Menu

Customizes and saves current menu layouts as well as creates new menus.

You can add new commands, modify existing commands, or rearrange the menu items.

To access this command...

Choose Tools - Customize - Menus tab


Menu

Select the menu and submenu that you want to edit.

New

Opens the New Menu dialog where you can enter the name of a new menu as well as select the location for the menu.

Menu

Opens a submenu with additional commands.

New name

Enter the new name for the selected menu.

To specify the keyboard accelerator for a menu

A keyboard accelerator allows you to select a menu command when you press Alt+ an underlined letter in a menu command. For example, to select the Save All command by pressing Alt+V, enter Sa~ve All.

  1. Select a menu or menu entry.

  2. Click the Menu button and select Rename.

  3. Add a tilde (~) in front of the letter that you want to use as an accelerator.

Delete

Deletes the selected menu or menu entry.

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You can only delete custom menus and custom menu entries.


Entries

Displays a list of the available menu commands for the selected menu in the current application or document.

To rearrange the order of menu entries, select an entry, and then click the up or down arrow button.

Arrow Up

Moves the selected item up one position.

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Arrow Up

Arrow Down

Moves the selected item down one position.

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Arrow Down

Add Commands

Opens the Add Commands dialog. Select any command, then click Add or drag-and-drop the command into the Customize dialog box.

Command

Opens a menu that contains additional commands.

Add Submenu

Opens the Add Submenu dialog, where you enter the name of a submenu.

Add Separator

Inserts a separator line under the current menu entry.

Rename

Opens the Rename dialog, where you enter a new name for the selected command.

New name

Enter the new name for the selected command.

Delete

Deletes the selected command.

Save In

Select the application or open document where you want to add the menu. A separate menu configuration is saved for the item that you select.

To edit a menu configuration that is associated with an item in the list, select the item, make the changes that you want, and then click the OK button.

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You cannot load a menu configuration from one location and save the configuration to another location.