Trick to customize the Quick Access Toolbar on Office 2013

The Ribbon in the Microsoft Office application allows users to manipulate with commands or options. However, there is another useful feature to help you shorten the operation, save time, that is to use the Quick Access Toolbar . You only need one click to add any command on the Quick Access Toolbar .

To customize the Quick Access Toolbar on Office 2013 such as Word , first click on the downward-facing arrow icon to the right of the Quick Access Toolbar. A drop-down menu appears on the screen, in this menu select More Command .

Note : You can also right-click any blank area on the Ribbon. A popup menu will appear on the screen. On that popup menu, select the option Customize Quick Access Toolbar .

By default, you can select the Popular Commands command shown in the list of commands in the drop-down list Choose commands from . Alternatively, you can scroll down and select the All commends or Command Not in the Ribbon option .

In the example shown is to add a command to open the AutoFormat dialog, so in Choose commands from , select Commands Not in the Ribbon.

Scroll down to find the command you want to add, after selecting the command, click Add.

You can also rearrange the order of commands on the Quick Access Toolbar. To move the command, in the list of commands in the right pane, select Move Up or Move Down to move the command position to another folder.

After adding the command and arranging the positions, click OK to save the changes and close the Word Options dialog box.

Now that the command is available on the Quick Access Toolbar, you only need one click to access it.

To customize the Qucik Access Toolbar on Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access, you follow the same steps.

You can refer to more:

• 10 features in Word 2013 make working faster and easier

• Instructions for editing PDF files in Word 2013

• Instructions for calculating total lines and columns in Word 2013

Good luck!