ACC2000: Some Menu Commands Unavailable in Customize Options

ID: Q202202

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


SYMPTOMS

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 until you see the menu that you want to add. For example, to add the Edit menu, click Edit and drag it to the custom toolbar.


  6. In the Customize dialog box, click Close.


You now have all commands from the Edit menu 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:
Q208760 ACC2000: Changing Custom Command Bar Changes Built-In Menus


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Click the Edit menu and note that the Rename command is 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 Edit. Note that the Rename command does not appear in the Commands list.

    NOTE: This affects several menus in addition to the Edit menu.


Additional query words: tool bars not there commandbar commandbars 


Keywords          : kbdta UifCmdbar 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: May 13, 1999