Adding a Font Menu

Depending on what programs you use besides Word (or even before Word), you may find the pull-down Font tool not to your liking--particularly if you prefer to have the Formatting toolbar turned off. In those cases, you may want to add a Fonts menu to Word. (Heck, you may just have a personality quirk where you prefer a Fonts menu rather than a Fonts tool.) You can then use the menu to select fonts to be applied to text.

To add a Fonts menu, follow these steps:

1. Choose Customize from the Tools menu. Word displays the Customize dialog box.
2. Make sure the Commands tab is displayed. (Click here to see a related figure.)
3. In the list of Categories, choose Built-in Menus.
4. In the list of Commands, choose Fonts.
5. Drag the Fonts option to your menu bar, releasing the mouse button where you want the Fonts menu to be located.
6. Click on Close.