Speaking of the Quick Access toolbar and all the ways you can access commands for customizing it, try this to add commands:
1. With any database open (so that the Ribbon tabs are displayed), rightclick any of the buttons on any of the tabs.
You can also right-click the Quick Access toolbar or any Ribbon tab.
2. Choose Customize Quick Access Toolbar.
The Access Options dialog box opens (shown in Figure 2-13), with its Customization options displayed.
3. Click the Choose Commands From drop-down list and choose a command category.
A list of Popular Commands appears by default.
4. From any (or each) category, choose the commands you want to see at all times in the Quick Access toolbar by clicking them one at a time and then clicking the Add button.
As you click the Add button, the command you chose is added to the list on the right. Note that you have up- and down-pointing triangles on the right side of the list of commands you’ve added — with one of the commands you’ve chosen to add selected, use them to reorder the list, which rearranges the left-to-right order in which they’ll appear on the toolbar.
5. Continue selecting categories and commands on the left and using the Add button to add them to the list on the right.
Not all commands will be usable at all the times that the Quick Access toolbar is displayed. For example, if you choose to place the Filter button from the Home tab on the Quick Access toolbar, the button won’t be available until and unless a table or set of query results were open.
6. When you’ve added all the commands you want to add, click OK to add them and close the dialog box.
When you click OK, the changes to the Quick Access toolbar are applied. The toolbar’s space on the top of the workspace grows to accommodate all the new buttons, as shown in Figure 2-14.
If you’re in a hurry to add a specific button to the Quick Access toolbar, and you’re looking right at the button you want to add, just right-click the button and choose Add to Quick Access Toolbar from the menu that appears. The button you right-clicked instantly appears on the toolbar and remains in the tab where it was living when you right-clicked it.
Why, then, would you use the Access Options dialog box if a simple rightclick takes care of business? Because it gives you the ability to select buttons from all the various tabs in one place — no need to go hunting on the tabs for the buttons you want to add. But when there’s just one you want and you can see it at the time, the right-click method can’t be beat.
1. With any database open (so that the Ribbon tabs are displayed), rightclick any of the buttons on any of the tabs.
You can also right-click the Quick Access toolbar or any Ribbon tab.
2. Choose Customize Quick Access Toolbar.
The Access Options dialog box opens (shown in Figure 2-13), with its Customization options displayed.
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| Figure 2-13: Pick a command category and a command to add to the Quick Access toolbar. |
3. Click the Choose Commands From drop-down list and choose a command category.
A list of Popular Commands appears by default.
4. From any (or each) category, choose the commands you want to see at all times in the Quick Access toolbar by clicking them one at a time and then clicking the Add button.
As you click the Add button, the command you chose is added to the list on the right. Note that you have up- and down-pointing triangles on the right side of the list of commands you’ve added — with one of the commands you’ve chosen to add selected, use them to reorder the list, which rearranges the left-to-right order in which they’ll appear on the toolbar.
5. Continue selecting categories and commands on the left and using the Add button to add them to the list on the right.
Not all commands will be usable at all the times that the Quick Access toolbar is displayed. For example, if you choose to place the Filter button from the Home tab on the Quick Access toolbar, the button won’t be available until and unless a table or set of query results were open.
6. When you’ve added all the commands you want to add, click OK to add them and close the dialog box.
When you click OK, the changes to the Quick Access toolbar are applied. The toolbar’s space on the top of the workspace grows to accommodate all the new buttons, as shown in Figure 2-14.
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| Figure 2-14: Add as many buttons as you want — the toolbar will expand horizontally to accommodate them. |
If you’re in a hurry to add a specific button to the Quick Access toolbar, and you’re looking right at the button you want to add, just right-click the button and choose Add to Quick Access Toolbar from the menu that appears. The button you right-clicked instantly appears on the toolbar and remains in the tab where it was living when you right-clicked it.
Why, then, would you use the Access Options dialog box if a simple rightclick takes care of business? Because it gives you the ability to select buttons from all the various tabs in one place — no need to go hunting on the tabs for the buttons you want to add. But when there’s just one you want and you can see it at the time, the right-click method can’t be beat.
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