WD6X: How to Add Font Sizes to the Font Menu in MacWord 6.0

• Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a

SUMMARY

Microsoft Word for the Macintosh version 6.x does not provide a Font menu or font sizes on any of the built-in menus. This behavior differs from earlier versions of Word for the Macintosh. This article describes how to add a Font menu and how to add font sizes to the Font menu.

MORE INFORMATION

1. To add a Font menu, follow these steps:

       a. Open the 5.1 Upgrade template, which is located in the Macros 
          folder.
   

       b. On the View menu, click Toolbars.
   

       c. On the Toolbars list, click the 5.1 Upgrade option, and then
          click OK.
   

       d. Click Add Font Menu on the 5.1 Upgrade toolbar.
   

           NOTE: Instead of steps a through d, follow these steps to run
           the AddFontMenu macro:
   
           1) On the Tools menu, click Macro.
   
           2) In the Macros Available In list, click 5.1 Upgrade (Template).
   
           3) In the Macro Name list, click AddFontMenu, and then click Run.
   
       e. Click Yes when Word displays the following message:
   
            This will add a menu to the menu bar containing a list of all
            available fonts. Would you like to add this menu?
   
          NOTE: In Word 6.0.1, the AddFontMenu macro adds the following
          font sizes by default:
   
             9 point, 10 point, 12 point, 14 point, 18 point, 24 point
   
   

2. Create a macro for each font size that you want to add to your Font menu. For example, to create a macro for point size 200, follow these steps:

       a. On the Tools menu, click Macro.
   

       b. In the Macro Name box, type "Font200" (without the quotation marks).
   

       c. Click Create.
   

       d. Between Sub Main and End Sub, type "fontsize 200" (without the
          quotation marks).
   

       e. Save and close the macro window.
   

3. Add the macro commands to the Font menu. For example, to add the Font200 macro to the menu, follow these steps:

       a. On the Tools menu, click Customize.
   

       b. Click the Menus tab.
   

       c. In the Categories list, click Macros.
   

       d. In the Commands list, select the Font200 macro.
   

       e. In the Change What Menu list, click Font.
   

       f. In the Position On Menu list, click  (At Top).
   

       g. In the Name On Menu box, type "200" (without the quotation marks).
   

       h. Click Add.
   

       i. Repeat steps c through h until all of your macros are added.
   

       j. Click Close.