Can I copy a toolbar button for placement elsewhere?

Or is my only option to move it?

Thanks!

What are you trying to accomplish by copying it?
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Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"Littlebear" wrote:

Can I copy a toolbar button for placement elsewhere?

Or is my only option to move it?

Thanks!

Yes, you can copy buttons (have the same button on two or more toolbars).
Hold down both Ctrl and Alt while you drag the button from one place to
another. When you reach a valid spot to drop it, the cursor will have a
small plus sign attached to it. (To move a button, hold down just Alt.)

An alternative is to open the Tools Customize dialog. Then you don't need
the Alt key; just dragging moves the button, while Ctrl plus dragging copies
it.

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Littlebear wrote:
Can I copy a toolbar button for placement elsewhere?

Or is my only option to move it?

Thanks!

I want to copy the Shading button from the Tables and Borders onto my
Formatting toolbar, without taking it off the original toolbar, if possible.
Without compromising original toolbar structure.

"Carol" wrote:

What are you trying to accomplish by copying it?
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"Littlebear" wrote:

Can I copy a toolbar button for placement elsewhere?

Or is my only option to move it?

Thanks!

Awesome, thank you!!

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Yes, you can copy buttons (have the same button on two or more toolbars).
Hold down both Ctrl and Alt while you drag the button from one place to
another. When you reach a valid spot to drop it, the cursor will have a
small plus sign attached to it. (To move a button, hold down just Alt.)

An alternative is to open the Tools Customize dialog. Then you don't need
the Alt key; just dragging moves the button, while Ctrl plus dragging copies
it.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.


Littlebear wrote:
Can I copy a toolbar button for placement elsewhere?

Or is my only option to move it?

Thanks!

Yes. Tools|Customize|Borders|and drag the shading icon up to the toolbar of
your choice.
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"Littlebear" wrote:

I want to copy the Shading button from the Tables and Borders onto my
Formatting toolbar, without taking it off the original toolbar, if possible.
Without compromising original toolbar structure.

"Carol" wrote:

What are you trying to accomplish by copying it?
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"Littlebear" wrote:

Can I copy a toolbar button for placement elsewhere?

Or is my only option to move it?

Thanks!

Yes. With the customize dialog showing, Ctrl-drag it where you want it.

See http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step
instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations
including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros,
etc.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

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Can I copy a toolbar button for placement elsewhere?

Or is my only option to move it?

Thanks!