OFF: How to Rename Toolbars on the Office Shortcut Bar

ID: Q160208

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SUMMARY

This article explains how to rename toolbars on the Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar (OSB) included with Microsoft Office versions listed at the beginning of this article.


MORE INFORMATION

The following sets of steps work in both Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows NT.

To rename a toolbar on the Microsoft Office 97 Shortcut Bar

The Microsoft Office 97 OSB allows you to rename toolbars without using Windows Explorer. To rename a button, use the steps appropriate for your version of Windows:

Windows 95 and Windows NT, version 4.0, only

  1. Right-click the icon for the toolbar you want to rename. On the shortcut menu, click Rename.


  2. In the New Name box, type the toolbar's new name. Press ENTER or click OK.


Any version of Windows 95 or Windows NT

  1. Click the control menu in the upper-left corner of the OSB, and click Customize.


  2. Click the Toolbars tab.


  3. In the list of toolbars, click the name of the toolbar you want to rename, and then click Rename.


  4. In the New Name edit box, type the new name of the toolbar. Then press ENTER or click OK.


  5. Click OK.


The renamed toolbar appears on the OSB.

To rename a toolbar on the Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar, version 7.0

Each toolbar on the OSB has an equivalent folder stored in the Msoffice\Office\Shortcut Bar folder on your hard disk. You can rename the toolbar on the OSB by renaming the folder. To do this:

Windows 95 and Windows NT, version 4.0, only



  1. In Windows Explorer, go to the Msoffice\Office\Shortcut Bar folder on your hard disk (C:\Msoffice\Office\Shortcut Bar, for example).


  2. Right-click the folder with the same name as the toolbar that you want to rename (Office, for example), and click Rename.


  3. Type a new name for the folder (NewOffice, for example) and then, press ENTER.


  4. Go to step 5, shown below.


Windows NT, version 3.51

  1. In File Manager, go to the Msoffice\Office\Shortcut Bar folder on your hard disk. (C:\Msoffice\Office\Shortcut Bar, for example.)


  2. Select the folder with the same name as the toolbar that you want to rename (Office, for example). On the File menu, click Rename.


  3. In the edit box, type the new name of the toolbar, preceded by its path. For example: "C:\Msoffice\Office\Shortcut Bar\NewOffice" and then click OK.


  4. Go to step 5, shown below.

    After you rename the folder, follow these steps in the OSB:


  5. Click the control menu at the upper-left corner of the OSB, and click Customize.


  6. Click the Toolbars tab.


  7. In the list of toolbars, clear the checkbox next to the old name of the toolbar (Office).


  8. Click Add Toolbar.


  9. In the Add Toolbar dialog box, click "Make Toolbar for this Folder" and type the path to the renamed folder in the edit box. You can also click Browse, select the folder, and click Add. Click OK.


  10. Click OK.


The renamed toolbar appears on the OSB.

Additional query words: OFF97 OFF7 97 8.00 


Keywords          : offosb 
Version           : WINDOWS:7.0 97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        :

Last Reviewed: May 26, 1999