PPT97: How To Add Your Own Menu to PowerPoint 97 and 98

ID: Q160246

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SUMMARY

In PowerPoint 97, you can customize existing menus and toolbars as well as create your own menus. This article describes how to create a new menu and add commands to your menu.

MORE INFORMATION

Creating a New Menu

1. On the Tools menu, click Customize.

2. Click the Commands tab.

3. From the Categories list, click New Menu.

4. Drag the New Menu command from the Commands list and drop it on the 

   toolbar on which you want to add the new menu.
5. Click Modify Selection.

6. In the Name box, type the name you want to use for your menu.

Adding Commands to Your New Menu

1. On the Tools menu, click Customize.

2. Click the Commands tab.

3. Click the category that contains the command you want to add.

4. Drag the command from the Commands List and position your mouse 

   pointer on top of the new menu. If the menu does not contain any other
   commands, a gray box appears beneath it. If the menu already contains
   one or more commands, those commands appear.
5. Point to the location you want to use for the new command. Release the 
   mouse button.
6. Repeat steps 1 through 5 to add additional commands.

REFERENCES

For more information about adding new menus, click the Office Assistant, type "create a new menu," click Search, and then click to view "Add a custom menu to a toolbar."

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Keywords          : kbui kbtemplate 
Version           : WINDOWS:97; MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 20, 1999