Customizing toolbars

You can customize the appearance and organization of toolbars in Manage mode and View mode by selecting which toolbars to display, and specifying each toolbar’s buttons or commands. You can also discard your changes and reset the toolbars to their default layout at any time.

Displaying and hiding toolbars

You can choose to display or hide the specific toolbars in Manage mode and View mode.

To display or hide a toolbar:

Do one of the following:

  • In Manage mode, click View | Toolbars, and then select the toolbar you want to display or hide.
  • In View mode, click View, and then select the toolbar you want to display or hide.

Customizing toolbar contents

You can customize the following toolbars:

  • In Manage mode: The Main toolbar and the File List toolbar.
  • In View mode: The Bottom toolbar.

You can add, remove, and rearrange buttons on these toolbars. You can also display or hide text labels and tool tips for the buttons on these toolbars, and change button size. All toolbar customization options are on the Customize dialog box.

To display the Customize dialog box:

Do one of the following:

  • In Manage mode, click View | Toolbars and then select Customize.
  • In Manage mode, click the drop-down arrow, located to the right of the Main toolbar or File List toolbar, and select Customize.
  • In View mode, click the drop-down arrow, located to the right of the Bottom toolbar, select Add or Remove Buttons, and then select Customize.

To display or hide text labels below toolbar buttons:

  1. Display the Customize dialog box.
  2. Click the Toolbars tab.
  3. Select File List Toolbar or Main Toolbar.
  4. Select the Show text labels check box to display text labels, or clear the Show text labels check box to hide text labels.
  5. Click Close.

To display or hide tool tips for toolbar buttons:

  1. Display the Customize dialog box.
  2. Click the Options tab.
  3. Select Show ScreenTips on toolbars to display tool-tips, or clear Show ScreenTips on toolbars to hide tool-tips. If you select this option, you can also select Show shortcut keys in ScreenTips to show keyboard shortcuts in the tool-tips.
  4. Click Close.

To change the toolbar button size:

  1. Display the Customize dialog box.
  2. Click the Options tab.
  3. Select Large Icons to display larger toolbar buttons, or clear Large Icons to display smaller toolbar buttons.
  4. Click Close.

Resetting toolbars

You can discard all of your changes, and return the toolbars and buttons to their default states.

To reset the toolbars:

  1. Display the Customize dialog box.
  2. Click the Toolbars tab, and then click Reset All.
  3. Click Yes to reset the toolbars.
  4. Click Close.

Customizing toolbars