When you right-click on an item within Windows, a Context menu is displayed. The items listed on the Context menu vary, depending on the item on which you are right-clicking. Within Word, Context menus are referred to as Shortcut menus. (It is unclear why Word would use different terminology than Windows does.) Word allows you to modify the Shortcut menus which appear when you right-click on an item within your document. As an example of the process you can follow to make changes, try these steps. (These steps assume you want to change the Shortcut menu that appears when you right-click on text within your document.)
Figure 1. The Toolbars tab of the Customize dialog box.
Figure 2. The Commands tab of the Customize dialog box.
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2018-03-11 16:46:58
Crystal
Bless your heart for this tip. . . I searched online for at least an hour to figure out how to paste when I right click on a highlighted misspelling instead of getting spelling suggestions. Thank you!
2017-02-17 10:56:26
Marshall Miller
When in Word 2016 is there a way to customize the Word Shortcut menu so that the Aa from the top of the ribbon can be in the shortcut menu? If so how do I do that?
2016-05-03 09:58:16
Rebecca
I wish to change the selections on the right click menu as edits are being done to a document. Please respond with the method to do this for Word 2016.
2016-02-24 21:29:14
Sarah
I was wondering if there was an updated version of this tip as I don't have a tools tab and can't find customize anywhere except for the ribbon!
Thanks
2015-04-24 17:04:04
Jamie Dimmel
Thank you for this tip. I've used LibreOffice Writer a little and one of the few things I liked was the Context Menu entry to edit the Style. This makes using Word 2000 even easier.
2013-09-08 09:35:19
Harvey
Need to edit the shortcut toolbar in 2013.
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