work, showing only the buttons you use most often. Additional toolbar buttons are available by clicking the Toolbar Options list arrow at the end of the toolbar. You can hide or display any toolbar, and you can move a toolbar around the screen so it's right where you need it.

Choose a Command Using a Toolbar Button

If you are not sure what a toolbar button does, point to it to display a ScreenTip.

To choose a command, click the button or click the Toolbar Options list arrow, and then click the button.

When you select a button from the Toolbar Options drop-down list, the button appears on the toolbar, which shows only the buttons you use most often.

Did You Know?

You can choose a toolbar quickly . To quickly display the list of available toolbars, right-click a toolbar and then click the toolbar you want to use.

Display or Hide a Toolbar

Click the View menu, and then point to Toolbars.

Click the toolbar you want to display or hide.

A check mark next to the toolbar name indicates that it is currently displayed on the screen.

Move and Reshape a Toolbar

• To move a toolbar that is docked (attached to one edge of the window) or floating (unattached) over the window, click the gray dotted edge bar on the left edge of the toolbar, and then drag it to a new location.

• To move a toolbar that is floating (unattached) over the window, drag the title bar to a new location.

• To return a floating toolbar to its previously docked location, double-click its title bar.

• To change the shape of a floating toolbar, drag any border until the toolbar is the shape you want.