Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar

The 2007 Office release didn’t abandon toolbars entirely. In the Quick Tour section earlier in this chapter, you saw the Quick Access Toolbar, which, by default, contains a handful of commands (some vary from program to program). You can also customize the Quick Action Toolbar so that it contains the set of commands you want closest at hand.

Let’s say your work often involves designing Excel workbooks that other users fill out to prepare a budget or an expense report. You often apply data validation rules to the workbooks you produce so that you obtain a consistent set of data that can be analyzed more easily. You can add commands for the data validation tools to the Quick Access Toolbar so they are within immediate ...

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