Topic: Toolbars

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Adding an Equation Editor Tool Add Equation Editor to the Word Toolbar. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Calculating Expressions Want to figure out the result of a math expression? Try this neat trick. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Changes to Toolbars aren't Persistent If you make changes to a toolbar in Word, you expect those changes to be available the next time you start the program. If they aren’t, then you’ve got to track down the problem (using the information in this tip) and figure out how to fix it. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Changing Toolbar Buttons with VBA Toolbar buttons can have a different appearance depending on their state—whether they have been clicked or not. This tip explains how you can create the two necessary versions of a toolbar button for your customizations. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Changing Toolbar Buttons with WordBasic How to make your custom toolbar buttons change their appearance in a WordBasic macro. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95

Changing Toolbar Location If you don't like where your toolbars are located, just move them around. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Creating a New Toolbar How to create your own custom Toolbar. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Customizing a Toolbar Word is quite flexible in how you can configure the user interface. This tip explains how you can customize a toolbar so that it contains all the commands you want it to contain. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar When you customize Word 2007, what you are actually changing is a single toolbar called the Quick Access Toolbar. This tip explains what the toolbar is, where it is located, and how you can make changes to it. Microsoft Word versions: 2007

Deleting a Toolbar When your Custom Toolbar has outlived its usefulness you may need to delete it. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Displaying the Outlining Toolbar by Default The Outlining toolbar contains tools that are helpful to use, even if you aren’t working on your document’s outline. This tip explains how you can ensure that the Outlining toolbar is always displayed, as well as a way to access the desired tools even without the toolbar visible. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Finding a Missing Toolbar A few methods for finding an errant toolbar in Word. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Forcing Custom Toolbars to Stay in Position Word 2002 and Word 2003 use dynamic toolbars that can adjust themselves based on usage patterns of the tools. This can cause some problems with toolbars that unexpectedly move themselves around the screen. There is a way to avoid this behavior, as described in this tip. Microsoft Word versions: 2002 | 2003

Hiding the Reviewing Toolbar Does the Reviewing toolbar keep popping up whenever you create a document? Here’s a possible reason, along with what you can do about it. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

How to Turn Add-in Toolbar off by Default Add-in programs for Word often add toolbars that offer whatever features the add-in enables. Sometimes you may not want these toolbars to be displayed. Figuring out how to turn them off can be a headache, however. This tip offers some suggestions on things you can try. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Locking the Position of Custom Toolbars Is your Custom Toolbar in a new place each time you open Word? Here are some solutions. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Quickly Removing a Toolbar Button Need to remove a toolbar button, but don’t want to go through the hassle of displaying the Configure dialog box? You can make quick work of paring down your toolbars by using just one small shortcut key. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Removing Space Before Paragraphs Want to quickly format a paragraph to remove any extra space before it? Word includes a tool that can make this change a snap. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Resetting Toolbars to Their Default After configuring toolbars for a while, you may want to reset them to their default condition. You can perform the reset by using the Customize dialog box, as described in this tip. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Stupid Web Toolbar Learn how to turn off the pop-up nature of the Web toolbar. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

The Case of the Disappearing Icons Troubleshooting your custom icons on the Toolbar. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Too-Big Toolbars Work around Words inability to have a multi-row toolbar. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Tools to View Field Codes Fields can be used to add all sorts of dynamic data to your documents. Viewing the field codes, at times, is desirable. Here’s a way to add a handy clickable tool that will both display and hide those field codes. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Unchanging Toolbars Create a macro to return Toolbars to the default settings. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Using Large Toolbar Buttons Having trouble seeing the icons used on the various Word toolbars? You can make the tools larger (and easier to see) by using the steps in this tip. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

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