Delete a button or menu command - Help and How-to

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Delete a button or menu command

Applies to: Microsoft Office Excel 2003, FrontPage 2003, InfoPath 2003, OneNote 2003, Outlook 2003, PowerPoint 2003, Word 2003

You can rearrange and modify toolbar buttons, menus, and menu commands by using the mouse or you can use the Rearrange Commands dialog box which is accessible using a keyboard menu. These tasks are identified as (keyboard accessible).

Do one of the following:

Show Delete a button

On the Tools menu, click Customize.
Make sure the toolbar you want to change is visible.
How?
1. In the Customize dialog box, click the Toolbars tab.
2. Select the check box for the toolbar you want to display.
Drag the button you want to delete off the toolbar.
In the Customize dialog box, click Close.

Show Delete a button (keyboard accessible)

On the Tools menu, click Customize.
Make sure the toolbar you want to change is visible.
How?
1. In the Customize dialog box, click the Toolbars tab.
2. Select the check box for the toolbar you want to display.
In the Customize dialog box, click the Commands tab.
Click Rearrange Commands.
Click Toolbar, and then click the toolbar that contains the button you want to delete.
In the Controls list, click the button you want to delete.
Click Delete.

Show Delete a command from a menu

On the Tools menu, click Customize.
Click the menu (menu: A list of commands that is displayed when you click a menu name on a menu bar or other toolbar.) that contains the command you want to delete.
Drag the command you want to delete off the menu.
In the Customize dialog box, click Close.

Show Delete a command from a menu (keyboard accessible)

On the Tools menu, click Customize.
If the menu (menu: A list of commands that is displayed when you click a menu name on a menu bar or other toolbar.) you want to change is on a toolbar, make sure that the toolbar you want to change is visible.
How?
1. In the Customize dialog box, click the Toolbars tab.
2. Select the check box for the toolbar you want to display.
In the Customize dialog box, click the Commands tab.
Click Rearrange Commands.
If the menu you want to change is on the menu bar, click Menu Bar and then click the menu you want in the Menu Bar list.
If the menu you want to change is on a toolbar, click Toolbar, and then click the menu that you want in the Toolbar list. For example, click Drawing|AutoShapes to add a command to the AutoShapes menu on the Drawing toolbar.
In the Controls list, click the menu command you want to delete.
Click Delete.