Customize the toolbars
Removing items from active toolbars
If any item on the toolbar is not useful to you
it can be removed. I am going to use a floating copy of the
Standard toolbar as an example:
In the above toolbar I plan to remove the
Insert Hyperlink button 
- From the View menu select
Toolbar
- From the Toolbar submenu select
Customize
- Click on the button you want to
remove
- Click and drag the button until you see an
x attached to the pointer
- Let go of the button and it is removed from
the toolbar
If you
can not see the QuickTime movie, select this link.
The same procedure can be used to move a
toolbar button to a new location on any toolbar
Restoring items to an active toolbar
To restore any buttons that you removed from a
toolbar follow this procedure:
- From the View menu select
Toolbar
- From the Toolbar submenu select
Customize
- Choose the Toolbars tab
- Click on the name of the
toolbar
- Select the Reset button
- Click OK in the Reset
Toolbar window
Adding buttons to a toolbar
A large number of toolbars can be added to the
window from the View/Toolbar window. However, you may wish to add
only a button or two to the open toolbars. There are some actions
that I used regularly in Microsoft Works which are not listed on
the commonly used toolbars in Word, such as:
- Insert date
- 1.5 space and double space
If you browse in the Customize window you may
find other examples. In the example below I add the Date
button from the Insert menu. The following steps will allow
you to add any buttons to any menu:
- From the View menu select
Toolbar
- From the Toolbar submenu select
Customize
- Choose the Commands tab
- Select the name of the menu (I used
Insert)
- Scroll in the right window to find the
button
- Click and drag the button to the space on
the toolbar where you want the button
- Release the mouse and the button is
placed.
Changing the size of the window displaying
the selected font
If I am using the font Arial there is more than
enough room to display the font name on the Formatting toolbar. If
more room is needed, the size of that window can be decreased. On
the other hand, if I am using the font Times New Roman MT Extra
Bold the size of the window will be too small to display the
entire font name. Using the Customize menu, the window can be
re-sized using the following steps:
- From the View menu select
Toolbar
- From the Toolbar submenu select
Customize
- When the Customize window appears click on
the font name window
- When the black box outlines the window put
your cursor on the right edge of the window
- When your cursor changes to a double-headed
arrow click and drag
Using the Symbol toolbar button
I often use symbol characters in documents I
produce. On my Macintosh I use Keycaps to find the symbols, and on
my IBM I use the Character Map. However, Word has a toolbar button
which is easier to use than either of those two applications.
Using the steps outlined above I added the
symbol button (Greek letter Omega) from the Insert menu. One click
on this button brings up a window with all available characters in
a given font. Click once on a character to see an enlarged view.
Double-click a character to insert it into the document
If you perform any task repetitively in Word,
there is probably a button to use for the task. Search the
Customize/Commands window to find what you are looking
for.
Tasks to be performed before moving to the next window
Caution: Do
not close Netscape. Leave this window open so
you can move from Word to this page and back to Word. On a Windows 95 or higher
computer this can be accomplished with the task bar buttons. On a Macintosh
computer you can go to the Application Menu (some people call it the Finder)
at the top right corner of the screen to move from one application to another.
Open Microsoft Word. If the Standard toolbar is
not displayed go to the View menu and select it.
After you have completed all four tasks, move
on to the next subject, "Using Menu items in Word"
Other toolbars
Standard
| Formatting
| Drawing
| Customize
