Opening Toolbars from Toolbar

[Chris_Kuhn]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

I am a recent convertee to Office for Mac 2008 from Word 2002 for Windows. I am still getting acquainted, but early returns are positive.

One of the features I miss is that in Word 2002 I could open or close certain toolbars from an open toolbar. I don't know if it was a customized feature from "Customize Toolbars" or a macro I had placed on the toolbar. Basically, I could open the Tables toolbar (for example) by clicking an icon on the main toolbar, and then close the table toolbar when I didn't need it. All my toolbars wee docked and I prefer it that way in 2008, too.

Is there a way to do this in 2008? Going to View|Toolbars is a pain.

Also, can I edit the icon for certain commands I have placed on my toolbar? For example the "Header/Footer" command is a generic Word 2008 logo. I'd like to make my own.

Thanks.

Chris

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Chris -

Welcome to the Mac world!

If you have a 2-Button mouse you can right-click for contextual menus just
like on a PC - in the case of toolbars right-clicking anywhere above the
Elements Gallery buttons will give you quick access to other toolbars as
well as additional options. If you don't have a 2-button mouse you can
Command+Click for the contextual menus.

I don't recall any default toolbar buttons in Win Word that simply turned on
other toolbars, however. If you had any that did you must have added them
yourself - which you can also do in Mac Word. Use the method above & select
the Customize... command - it's almost the same as on a PC.

Only those toolbars listed *above* the separator line in the View> Toolbars
menu can be docked within the document window (below the Standard toolbar).
Those which are docked there will disappear if no doc is open but return
when you open or create another doc. Additionally, those that dock there
(except for Standard) can be made to float instead if you rt-click them &
once floating they can be docked below the Menu Bar above the doc window or
on either of the other 3 sides of the screen. The other toolbars (below the
separator in the list) can be docked in the same way & any that are floating
or docked outside the doc window will remain displayed regardless of whether
a doc is open or not.

As far as actual *custom* icons, no. However, when in the Customize dialog
you can rt-click a button, select Properties, then assign an icon from the
built-in library using the upper left tool in the Properties dialog - set
the View: to Default Style to display only the icon on the button.

You might also want to explore the information available from the following
web page and its associated links - particularly the one that pertains to
"Differences between Win and Mac Word". If you have any specific questions
you know where to find us