I want just 15 fonts in Word 2004. Is that possible?

[Pitch]

I use Office 2004.

I use Word 2004 to write every day.

I would love to get it so that Word's WYSIWYG Font menu only shows 3,
or 4, maybe 15 max, fonts.

Is that possible?

thanks all!

 

[matt neuburg]

I use Office 2004.

I use Word 2004 to write every day.

I would love to get it so that Word's WYSIWYG Font menu only shows 3,
or 4, maybe 15 max, fonts.

Is that possible?

I can think of two ways to make a short font menu. One is to have only a
small number of fonts installed. The other is to make a short menu and
put in it only the fonts you want to see.

Personally I just don't see the font menu as a problem. The menu in the
formatting palette shows the recently used fonts on top. Those are the
only ones I generally use and I just don't worry about the rest of the
menu. m.

 

[Pitch]

thanks for the response, Matt.

Q: when you say "make a short menu", what do you mean? I'm familiar
with editing menus via the View: Toolbars: Customize method. Is there a
way to customize a font menu using this? Is that was you mean?

 

[matt neuburg]

thanks for the response, Matt.

Q: when you say "make a short menu", what do you mean? I'm familiar
with editing menus via the View: Toolbars: Customize method. Is there a
way to customize a font menu using this? Is that was you mean?

Right - you can customize any menu. If you know you only use three
fonts, stick them onto your Word menu, for example, and presto, you're
all set. m.

 

[matt neuburg]

Right - you can customize any menu. If you know you only use three
fonts, stick them onto your Word menu, for example, and presto, you're
all set. m.

Word ----> Work in the above. m.

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Word ----> Work in the above. m.

Hi Matt,

I'm trying to understand this too and I don't. When I go to Tools>
Customize> Toolbars and Menus and then click on the Fonts menu, I see only
"(list of fonts)". Are you saying there's a way to access that list and
edit it *without* disabling fonts? Or am I completely missing the point
?

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[matt neuburg]

Hi Matt,

I'm trying to understand this too and I don't. When I go to Tools>
Customize> Toolbars and Menus and then click on the Fonts menu, I see only
"(list of fonts)". Are you saying there's a way to access that list and
edit it *without* disabling fonts? Or am I completely missing the point

Let's forget the Fonts menu - this is why I said let's use the Work menu
(or we could make a new menu entirely, or stick a menu on a toolbar). In
fact, I would just delete the Fonts menu; it serves no useful purpose
and it takes up space. (You can choose a font in two other ways, and
we're about to create a third.)

So, as you said, Tools > Customize > Toolbars and Menus. Now, in the
dialog that appears, switch to Commands, click Fonts, and presto,
there's a list of all your fonts. Drag the ones you feel like using into
the Work menu or wherever. You can also assign a keyboard shortcut to a
font so you don't even need a menu (if you can remember the keyboard
shortcut, that is).

m.

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Let's forget the Fonts menu - this is why I said let's use the Work menu
(or we could make a new menu entirely, or stick a menu on a toolbar). In
fact, I would just delete the Fonts menu; it serves no useful purpose
and it takes up space. (You can choose a font in two other ways, and
we're about to create a third.)

So, as you said, Tools > Customize > Toolbars and Menus. Now, in the
dialog that appears, switch to Commands, click Fonts, and presto,
there's a list of all your fonts. Drag the ones you feel like using into
the Work menu or wherever. You can also assign a keyboard shortcut to a
font so you don't even need a menu (if you can remember the keyboard
shortcut, that is).

Thanks, Matt. All clear now. It was the "Word ----> Work" that had me
confused. Too cryptic, I guess .

Beth

 

[Jeff Wiseman]

Thanks, Matt. All clear now. It was the "Word ----> Work" that had me
confused. Too cryptic, I guess .

Beth

Actually, it was probably ancient Greek

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Thanks, Matt. All clear now. It was the "Word ----> Work" that had me

Actually, it was probably ancient Greek

Hee, hee, very funny.

Daiya