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Word 2000 for Windows For Dummies
Add a Toolbar Button in Word 2000
Adapted From: Word 2000 for Windows For Dummies

If you find yourself using a particular Word command quite often, why not make that command a button on the toolbar? To add any button to any toolbar, follow these steps:

  1. Click the down-arrow at the far right end of the toolbar.

The down-arrow is found on all of Word's toolbars. You want to click the down-arrow on whichever toolbar you're adding a button to.

A menu drops down when you click the down-arrow triangle thing.

  1. Select Add or Remove Buttons.

A huge pop-up menu appears, detailing the buttons available or already on the toolbar.

If the button you want appears in the pop-up menu, select it from the list. You're done.

If the button you want isn't there, move along to Step 3.

  1. Select Customize from the menu.

  2. In the Customize dialog box, click the Commands tab.

  3. Locate the command you want to add.

The commands are organized like the Word menus. So, if you want to add a text format, select Format from the Categories list, then find the format command you want in the Commands list.

  1. Drag the toolbar button you've found up onto the toolbar.

This is the tricky part. When you find the command you want, drag its icon from the Customize dialog box onto the toolbar. When the mouse is over the toolbar, a large "I" thing tells you where the command will be inserted. Release the mouse button to drop the command onto the toolbar.

  1. Continue adding buttons, if you like.

Repeat Steps 5 and 6 as necessary.

  1. Click Close to close the Customize dialog box.

Your new toolbar is awaiting its first use.


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