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Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
No matter where you go in Office, you see the Quick Access toolbar in the
upper-left corner of the screen. This toolbar offers the Save, Undo, and
Repeat buttons. However, which buttons appear on the Quick Access tool-
bar is entirely up to you. You can put your favorite buttons on the toolbar
to keep them within reach. And if the Quick Access toolbar gets too big, you
can move it below the Ribbon, as shown in Figure 1-2. Adding buttons to and
removing buttons from the Quick Access toolbar is, I’m happy to report, a
piece of cake. And moving the toolbar below the Ribbon is as easy as pie.
Figure 1-2:
Merely
by right-
clicking, you
can add a
button to
the Quick
Access
toolbar.
Right-click a button to add it to the toolbar
The Quick Access toolbar below the Ribbon
You can preserve your Ribbon and Quick
Access toolbar customizations for posterity in
a special file called an Import Customization
file; these files have the .exportedUI file
extension. Keep the file on hand for when you
need it, or distribute the file to co-workers. For
that matter, a co-worker who is proud of his or
her customizations can send them to you in a
file and you can load the customizations into
your Office program.
To save your Ribbon and Quick Access toolbar
customization settings in a file, go to the File
tab, choose Options, and visit the Customize
Ribbon or Quick Access Toolbar category
of the Options dialog box. Then click the
Import/Export button and choose Export All
Customizations on the drop-down list. The File
Save dialog box opens. Give the customizations
file a name and click the Save button.
To load customizations from a file into your
Office program, return to the Customize
Ribbon or Quick Access Toolbar category of
the Options dialog box, click the Import/Export
button, and choose Import Customization File.
You see the File Open dialog box. Select the file
and click the Open button.
Exporting and importing program customizations
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