[cayce]

THANKS Jay. I was able to create a custom menu. My coworkers will be giddy
with this new timesaver.



"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Hmm, I don't know... haven't had 97 installed for a couple of years now.
Still, if the custom styles started at the 6th position instead of further
down, that would eliminate a lot of scrolling.

To answer the OP's other question, yes, a macro / userform solution could be
built to display a specific list of styles, in whatever order you choose.
Another (easier) possibility is to create a custom toolbar with buttons for
the styles, and/or keyboard shortcuts for the styles. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...oToToolbar.htm and
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...roToHotkey.htm.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Will this work in Word 97? I think that version forced Normal, DPF,
and Headings 1-3 (at minimum) to the top of the list regardless of
stylename.


"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
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Rename those styles to have an underscore at the beginning, like
_MyStyle. Those will sort to the top of the list.

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cayce wrote:
Is there a way in W97 to move selected styles to the top of the list
in the drop down box on the formatting toolbar? Here's why this
would help us.

There are 30+ users who are now working with newly created styles.
All these styles are bunched together in the drop down menu from the
formating toolbar since their names start with the same 1st 2
letters. However, they appear far below many other styles in the
drop down menu. When the user needs to apply one of the styles, they
always have to scroll down. It would save their time if they could
always be at the top of the list. If this is not possible, is there
any other way to create a customized button with a drop down that
contains styles we choose to put into it.

Ideas and suggestions would be appreciated.