The “Quick Access” toolbar

The “Quick Access” toolbar is at the top left of the application window.
The “Quick Access” toolbar gives us the opportunity to execute commands with a single click.

The “Quick Access” toolbar can not be removed from the screen.
However, one can change its position:
1. you can place it above the “Ribbon”, which is the default setting, or
2. you can place it under the “Ribbon”.
In order to place it under the “Ribbon”, right-click a command on the “Ribbon” or click a command in the Quick Access toolbar and select “Show below the Ribbon” from the drop-down menu.
Repeat this procedure to get the ribbon back to its original place.

By default, the “Quick Access” toolbar has three buttons: “Save”, “Undo” and “Redo”.
The “Quick Access” toolbar is the only toolbar that we can customize in “Microsoft PowerPoint” 2007.
By clicking on the arrow pointing downwards, next to the toolbar, we can add commands.

The most commonly used commands appear in a drop-down list.

If you want to add a command to the “Quick Access” toolbar, then click on the command in the list. You will see that this is now checked.
If you want to remove a command from the “Quick Access” toolbar, click on it again in the list to it remove it.
Or right-click on the command in the toolbar and select “Remove from Quick Access Toolbar”

If you want to add a command that is not on the list, click “More Commands …”

Customizing The “Quick Access” toolbar

This opens the “PowerPoint Options” dialog with the “Customize” tab selected:

All available commands in PowerPoint can be found in these lists.
The commands are divided into categories. Click on the arrow pointing downwards to select another category from the drop-down list box “Choose command:”.
Select the command in the right pane, and click the button “Add >>>”.
To remove a command, select the command in the right column, and click the “Remove” button.
By clicking on the up and down arrows, you can change the location of the command in the Quick Access Toolbar.

In the “Customize Quick Access Toolbar:” you can choose whether you want these settings for all documents, or just for the document in which you are working, at the moment.
When you are finished with your settings, click the OK button.

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