ACC97: Some Menu Commands Unavailable in Customize Toolbars Options

ID: Q180860

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

When you point to Toolbars on the View menu and click Customize, the list of commands that appears on the Commands tab does not contain all of the available menu commands.


RESOLUTION

If you want to use a command that doesn't appear on the list of commands, click Built-in Menus in the Categories list on the Commands tab. Then, add the menu that contains the command that you want to use to your custom toolbar (command bar).

To add a command from a built-in menu to a custom toolbar, follow these steps:

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


  2. In the Customize dialog box, click the Toolbars tab, and then click New.


  3. In the New Toolbar dialog box, type a name for the command bar, and then click OK. Note that a new, blank toolbar appears.


  4. Click the Commands tab. In the Categories list, click Built-in menus.


  5. Scroll down the Commands list; click Window and drag it to the custom toolbar.


  6. Click Help in the Commands list, and drag it to custom toolbar.


  7. In the Customize dialog box, click Close.


You now have all commands from the Window and Help menus on your custom toolbar. Note that if you create a custom toolbar that contains commands from the Built-in Menus category, any changes you make to the custom toolbar are reflected in the built-in menus, and vice versa.

For more information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q161180 ACC97: Changing Custom Command Bar Changes Built-In Command Bar

Q172300 ACC97: Command Bar Wizard Available on MSL


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior


  1. Click the Window menu and note that the Tile Horizontally and Tile Vertically commands are available on this menu.


  2. On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Customize.


  3. In the Customize dialog box, click the Commands Tab.


  4. In the Categories list, click Window And Help. The Tile Horizontally and Tile Vertically commands do not appear in the Commands list.

    NOTE: This affects several menus in addition to the Window and Help menus.


Additional query words: tool bars not there commandbar commandbars 


Keywords          : kbdta UifCmdbar 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: April 28, 1999