Reader Ryan writes in with a neat Mac OS X customization. He says: "The toolbar on top of the finder is somewhat limited and there may be more actions you want to perform while browsing through your ...

Use Microsoft Word every day? Millions do, simply taking the way its developers designed the program’s menus as the way it has to be. With a few customizations, you can make changes that better suit ...

If you work with Microsoft Word 2011, you may find the program’s toolbars and ribbon practical ways to access functions you use often, such as formatting, alignment, and highlighting. But the toolbars ...

You can customize the Analyst toolbar to contain the tasks you use most often. You can also control icon size and toggle the display of tooltips and the toolbar. If you are on Windows, select Tools ...

Reader Barbara Van Gorder misses some of the cosmetic features found in earlier versions of Microsoft Word. She writes: In older versions of Word there were pictures on the toolbar for cut and paste.

To help readers follow the instructions in this article, we use two different typefaces. Boldface type is used to identify the names of icons, agendas and URLs. Sans serif type indicates commands and ...

I use just a handful of functions in Microsoft Office’s toolbar menus. Is there some way to shorten the dropdown list or add the ones I frequently need? Yes, to both questions. If all you want to do ...

There’s a temptation especially when first using a new Mac to use applications as-is. But many advantages are waiting — sometimes, you just need to customize a few options. A great application with ...

The fonts that are available depend on which monospace fonts you have installed under OS/2. For example, you might have the Courier font available. When you select a font or point size, the Font ...

In older versions of Word there were pictures on the toolbar for cut and paste. They don’t appear in the latest version of Word. Do you know how to make them appear? The key to populating Word’s ...