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how do I change "show heading" button in outline toolbar?
My outline toolbar has a single "show heading" button. I saw a picture of
someone's outline toolbar that had 8 show heading buttons (numbered 1-7 with the eighth one labeled "all"). See link below for this pictu http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/usingolview.htm Can anyone please tell me how to make my outline toolbar mimic the one I saw at the above website? I am using Word 2003 (service pack3) on Windows XP (service pack 2). I am sorry to bother you over something so trivial, but the obsessive-compulsive little troll in the back of my mind wont let me work on my paper until this problem is solved. I would greatly appreciate any help that can be offered. |
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how do I change "show heading" button in outline toolbar?
That article was written (I'm guessing) for Word 2000 (which is the version
Dave was using when he wrote most of his articles). It's possible that the Outlining toolbar in that version actually had all those buttons, or perhaps Dave had customized it. My Word 2003 toolbar is straight out of the box AFAIK (using all the buttons available to it), and it doesn't have those level buttons. I'm guessing the Show Level dropdown replaced them. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Matt" wrote in message ... My outline toolbar has a single "show heading" button. I saw a picture of someone's outline toolbar that had 8 show heading buttons (numbered 1-7 with the eighth one labeled "all"). See link below for this pictu http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/usingolview.htm Can anyone please tell me how to make my outline toolbar mimic the one I saw at the above website? I am using Word 2003 (service pack3) on Windows XP (service pack 2). I am sorry to bother you over something so trivial, but the obsessive-compulsive little troll in the back of my mind wont let me work on my paper until this problem is solved. I would greatly appreciate any help that can be offered. |
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how do I change "show heading" button in outline toolbar?
As Suzanne points out, those buttons do not show up by default in Word 2003.
However, it's fairly easy to add them using Tools - Customize - Commands. Set Categories to All Commands, and under Commands, look for ShowHeading1 through ShowHeading9. Drag them to the Outlining toolbar to the desired location. I just did it, and it took less than a minute. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Matt" wrote in message ... My outline toolbar has a single "show heading" button. I saw a picture of someone's outline toolbar that had 8 show heading buttons (numbered 1-7 with the eighth one labeled "all"). See link below for this pictu http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/usingolview.htm Can anyone please tell me how to make my outline toolbar mimic the one I saw at the above website? I am using Word 2003 (service pack3) on Windows XP (service pack 2). I am sorry to bother you over something so trivial, but the obsessive-compulsive little troll in the back of my mind wont let me work on my paper until this problem is solved. I would greatly appreciate any help that can be offered. |
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how do I change "show heading" button in outline toolbar?
Can't think why anyone would want to clutter the toolbar with ugly buttons
that just replicate the function of the dropdown. It's not as if you could show levels selectively: that is, you can't select, say, Levels 1, 3, and 6 to display. If you display Level 6, you're showing all the levels above it as well. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... As Suzanne points out, those buttons do not show up by default in Word 2003. However, it's fairly easy to add them using Tools - Customize - Commands. Set Categories to All Commands, and under Commands, look for ShowHeading1 through ShowHeading9. Drag them to the Outlining toolbar to the desired location. I just did it, and it took less than a minute. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Matt" wrote in message ... My outline toolbar has a single "show heading" button. I saw a picture of someone's outline toolbar that had 8 show heading buttons (numbered 1-7 with the eighth one labeled "all"). See link below for this pictu http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/usingolview.htm Can anyone please tell me how to make my outline toolbar mimic the one I saw at the above website? I am using Word 2003 (service pack3) on Windows XP (service pack 2). I am sorry to bother you over something so trivial, but the obsessive-compulsive little troll in the back of my mind wont let me work on my paper until this problem is solved. I would greatly appreciate any help that can be offered. |
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how do I change "show heading" button in outline toolbar?
I much prefer the keyboard shortcuts, myself. Alt+Shift+2, for example,
focuses on level 2 and above. However, having had some severe repetitive motion wrist issues, I know that fellow sufferers often hate dropdowns. They can literally be a pain to deal with. Having clear, just-click-here buttons saves a lot of pain. And, since they're visually right there in front of you, you don't have to think "Now... where are they?" There's a lot to be said for "Right there where you can see them". In any event, since Matt asked, I thought I'd show him how to get the back. Actually, I don't find them ugly or cluttery. And the fact that they're numbers rather than obscure icons makes it clear what they are (to me, anyway). Besides, I have a very hard time clicking on the dropdown arrow... it's a smaller target than the numbers. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Can't think why anyone would want to clutter the toolbar with ugly buttons that just replicate the function of the dropdown. It's not as if you could show levels selectively: that is, you can't select, say, Levels 1, 3, and 6 to display. If you display Level 6, you're showing all the levels above it as well. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... As Suzanne points out, those buttons do not show up by default in Word 2003. However, it's fairly easy to add them using Tools - Customize - Commands. Set Categories to All Commands, and under Commands, look for ShowHeading1 through ShowHeading9. Drag them to the Outlining toolbar to the desired location. I just did it, and it took less than a minute. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Matt" wrote in message ... My outline toolbar has a single "show heading" button. I saw a picture of someone's outline toolbar that had 8 show heading buttons (numbered 1-7 with the eighth one labeled "all"). See link below for this pictu http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/usingolview.htm Can anyone please tell me how to make my outline toolbar mimic the one I saw at the above website? I am using Word 2003 (service pack3) on Windows XP (service pack 2). I am sorry to bother you over something so trivial, but the obsessive-compulsive little troll in the back of my mind wont let me work on my paper until this problem is solved. I would greatly appreciate any help that can be offered. |
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how do I change "show heading" button in outline toolbar?
Fair enough. One of the strengths of Word (pre-Word 2007) has always been
accommodating "different strokes for different folks." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... I much prefer the keyboard shortcuts, myself. Alt+Shift+2, for example, focuses on level 2 and above. However, having had some severe repetitive motion wrist issues, I know that fellow sufferers often hate dropdowns. They can literally be a pain to deal with. Having clear, just-click-here buttons saves a lot of pain. And, since they're visually right there in front of you, you don't have to think "Now... where are they?" There's a lot to be said for "Right there where you can see them". In any event, since Matt asked, I thought I'd show him how to get the back. Actually, I don't find them ugly or cluttery. And the fact that they're numbers rather than obscure icons makes it clear what they are (to me, anyway). Besides, I have a very hard time clicking on the dropdown arrow... it's a smaller target than the numbers. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Can't think why anyone would want to clutter the toolbar with ugly buttons that just replicate the function of the dropdown. It's not as if you could show levels selectively: that is, you can't select, say, Levels 1, 3, and 6 to display. If you display Level 6, you're showing all the levels above it as well. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... As Suzanne points out, those buttons do not show up by default in Word 2003. However, it's fairly easy to add them using Tools - Customize - Commands. Set Categories to All Commands, and under Commands, look for ShowHeading1 through ShowHeading9. Drag them to the Outlining toolbar to the desired location. I just did it, and it took less than a minute. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Matt" wrote in message ... My outline toolbar has a single "show heading" button. I saw a picture of someone's outline toolbar that had 8 show heading buttons (numbered 1-7 with the eighth one labeled "all"). See link below for this pictu http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/usingolview.htm Can anyone please tell me how to make my outline toolbar mimic the one I saw at the above website? I am using Word 2003 (service pack3) on Windows XP (service pack 2). I am sorry to bother you over something so trivial, but the obsessive-compulsive little troll in the back of my mind wont let me work on my paper until this problem is solved. I would greatly appreciate any help that can be offered. |
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how do I change "show heading" button in outline toolbar?
I just wanted to thank everyone for thier responses. With everyones helpl I
was able to customize my toolbar just as I had hoped. Drop-down menus generally make more sense to me, but sometimes I find that they add an extra step to the process which sometimes throws off my train of thought. Since I have the memory of a goldfish and the attention span of a... hey look a shiny thing!- boy I love shiny things, even more than jingly things and dangly things... Cheers, Matt |
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