Create a custom toolbar - Help and How-to

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Create a custom toolbar

Applies to: Microsoft Office Word 2003

On the Tools menu, click Customize.
Click the Toolbars tab.
Click New.
In the Toolbar name box, type the name you want.
In the Make toolbar available to box, select which template (template: A file or files that contain the structure and tools for shaping such elements as the style and page layout of finished files. For example, Word templates can shape a single document, and FrontPage templates can shape an entire Web site.) or document to make the toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.) available in, and then click OK.
Click the Commands tab.
Do one of the following:
Add a button to the toolbar
1. Click a category in the Categories box.
2. Drag the command you want from the Commands box to the displayed toolbar.
Add a built-in menu to the toolbar
1. In the Categories box, click Built-in Menus.
2. Drag the menu you want from the Commands box to the displayed toolbar.
When you have added all the buttons and menus you want, click Close.