WD98: How to Reset the Default (Original) Toolbars

Last reviewed: February 3, 1998
Article ID: Q179088
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

This article provides detailed instruction on resetting the predefined (built-in) toolbars to their default configuration.

MORE INFORMATION

To reset a predefined toolbar to it original settings, follow these steps:

  1. On Toolbars menu, point to View, and click Customize.

  2. Click the Toolbars.

  3. Click the toolbar you want to reset.

  4. Click Reset.

  5. Select the appropriate template or document to reset the toolbar in (usually Normal).

  6. Click OK.

  7. Select another toolbar to reset or click Close.

  8. To make the changes permanent, hold the SHIFT key and click Save All on the File menu.

    TIP: If prompted to save a document, you need only save that document to preserve the changes in the toolbar if that is the document selected in step 5. Otherwise, save the document only if you want to save other changes.

REFERENCES

For more information about toolbars, click the Office Assistant, type "toolbars" in the query area of the Office Assistant and click Search.

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Word Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
               Program or Component

For information about toolbars in other versions of Word, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q141995
   TITLE     : WD: How to Create Custom Toolbars and Toolbar Buttons

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163547
   TITLE     : WD97: How to Create Custom Toolbars and Toolbar Buttons

   ARTICLE-ID: Q140344
   TITLE     : WD97: How to Customize, Create, and Restore Word
               Menus/Toolbars

Keywords          : kbfaq
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbhowto kbinfo


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Last reviewed: February 3, 1998
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