Q163547: WD97: How to Create Custom Toolbars and Toolbar Buttons
Article: Q163547
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbualink97
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
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SUMMARY
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This article describes how to customize and create toolbars and toolbar buttons.
In Word, you can add, delete, move, or group toolbar buttons to suit your needs.
Word has built-in buttons for menu items, such as those on the File, Edit, View,
Insert, Format, tools, Table, Window, and Help menus. Word also has built-in
buttons for Drawing, Borders, and Mail Merge.
You may also want to create custom buttons for other commands that do not have
built-in buttons; in addition, you can create custom buttons for macros, fonts,
AutoText entries, and styles.
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How To Add A Button
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1. On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Customize.
2. Click the Commands tab. Under Categories, select the category from which you
want to add a button.
3. The available built-in buttons for the selected category will be displayed to
the right of the list, under Commands.
4. Click the desired button and drag it to the desired location on a toolbar.
Note: To see a short description of any built-in button's function while in the
Customize dialog box, click the button, and then click Description.
How to Change the Image of an Existing Button
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1. Display the toolbar on which the button you want to change appears.
2. On the Tools menu, click Customize.
3. Right-click the desired button, point to Change Button Image, and then click
the button image you want to change to.
If you want to modify or edit the button image, right-click the button, and then
click Edit Button Image from the shortcut menu. Make any changes, as desired,
and click OK.
How to Copy or Move a Toolbar Button
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1. On the Tools menu, click Customize.
2. Select the Toolbars tab.
3. Use the appropriate procedure from the following table:
To do this Use this procedure
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Move a button Drag the desired button to the new location on the
same toolbar or to another displayed toolbar.
Copy a button While holding down the CTRL key, drag the button to
the new location on the same toolbar or to
another displayed toolbar.
4. Click Close to exit the Customize dialog box.
How to Create a New Toolbar
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1. On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Customize.
2. Click the Toolbars tab, and then click New.
3. In the Toolbar Name box, type a name for your new custom toolbar.
4. In the "Make toolbar available to:" box, click the template or open document
where you want to store the toolbar.
5. Click the OK button.
The Customize dialog box will appear.
6. Click the Commands tab. Select the Category you want to select your button
from. Under Commands, click and drag the desired button to the new toolbar.
7. Click Close to exit the Customize dialog box.
How to Delete a Custom Toolbar
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1. On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Customize.
2. Click the Toolbars tab.
3. Under Toolbars, click the custom toolbar you want to delete, and then click
Delete.
NOTE: You cannot delete a built-in toolbar. When you select a built-in toolbar
in the Toolbars list, the Delete button is unavailable and the Reset button
becomes available. Using the Reset button will return the built-in toolbar to
its original default appearance.
To Move a Toolbar
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To move a toolbar from its "docked" position at the top of the Word window, click
and drag the two vertical bars on the left end of the toolbar. Drag the toolbar
to a new location. To move a "floating" toolbar, click and drag the Titlebar of
the toolbar window, and then drag it to the new location.
To Store Toolbar Changes
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When you create a custom toolbar or edit an existing toolbar, the changes are
stored in either the Normal template, another active template, or an open
document.
To select where to store the changes, select the desired template or document in
the "Save in" box on the Commands tab of the Customize dialog box. Note, the
"Save in" will list templates and documents other than Normal.dot if those
templates are active or if those documents are open in Word. To have another
template active, click "Templates and Add-Ins" on the Tools menu and use the
Attach button to attach your active document to another template.
In the Templates and Add-Ins dialog box, clicking the Organizer button will allow
you to manage the items stored in templates and/or documents, such as styles,
toolbars, AutoText entries and Macros. The Organizer can be used to do the
following:
- Copy items from a document or template to another document or template.
- Rename and delete items contained within templates and documents, such as
styles, AutoText entries, toolbars, and macro project items.
Additional query words:
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Keywords : kbualink97
Technology : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version : WINDOWS:97
Issue type : kbhowto
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