Keyboard shortcuts
Show or hide shortcut keys in ScreenTips
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On the Tools menu, click Customize.
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Click the Options tab.
- Under Other, select or clear the Show ScreenTips on toolbars and Show shortcut keys in ScreenTips check boxes.
Note Changing this setting affects all of your Microsoft Office programs.
Size options
Increase the size of toolbar buttons
- On the Tools menu, click Customize.
- Click the Options tab.
- Select the Large icons check box.
Change the width of a drop-down list box on a toolbar
- Make sure the toolbar
you want to change is visible.
- On the View menu, point to Toolbars.
- Do one of the following:
- Click the toolbar you want to display.
- To view more toolbars, click Customize. In the Customize dialog box, click the Toolbars tab, and then select the check box for the toolbar you want to display. Click Close.
- On the Tools menu, click Customize.
- With the
Customize dialog box open, click the list
box you want to change
— for example, the Font or Font Size box on the Formatting toolbar. - Point to the left or right edge of the box. When the pointer changes to a double-headed arrow, drag the edge of the box to change its width.
Scroll and zoom by using the Microsoft IntelliMouse or other pointing device
Some mouse devices and other pointing devices, such as the Microsoft IntelliMouse, have built-in scrolling and zooming capabilities. For more information, see the instructions for your pointing device.
Toolbar and menu options
- Make sure the toolbar
you want to change is visible.
- On the View menu, point to Toolbars.
- Do one of the following:
- Click the toolbar you want to display.
- To view more toolbars, click Customize. In the Customize dialog box, click the Toolbars tab, and then select the check box for the toolbar you want to display. Click Close.
- Click the Toolbar Options arrow .
- Point to Add or Remove Buttons, and then click Customize.
- Click the Commands tab.
- In the Categories box, click a category for the command you want the button to perform.
- Drag the command you want from the Commands box to the displayed toolbar.
- On the Tools menu, click Customize.
- Click the Toolbars tab.
- Click New.
- In the Toolbar name box, type the name you want, and then click OK.
- Click the Commands tab.
- Click a category in the Categories box.
- Drag the command you want from the Commands box to the displayed toolbar.
- When you have added all the buttons and menus you want, click Close.
Group related buttons and menus on a toolbar
You can add a separator bar before the first and after the last item in a group to distinguish the group from other buttons and menus on a toolbar.
- Make sure the toolbar you want to change is visible.
- On the View menu, point to Toolbars.
- Do one of the following:
- Click the toolbar you want to display.
- To view more toolbars, click Customize. In the Customize dialog box, click the Toolbars tab, and then select the check box for the toolbar you want to display. Click Close.
- On the Tools menu, click Customize.
- To add a separator bar, keep the Customize dialog box open, right-click the button you want on the toolbar, and then click Begin a Group. A separator bar is added to the left of the button on a horizontal toolbar, and above a button on a vertical docked toolbar.
Note To remove a separator bar between two buttons, drag one button closer to the other.
Color and sound options
Change the color of text by using the toolbar
- Select the text you want to change.
- Do one of the following:
- To apply the color most recently used for text, click Font Color on the Formatting toolbar.
- To apply a different color, click the arrow next to the Font Color button, and then select the color you want.
Turn sounds on or off for buttons, menus, and other screen elements
- Click the Microsoft Windows Start button, and then click Control Panel.
- In Classic view, click Sounds and Audio Devices.
- On the Sounds tab, in the Program events list, click the program event you want.
- In the Sounds box, click the sound you want to play whenever the selected program event occurs.