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Creating a Custom Menu Bar

For those who don’t know, the menu bar is at the top of the window. It includes the words File, Edit, View and so on. Each of these includes a long list of items, some of which have submenus.

You can create a custom list, which would include only those items you use. To do it, click Tools>Customize. Click the Commands tab. Under Categories, scroll down to and click New Menu. It will now be shown in the Commands box to the right.

Click once on New Menu in the Commands box, and drag it to the Menu bar at the top of the window. Then, in the Categories box, click the headings in turn that include your favorite commands. As the commands appear, drag them to the new menu item in the menu bar.

This works in all Microsoft Office programs, not just Word. The new menu bar heading, along with its dropdown menu, will be saved in Word or whichever program you choose. Each time you open a new document in that program, it will appear.