Customizing a Toolbar

You can create your own toolbars to increase your efficiency. You might, for example, create a toolbar that contains macros and other features that you use most often when you are performing a particular task, such as editing records in a table. You can change the properties of an existing Access toolbar or one that you create using the Customize dialog box, which allows you to control the toolbar's placement.

Create a New Toolbar

Click the Tools menu, and then click Customize.

Click the Toolbars tab.

Click New.

Type a name for the new toolbar.

Click OK.

Add buttons to the new toolbar by dragging commands found on the Commands tab.

Click Close.

Change a Toolbar's Properties

Click the View menu, and then click Customize.

Click the Toolbars tab.

Select the toolbar from the list.

Click the Properties button.

Modify the toolbar properties.

Click Close.

Did You Know? The Undo button does not undo when you are customizing a toolbar. Remember not to click the Undo button while you are customizing a toolbar. Rather than reversing the last change, clicking the Undo button selects the button so you can copy or move it.