Add a button, menu, or command

Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003

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On the Tools menu, click Customize.
Make sure the toolbar that you want to change is visible.
How?
1. In the Customize dialog box, click the Toolbars tab.
2. Select the check box for the toolbar that you want to display.
Do one of the following:
Add a button
1. Click the Commands tab.
2. In the Categories list, click a category for the command that you want the button to perform.
3. Drag the command that you want from the Commands list to the displayed toolbar.
Add a custom menu to a toolbar
1. Click the Commands tab.
2. In the Categories list, click New Menu.
3. Drag New Menu from the Commands list to the displayed toolbar.
4. Right-click the new menu on the toolbar, type a name in the Name box on the shortcut menu, and then press ENTER.

Show Add a button, menu, or command to a toolbar (keyboard accessible)

On the Tools menu, click Customize.
Make sure the toolbar that you want to change is visible.
How?
1. In the Customize dialog box, click the Toolbars tab.
2. Select the check box for the toolbar that you want to display.
In the Customize dialog box, click the Commands tab.
Click Rearrange Commands.
In the Rearrange Commands dialog box, click Toolbar, and then, in the Toolbar list, click the toolbar you want to add the button, menu, or command to.
Do one of the following:
Add a button
1. In the Controls list, click the toolbar item that you want the new button to appear next to.
2. Click Add.
3. In the Categories list in the Add Command dialog box, click a category for the command that you want the button to perform.
4. In the Commands list, click the command you want.
Add a custom menu to a toolbar
1. In the Controls list, click the toolbar item that you want the new menu to appear next to.
2. Click Add.
3. In the Categories list in the Add Command dialog box, click New Menu.
4. In the Commands list, click New Menu, and then click OK.
5. With New Menu selected in the Controls list, click Modify Selection.
6. In the Name box on the shortcut menu, type a name for the new menu, and then press ENTER.

Show Add a command to a menu

On the Tools menu, click Customize.
If the menu that you want to change is on a toolbar, make sure the toolbar is visible.
How?
1. In the Customize dialog box, click the Toolbars tab.
2. Select the check box for the toolbar that you want to display.
In the Customize dialog box, click the Commands tab.
In the Categories list, click a category for the command.
Drag the command you want from the Commands list and, without releasing the mouse button, rest the mouse over the menu that you want to change. When the menu displays a list of commands, point to where you want the command to appear, and then release the mouse button.

Show Add a command to a menu (keyboard accessible)

On the Tools menu, click Customize.
If the menu that you want to change is on a toolbar, make sure the toolbar is visible.
How?
1. In the Customize dialog box, click the Toolbars tab.
2. Select the check box for the toolbar that you want to display.
In the Customize dialog box, click the Commands tab.
Click Rearrange Commands.
If the menu that you want to change is on the menu bar, click Menu Bar in the Rearrange Commands dialog box, and then click the menu that you want in the Menu Bar list.
If the menu that you want to change is on a toolbar, click Toolbar in the Rearrange Commands dialog box, and then click the item that you want in the Toolbar list.
In the Controls list, click the existing menu item above which you want the command to appear.
Click Add.
In the Categories list in the Add Command dialog box, click a category for the command.
In the Commands list, click the command that you want.

Note If you are having trouble customizing toolbars or menus, you may be attempting to add a button or command that is not applicable to the program environment you are working in. For example, if you are currently filling out a form, you cannot add a command that is available only in design mode, such as the Layout Table command, to a menu.

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