How do get formatting palette features on the top of my word document

[Susp...@officeformac.com]

Probably an anal question, but I have no idea how to get the formatting palette features (font size, font, bold, italic, etc). on the top of my screen. I don't like them in that formatting palette window. I was able to do it with Office 2004, but I cannot figure it out on Office 2008. I went under preferences and saw nothing to assist me. While not a huge impediment, it would be nice to have all the features I want on my word processor spreadsheet.

[Daiya Mitchell]

Not anal at all---I'll be doing the same in about 5 minutes. Hate the
formatting palette.

If really all you want is bold, etc, you can use View | Toolbars |
Formatting to show formatting options in the top toolbar.

If you want to set up your own toolbar with custom options, right-click
the toolbar in the document window and select Customize Toolbar. After
that, it works pretty much the same as with office 2004.

Note: to right-click with a one-button mouse, hold down control while
clicking.

You can either customize the default toolbar, which is part of each
document window, or you can create your own toolbar, which will float.
If you customize the default toolbar, be sure to keep regular backups of
your Normal template, as you can recover custom toolbars from a corrupt
Normal, but not customized default toolbars. Your Normal template is
stored at username/library/application support/microsoft/office/user
templates.

[CyberTaz]

Extending on what Daiya offered & just as an aside:

Keep in mind that Word 2008 functions differently from prior versions - The
Formatting & Standard toolbars are displayed in the doc window rather than
docked directly beneath the Menu. Ergo, if you have no doc window displayed
you'll not see the toolbars either. They'll reappear when you open or create
another doc.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

On 1/26/08 3:05 PM, in article eVLaebFY...@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl, "Daiya

[Susp...@officeformac.com]

Thank YOU SO MUCH Daiya. I dont know why that was so hard for me.

[Daiya Mitchell]

Glad to help. I find the minor changes they made in the View menu
likewise more disconcerting than it seems like they ought to be.

[Rachel]

Hi There,

I am attempting to customize a default toolbar that will automatically be part of each document I open. How do you do this? I tried following your instructions but it didn't seem to work...