Microsoft KB Archive/57471

Accessing Menu Commands Not Visible on a Menu

PSS ID Number: Q57471 Article last modified on 02-24-1993

1.00 1.10 1.10a 2.00 WINDOWS

Summary: Many of the templates included with Microsoft Word for Windows have customized or modified menus. You can add or remove menu items with the Macro Assign to Menu command. If you remove a menu command from a menu because you customized the template, do one of the following: - From the Macro menu, choose run and select the macro name. If the macro command does not appear, select Show All. -or- - From the Macro menu, choose Assign to Menu. a. Select the macro or command to add to the menu. b. Select the menu you want to add the command or macro to. c. Edit the menu text if necessary. d. Choose the Assign button to add the command to the designated menu. Note: The Short Menu structure of Word for Windows is a shorter version of the full Word for Windows menus. Check the View menu to verify that you are using Full Menus (the command to select Short Menus, not Full Menus should be visible). In Word for Windows 2.0, to run a macro not on the memu, choose Macro from the Tools menu. In the Show field, select Global Macros or Commands. Choose the macro and click the Run button. To assign a macro to a menu, perform the following: 1. Choose Options from the Tools menu. In the Category field, choose Menus. 2. In the Menu field, choose the menu you wish to add the macro to. In the Show field, choose either Commands or Macros. 3. Select either Global or Template context. 4. Choose the macro name to be added to the menu. Click the Add button and the choose Close. The macro will now be assign to the menu and will be listed when the menu is selected.

Reference(s): “Microsoft Word for Windows User’s Reference,” pages 194-196

Additional reference words: w4wmacro 1.0 1.1 1.1a 1.00 1.10 1.10a 2.0 2.00 w4wtemplate