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Add an Icon to the Word 2010 Quick Access Toolbar

The Quick Access toolbar is very helpful for removing a step or two from commonly used tasks. For example, you can click the default Save icon to quickly save your document, instead of clicking the File tab, then clicking your desired saving option. Step 1: Launch Microsoft Word 2010. Step 2: Click the Customize Quick Access Toolbar icon at the top of the window. Step 3: Click a command for which you want to add an icon to the Quick Access toolbar. In the example image below, I have selected the Print Preview and Print option. Once you have selected a new option, an icon for it will appear in the Quick Access toolbar.

Remove an Icon from the Quick Access Toolbar in Word 2010

Step 1: Launch Microsoft Word 2010. Step 2: Click the Customize Quick Access Toolbar icon. Step 3: Click the command for the icon which you want to remove. Note that currently active icons have a check mark next to them. In the image below, for example, I am choosing to remove the Save icon. To add additional commands, you can also click the More Commands button at the bottom of the menu. This will open up the Word Options window. You can then click options from the column at the left side of the window, then click the Add button to add them to the Quick Access toolbar. You can also click options in the right column, then click the Remove button to cut them from the toolbar. Are you looking for some different options for creating and editing Word or Excel documents? There is a “hidden” tab that you can enable in both of these programs called the Developer tab. Read this article to learn how to enable the Developer tab in your programs. After receiving his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Science he spent several years working in IT management for small businesses. However, he now works full time writing content online and creating websites. His main writing topics include iPhones, Microsoft Office, Google Apps, Android, and Photoshop, but he has also written about many other tech topics as well. Read his full bio here.

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