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[ Categories ](https://colemantechnologies.com/blog/categories "Categories") [ Tags ](https://colemantechnologies.com/blog/tags "Tags") [ Categories: All Categories ](https://colemantechnologies.com/javascript:void(0); "Categories") Search...Suggested keywords [ x ](https://colemantechnologies.com/javascript:void(0);) # Tip of the Week: How to Customize Your Microsoft Word Tools [Coleman Technologies Blog](https://colemantechnologies.com/blog/categories/blog) [Tip of the Week](https://colemantechnologies.com/blog/categories/tip-of-the-week) [Coleman Technologies Admin](https://colemantechnologies.com/blog/blogger/darren-coleman) Wednesday, 24 April 2019 ## Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar The Quick Access Toolbar can be found at the top left of the window, with default options like Save, Undo, and Redo. It’s pretty easy to spot, isn’t it? This is one of the reasons that adjusting it to your preferences can be so helpful. Making these changes is fairly simple. Your first step is to access the Quick Access Toolbar’s options. Under **File**. select **Options**, and in the window that appears, click **Quick Access Toolbar** in the sidebar menu. It should look like this... ![](https://www.colemantechnologies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ib_1_quick_access.png) From here, you can see that the typical Save, Undo, and Redo options are in the Quick Access Toolbar - which is all well and good, but you can easily use keyboard shortcuts to accomplish the same things. You might find a different assortment of tools more handy to keep in your Quick Access Toolbar. Altering them is simple enough from this menu, all you have to do is **select the item** and click the appropriate button, **Add>>** or **<<Remove**. The list on the left defaults to **Popular Commands**, but there are plenty of options to choose from, based on your needs. For now, we’ll stick to Popular Commands. Let’s assume you use Word to put a lot of data into context, so you use a lot of lists and tables… and it needs to be spelled correctly. You can easily change your Quick Access Toolbar to meet these preferences. ![](https://www.colemantechnologies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ib_2_customized_quick_access.png) Once you’ve done so, just click **OK** and your changes will be saved. You can always revert to the default settings by using the **Reset** option as well. ## Customizing the Ribbon The Ribbon in Word is where you find your options like Home, Insert, and the rest. Depending on your usage, you may not have much of a need for some of these options. Let’s assume that you don’t have any purpose for the Mailings tab, or the Draw tab, for that matter. Again accessing **File** and **Options**, this time we’re looking for **Customize Ribbon**, which looks like this: ![](https://www.colemantechnologies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ib_3_ribbon.png) Just as we did with the Quick Access Toolbar above, you can adjust what is displayed in the Ribbon. Since we’ve established that - in this example - we have no purpose for either the Mailings or Draw tabs, we can uncheck them to remove them from the Ribbon display. ![](https://www.colemantechnologies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ib_4_customized_r-ibbon.png) ## Customizing the Status Bar At the very bottom of the window is the Status Bar, which can be altered to provide other valuable information based on what you have prioritized. Doing so is very simple: just **right-click** on the Status Bar, and **select** (or **deselect**) the options. ![](https://www.colemantechnologies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ib_5_status_bar.png) There you have it- three ways to customize Microsoft Word to better suit your purposes. For more technology tips, make sure you subscribe to our blog! [ ](https://colemantechnologies.com/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://colemantechnologies.com/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://colemantechnologies.com/javascript:void(0);) Tags: [Efficiency](https://colemantechnologies.com/blog/tags/efficiency) [Microsoft](https://colemantechnologies.com/blog/tags/microsoft) [Tip of the Week](https://colemantechnologies.com/blog/tags/tip-of-the-week) [×](https://colemantechnologies.com/javascript:void(0);) Stay Informed When you subscribe to the blog, we will send you an e-mail when there are new updates on the site so you wouldn't miss them. 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