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Moving and Resizing Toolbars

You can move or resize toolbars to display more or less of the toolbar. For example, you may want to move or resize a toolbar when you need the toolbar to appear closer to your work area or when some of the buttons are hidden from view.

When toolbars are docked, they contain a move handle (a vertical bar) at the left side of the toolbar . You can use this handle to move or resize the toolbar. A floating toolbar can be moved using the toolbar’s title bar or resized by dragging an edge of the palette.

Any toolbar can be docked side-by-side with another toolbar. You can also dock more than two toolbars on a single line. A More Buttons button will appear on any docked toolbar having buttons that are not visible.

A floating toolbar

Read through the steps:. If you would like to complete these steps in an actual Word file, create a new Word document and then proceed through the steps.(Follow this link for instructions on creating a new Office file.)

1. Open an Office 2000 program, if necessary.
   
   
2. Position the mouse pointer over the move handle at the left side of the Formatting toolbar.
   The mouse pointer changes into a four-headed arrow.
   
   
3. To expand the Formatting toolbar, double-click the move handle.
   The toolbar expands to display more buttons.
   
   
4. Position the mouse pointer over the move handle at the left side of the Formatting toolbar.
   The mouse pointer changes into a four-headed arrow.
   
   
5. To resize the Formatting toolbar, drag the move handle to the left or right.
   The toolbar expands or shortens as appropriate.
   
   
6. Position the mouse pointer over the move handle at the left side of the Formatting toolbar.
   The mouse pointer changes into a four-headed arrow.
   
   
7. To move the Formatting toolbar, drag the move handle down into the top right section of the workbook window.
   The toolbar moves to the desired location.
   
   
8. To move the floating Formatting toolbar, drag the toolbar by its title bar to the center of the workbook window.
   The toolbar appears in the desired location.
   
   
9. To resize the floating Formatting toolbar, drag the bottom edge of the toolbar palette down.
   The size of the toolbar changes.
   
   
10. To return the Formatting toolbar to its docked location, drag the toolbar by its title bar back up toward the Standard toolbar.
    The Formatting toolbar docks beneath the Standard toolbar.
    
    

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