MS-PowerPoint

Toolbars

A menu displays a list of commands. Some of these commands have images next to them so you can quickly associate the command with the image. Most menus are located on the menu bar, which is the toolbar at the top of the screen. Toolbars can contain buttons, menus, or a combination of both.

¨ Positioning toolbars on the same row
Toolbars can be positioned next to each other on the same row. For example, the Standard toolbar is positioned next to the Formatting toolbar when you first start PowerPoint. When you put multiple toolbars on the same row, there might not be enough room to display all of the buttons. If there isn’t enough room, the buttons that you have used most recently are displayed.

¨ Seeing all of the toolbar buttons
You can resize a toolbar to display more buttons, or you can show all buttons on a toolbar. To see a list of buttons that won’t fit on a built-in, docked toolbar, click More Buttons at the end of the toolbar. When you use a button that is not displayed on the toolbar, that button is moved to the toolbar, and a button that has not been used recently is dropped to the More Buttons list.

¨ Move a toolbar
· Drag the move handle on a docked toolbar, or the title bar on a floating toolbar, to the new location. 
Note If you drag the toolbar to the edge of the program window, it becomes a docked toolbar. When you move one docked toolbar, this might affect the location and size of other toolbars on the same row.

¨ Add a button to a toolbar
1. Display the toolbar you want to change.
2. Do one of the following: 
· To add a built-in button to a built-in docked toolbar, click More Buttons , click Add or Remove Buttons, and then select the check box next to the button you want to add. 
· To add a built-in button to a built-in floating toolbar, click the arrow
Arrow pointing down in the upper-left corner of the toolbar, click Add or Remove Buttons, and then select the check box next to the button you want to add. 
· To add a button to a custom toolbar, or if you don’t see the button you want in the Add or Remove Buttons list, click Customize on the Tools menu, and then click the Commands tab. In the Categories box, click a category for the command you want the button to perform. Drag the command or macro you want from the Commands box to the displayed toolbar.

¨ Delete a toolbar button
1. Display the toolbar you want to change.
2. Do one of the following: 
· To delete a built-in button from a built in docked toolbar, click More Buttons, point to Add or Remove Buttons, and then clear the check box next to the button you want to delete. 
· To delete a built-in button from a built-in floating toolbar, click the arrowArrow pointing down in the upper-left corner of the toolbar, point to Add or Remove Buttons, and then clear the check box next to the button you want to delete. 
· To delete a button that is not available in the Add or Remove Buttons list, hold down ALT and then drag the button off the toolbar.
Note Clearing the check box next to a button on the Add or Remove Buttons list does not remove the button from this list. When you delete a built-in toolbar button, the button is still available in the Customize dialog box. However, when you delete a custom toolbar button, the button is permanently deleted. To remove a custom button and save it for later use, create a toolbar for storing unused buttons, move the button to this storage toolbar, and then hide the storage toolbar

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