WD: How to Create Custom Toolbars and Toolbar Buttons

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How to Add a Button

1. On the View menu, click Toolbars.
2. In the Toolbars dialog box, click Customize.
3. In the Categories list, select the category from which you want to add a button.
4. Word displays the available built-in buttons for the selected category to the right of the list box.
   
   For the commands, macros, fonts, AutoText entries, and styles categories, instead of buttons, Word lists the available commands or items in the box to the right of the Categories list in the Commands, Macros, Fonts, AutoText, or Styles box, respectively. Note that the name of this box changes depending on which item is selected in the Categories list.
5. Click the button you want and drag it to the the location on the toolbar you want.
   
   Note that if you are selecting an item from a Commands, Macros, Fonts, AutoText, or Styles category, when you select the item, a "ghost" button appears when you hold down the mouse button. Drag this button to where you want the button to go. The Custom Button dialog box is displayed; you can use this dialog box to choose the custom face of the button.

How to Change the Image of an Existing Button

1. Display the toolbar on which the button appears. Click Customize on the Tools menu, and select the Toolbars tab.
2. On the toolbar, use the right mouse button (Windows) or hold down CTRL (Macintosh) and click the button you want to change.
3. On the shortcut menu that appears, click Choose Button Image.

How to Copy or Move a Toolbar Button

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
         ---------------------------------------------------------------------
   
         Move a button          Drag the button to the new location on the
                                same toolbar or to another displayed toolbar.
   
         Copy a button          While holding down CTRL, drag the button to
         (Windows)              the new location on the same toolbar or to
                                another displayed toolbar.
   
         Copy a button          While holding down the OPTION key, drag the
         (Macintosh)            button to the new location on the same toolbar
                                or to another displayed toolbar.
   					

4. Click Close.

How to Create a New Toolbar

1. On the View menu, click Toolbars.
2. Select the New button.
3. In the Toolbar Name box, type a name for the new toolbar.
4. In the "Make Toolbar Available To" box, click the template where you want to store the toolbar.
5. Click the OK button.
6. The Customize dialog box appears.
7. In the Categories box, click the category that contains the command or other item you want to add to the new toolbar.
8. Under Buttons, drag the button or other item to the new toolbar.

How to Delete a Custom Toolbar

1. On the View menu, click Toolbars.
2. In the Toolbars box, click to select the name of the custom toolbar you want to delete.
3. Click Delete.
   
   NOTE: You cannot delete a built-in toolbar. When you select a built-in toolbar in the Toolbars box, the Delete button changes to Reset. Using the Reset button returns the built-in toolbars to their original default appearance.

Moving a Toolbar

Use the Organizer to Manage Toolbars

• Copy items to a template from other templates and documents.
• Rename and delete items contained within templates.
• Make macros, AutoText entries, and customized command settings stored in a template available to any document, regardless of the template attached to the document.