Special Edition Using® Microsoft® Office Word 2003

Adding, Renaming, and Deleting Custom Toolbars and Menu Bars

Until now, you've worked on toolbars and menu bars that already exist. However, one of the most common ways to customize your user interface is to create your own custom toolbar or menu bar.

That way, you can leave the existing interface alone and avoid confusing people who don't understand why the buttons on the toolbars don't match the ones on their computer at home—or in the books they've purchased.

You can add sets of commands to custom toolbars or menu bars associated with specific tasks or clients. You can even store them in custom templates so that they appear automatically when you create documents based on those templates. For example, you can

• Create a toolbar associated with ...