WD2000: How to Customize, Create, and Restore Word Menus

ID: Q230053

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to create a new menu, customize an existing menu, and restore built-in menus.

For additional information about how to customize and create toolbars and toolbar buttons, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q191178 WD2000: How to Create Custom Toolbars, Toolbar Buttons


MORE INFORMATION

The following items explain how to customize, create, restore, or remove existing menu items.

To Reset All Menus to Their Defaults

  1. On the Tools menu, click Customize.


  2. Click the Toolbars tab.


  3. In the Toolbars list, click to select Menu Bar. Do not clear the Menu Bar check box.


  4. Click Reset. Word will display the Reset Toolbar dialog box with the following message:
    Reset changes made to 'Menu Bar' toolbar for:

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    NOTE: If you are making changes to the menus of a custom template, make sure your custom template name appears in this box.


  5. Click Close.


To Add a New Menu

  1. On the Tools menu, click Customize.


  2. Click the Commands tab.


  3. In the Categories list, select New Menu.


  4. In the Commands list, click New Menu.


  5. Drag New Menu from the Commands list to the menu bar. Release the mouse button when you see a vertical bar indicating the position of the new menu.


  6. Right-click New Menu on the menu bar, type a name in the Name box, and then press ENTER.


  7. Click Close.


NOTE: To add commands to the menu, use the steps in the "To Add an Item to a Menu" section of this article.

To Add an Item to a Menu

  1. On the Tools menu, click Customize.


  2. Click the Commands tab.


  3. In the Categories list, select the menu you want to customize. For example, click View on the menu bar.


  4. In the Commands box, click to select the command you want to add to the View menu. For example, click View Field Codes.


  5. Drag View Field Codes to the View menu. Release the mouse button when you see a horizontal bar indicating the location on the menu where the command will be inserted.


  6. Click Close.


To Remove an Item from a Menu

  1. On the Tools menu, click Customize.


  2. Click a menu item.


  3. Drag the command you want to remove into the document.


  4. Click Close.


To Modify Text or Change a Button Image on a Menu

  1. On the Tools menu, click Customize.


  2. Click a menu item.


  3. Right-click the Menu command.


  4. Choose an action from the drop-down menu.


  5. Click Close.


Restoring a Menu That You Deleted

  1. On the Tools menu, click Customize.


  2. Click the Commands tab.


  3. In the Categories list, select Built-In Menus.


  4. In the Commands list, click the command you want to add to the menu bar. For example, if you deleted the View menu, click View.


  5. Drag View from the Commands box to the menu bar. Release the mouse button when you see a vertical bar indicating the position of the menu.


  6. Click Close.


Additional query words: 


Keywords          : kbdta wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: May 13, 1999