Office Toolbar:
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If you have the MSOffice
software, you have the Office Toolbar. This gives you quick access to your applications.
By having a button on the toolbar and clicking it you get to your application faster than
using the Start menu. The question is how do I get each one of my applications up on the
toolbar.
This is where the shortcut comes
in. If you right click the Start button you can select Open to get into the Start button
menu.
We are going to use the WordPad
program as our example.
- Right-click Start button
- Select: Open
- Double-click Programs folder
- Double-click Accessories
- Drag WordPad shortcut to the MS
Office toolbar
- When the pointer changes so you
can see a little small white box with a plus let go of the button.
Now if you don’t have your
program on the Start menu you will need to use the Explorer to find it. If you are using
the Explorer; in other words right-click My Computer, select Explore, find the folder,
then the file on the right side of the Explorer we can drag the file to create a shortcut.
But hold on we do not really want to create a shortcut. What we do is just drag the file
to the toolbar. Here’s how it works.
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Find
your program/application file in the Explorer, place the pointer on the file, press and
hold the right mouse button down and drag it to the office toolbar. When the mouse pointer
changes to show a small white square box with a plus inside, release the mouse button. |
How you have a new button at the
end of the toolbar for your program. Yes it will always be at the end. You can go into the
customize toolbar select and move it on your toolbar.
If you would like to move the
button to somewhere other than the right end we need to get into the customizing feature
of the office toolbar.
Place your mouse pointer on the
Red, Blue, Yellow, and Green, window icon at the top of the toolbar if it is going up and
down; or on the left end of the toolbar if it is going vertically across the screen. When
your pointer is on the small icon, click the right mouse button for your toolbar menu and
select Customize. When the dialog box opens click the Buttons tab at the top. This will
give you the ability not only to move your buttons but also to turn them on or off.
If you look to the right you will
see the move buttons on the right side of the dialog. The arrows allow us to move the
button selected up or down threw the toolbar. You may have noticed that each one of the
buttons have a little box next to it’s name. If the check mark is inside the box your
button for that selection is turned on, if it is not present it is turned off. So make
your choice.
If you right click any button on
your Office toolbar you get two selections that are good. If you don't like the name of
the button, you know the one that shows when you point at it. Select Rename and rename it.
You know sometimes "Copy of .........".
If you are not happy with the
button at all and you want to get rid of it select Hide from the shortcut menu.
Right click the icon on the
Office toolbar
Select Properties
The Shortcut tap should be the visible one if not
Click the Shortcut tap at the top
At the bottom right you will see a button labeled Change Icon...
Click the button "Change Icon..."
Click one of the icons displayed
Right-click the gray space between the Microsoft logo (on the left end)
and the first application button icon on the toolbar (I know it is a very small
spot)
From the shortcut menu Select Refresh
The Icon graphics return
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