Article ID: 136406
Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q136406
SYMPTOMS
When you add a button to the Office Shortcut Bar, the button is added to
the end of the toolbar, instead of to the location you specify on the
toolbar.
CAUSE
When you add a file or folder as a button to a toolbar on the Office
Shortcut Bar using the Customize dialog box, the button is added to the end
of the toolbar, instead of to the location indicated in the Customize
dialog box.
The Buttons tab in the Customize dialog box displays a list of the buttons
on the selected toolbar on the Shortcut Bar. When you select an item in the
"Show These Files As Buttons" list and you use the Add File or Add Folder
button to add an additional button, the file or folder you select is added
above the selected item in the list. However, the button for the file or
folder is added to the end of the toolbar on the Shortcut bar.
Additionally, if you delete the button that you just added to the "Show
These Files As Buttons" list, the wrong item may be deleted.
WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, you can modify the location of the button
that you added to a toolbar on the Office Shortcut Bar by using one of the
following methods:
Method 1
- Click the right mouse button on the Office Shortcut Bar.
- Click Customize.
- Click the Buttons tab. In the Toolbar list, click the toolbar that
contains the button that you want to move.
- In the "Show These Files As Buttons" list, click the button that
you want to move, and click the Up Arrow or Down Arrow button
until the item is in the desired location.
- Click OK.
Method 2
To move a button to a different position on the toolbar, all you have to do
is hold down the <ALT> key and drag the button on the toolbar to the
desired location.
Additionally, you can create spaces on the toolbar by ALT + dragging a
button approximately half of a button width away from a neighboring button,
and you can delete spaces by alt + dragging a neighboring button over the
space.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem
and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it
becomes available.
REFERENCES
For more information about adding a button to the Office Shortcut Bar,
click the Index tab in Microsoft Office Help, type the following text
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Add A Toolbar Button
For A File Or Folder To The Office Shortcut Bar" topic.
Additional query words: 97 OSB
Keywords: KB136406