Creating and deleting custom commands

After creating a command, you must add it to a menu or toolbar or assign a shortcut key to it in order to use the command.

To create a custom command

1. From the Tools menu, point to Customize, and then click Menus and Toolbars.

2. From the Customize Menus and Toolbars dialog box, click the Custom Commands tab.

3. Click the New button to activate the fields.

4. In the Command Name field, type a name for the command.

5. In the Tooltip Text field, enter a short description of the command.

6. In the Command Line field, enter the exact file name and location of the application's executable file, document file, or macro file, or click Browse to locate the file.

7. Click the Icon button, locate the icon file, and then click Open.

8. Click OK to close the dialog box, and then click Add Command.

For field definitions, press F1.

To add custom commands to a toolbar, see Creating toolbars and adding tools.