Add a button, menu, or command

Do one or both of the following:

Add a button, menu, or command to a toolbar

  1. Make sure the toolbar you want to change is visible.

    How?

    1. On the View menu, point to Toolbars.
    2. Do one of the following:
      • Click the toolbar you want to display.
      • To view more toolbars, click Customize. In the Customize dialog box, click the Toolbars tab, and then select the check box for the toolbar you want to display. Click Close.
  2. Click the Toolbar Options arrow Toolbar Options arrow.
  3. Point to Add or Remove Buttons, and then click Customize.
  4. Do one of the following:

    Add a button

    1. Click the Commands tab.
    2. In the Categories box, click a category for the command you want the button to perform.
    3. Drag the command or macro you want from the Commands box to the displayed toolbar.

    Add a built-in menu to a toolbar

    1. Click the Commands tab.

    2. In the Categories box, click Built-in Menus.

    3. Drag the menu you want from the Commands box to the displayed toolbar.

    Add a custom menu to a toolbar

    1. Click the Commands tab.

    2. In the Categories box, click New Menu.

    3. Drag New Menu from the Commands box to the displayed toolbar.

    4. Right-click the new menu on the toolbar, type a name in the Name box on the shortcut menu, and then press ENTER.

  5. On the Customize dialog box, click Close.

Add a command to a menu

  1. If the menu you want to change is on a toolbar, make sure the toolbar is visible.

    How?

    1. On the View menu, point to Toolbars.
    2. Do one of the following:
      • Click the toolbar you want to display.
      • To view more toolbars, click Customize. In the Customize dialog box, click the Toolbars tab, and then select the check box for the toolbar you want to display. Click Close.
  2. On the View menu, point to Toolbars.
  3. Click Customize, and then click the Commands tab.
  4. In the Categories box, click a category for the command.
  5. Drag the command you want from the Commands box and, without releasing the mouse, rest it over the menu you want to change. When the menu displays a list of commands, point to where you want the command to appear, and then release the mouse.