How to Customize a Toolbar in PowerPoint

By default, Microsoft PowerPoint has a set of commands added to certain toolbars. They choose the commands they believe you would need to use the most and add those as buttons to the appropriate toolbars. You can customize any of the PowerPoint toolbars to add commands that you may use the most to create a custom experience.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2003

1. Open Microsoft PowerPoint. Start a new presentation, or open an existing presentation from your files.

2. Choose the "Tools" menu and click on "Customize..." to open the "Customize" dialog box. You can customize PowerPoint toolbars, commands and other options in the "Customize" dialog box.

3. Click the "Commands" tab on the top of the "Customize" dialog box, if necessary, to display all of the PowerPoint toolbars and enable you to customize them by adding and removing commands.

4. Select a command by clicking on a command in the "Commands" list box that you would like to add to a certain toolbar.

5. Drag the command you have selected from the "Commands" list box over to the toolbar you wish to add the command to in the "Categories" list box. Release your mouse button.

6. Continue to add commands to your toolbars, using the same method as outlined above.

7. Use your mouse to click the "Close" button to close the "Customize" dialog box and finish customizing the PowerPoint toolbars.

Tips & Warnings

• You can also customize a toolbar by clicking on the black arrow at the end of the toolbar you wish to customize and clicking "Add or Remove Buttons" or choosing the "View" menu, pointing to "Toolbars" and clicking on the "Customize..."
• Click the "Rearrange Commands" button on the "Customize" dialog box to delete as well as to rearrange the commands already in a toolbar.