Chapter 12. Customizing Word

12. Customizing Word

Chapter at a Glance

In this chapter, you will learn to:
	Change default program options.
	Make favorite Word commands easily accessible.
	Make commands available with a specific document.
	Create a custom keyboard shortcut.

If you use Microsoft Office Word 2007 only occasionally, you might be perfectly happy with the default environment options and behind-the-scenes settings. However, if you create a lot of documents, you might find yourself wishing that you could change aspects of the program to customize it for the kinds of documents you create.

In this chapter, you will explore the pages of the Word Options window to understand the ways in which you can customize the program. Then you will add buttons to the Word 2007 Quick Access Toolbar, and to a document's custom toolbar. Finally, you will create a keyboard shortcut for a command so that you can invoke it without using your mouse.

See Also

Do you need only a quick refresher on the topics in this chapter? See the Quick Reference entries on pages xxxixlxiii.

Important

Before you can use the practice files in this chapter, you need to install them from the book's companion CD to their default location. See "Using the Book's CD" on page xxv for more information.

Troubleshooting

Graphics and operating systemrelated instructions in this book reflect the Windows Vista user interface. If your computer is running Microsoft Windows XP and you experience trouble following the instructions as written, please refer to the "Information for Readers Running Windows XP" section at the beginning of this book.