Customizing Microsoft Word

Customizing Word’s Menus and Dialog Boxes

The following tips will show you how to customize Word's menus and dialog boxes.

Adding and Removing Folders From the My Places Bar
The My Places bar provides a way for you to navigate quickly to the folders where you frequently store your files. The default settings are somewhat limiting, but you can customize it, adding your own folders to the list.

Change the Location Where Files Are Saved
By default Word saves your files in the My Documents folder on your hard drive. While it is easy enough to change this in the Save dialog box, if you always want to save your documents in a particular folder, it makes a lot of sense to customize Word to accommodate this.

Displaying More Files in the File List
Word makes it easy for you to access your recently used files from the File menu without having to search through the folders on your hard drive. This tip will show you how to change the number of Files Word displays.


Saving Your Microsoft Word Settings
If you have made a lot of changes to the settings in Word, it is a good idea to back up your settings so you can restore them in the even of computer failure. This tutorial will show you how it is done.