The Quick Access Toolbar or QAT is the onlytoolbar available in PowerPoint. This toolbar can be customized so that it contains your most-used commands, accessible to you with justa single click. Follow these steps to customize the QAT in PowerPoint 2016 forMac by adding your frequently used commands.
- Click the down-arrow in the QAT (highlighted in orange) within Figure 1, andchoose the More Commands option, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: More Commands option- Alternatively, choose the PowerPoint | Preferences menu option as shownin Figure 2.
Figure 2: PowerPoint | Preferences menu option- This opens the PowerPoint Preferences dialog box, as shown in Figure 3.Within this dialog box, select the Ribbon & Toolbar option (highlighted in redwithin Figure 3).
Figure 3: Ribbon & Toolbar option- Either way, this opens the Quick Access Toolbar tab withinthe Ribbon & Toolbar dialog box, as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4: Quick Access Toolbar customize options- All the options for customizing the QAT are explained below, as marked in Figure 4, above:
- Here you will select the commands which you want to add to the QAT. Click to open the drop-down list andchoose the category of commands that you want to work with. This will display a list of commands within that category in the sectionbelow. From this section, select the particular command which you want to add to QAT.
- Here you will find existing commands in the QAT, and any new commands that you add to the QAT.
- These buttons are used to add commands from the Choose commands from (seepoint A above) list, or remove commands from the Customize Quick Access Toolbar (seepoint B above) list.
- Click to open a menu as shown in Figure 5. Here, you can opt to reset customizations made forthe QAT or all other customizations including those made for the Ribbon.
Figure 5: Options to reset the QAT or Ribbon & Toolbar- Add the commands you use often. For this tutorial we have added 4 new commands to the Customize Quick AccessToolbar list, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 6.
Figure 6: Commands added to the Customize Quick Access Toolbar list- Note that you can also change the order in which these commands show in the QAT. To reorder, select a command that youwant to change the order for. Then drag it either either up or down, as it is mentioned in the dialog box (highlightedin green within Figure 6, above).
- Once done adding, editing, reordering, or removing commands, click the OK button to get backto the PowerPoint interface. You'll seenew or updated commands available on the QAT, as shown in Figure 7, below (highlightedin orange).
Figure 7: New commands added to the QAT
A. Choose commands from
B. Customize Quick Access Toolbar
C. Add and Remove buttons
D. Reset
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The Quick Access Toolbar or QAT is the onlytoolbar available in PowerPoint. This toolbar can be customized so that it contains your most-used commands, accessible to you with justa single click. Follow these steps to customize the QAT in PowerPoint 2016 forMac by adding your frequently used commands.
Full Quick Access Toolbar Support For Office For Mac 2016
The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) is a customizable toolbar containing a set of commands that are independent of the tab that is currently displayed. It can be located in one of two places: Upper-left corner above the ribbon (default location) Upper-left corner below the ribbon. Office 2016 for Mac is sandboxed. Unlike other versions of Office apps that support VBA, Office 2016 for Mac apps are sandboxed. Sandboxing restricts the apps from accessing resources outside the app container. This affects any add-ins or macros that involve file access or communication across processes.
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- Click the down-arrow in the QAT (highlighted in orange) within Figure 1, andchoose the More Commands option, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: More Commands option- Alternatively, choose the PowerPoint | Preferences menu option as shownin Figure 2.
Figure 2: PowerPoint | Preferences menu option- This opens the PowerPoint Preferences dialog box, as shown in Figure 3.Within this dialog box, select the Ribbon & Toolbar option (highlighted in redwithin Figure 3).
Figure 3: Ribbon & Toolbar option- Either way, this opens the Quick Access Toolbar tab withinthe Ribbon & Toolbar dialog box, as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4: Quick Access Toolbar customize options- All the options for customizing the QAT are explained below, as marked in Figure 4, above:
- Here you will select the commands which you want to add to the QAT. Click to open the drop-down list andchoose the category of commands that you want to work with. This will display a list of commands within that category in the sectionbelow. From this section, select the particular command which you want to add to QAT.
- Here you will find existing commands in the QAT, and any new commands that you add to the QAT.
- These buttons are used to add commands from the Choose commands from (seepoint A above) list, or remove commands from the Customize Quick Access Toolbar (seepoint B above) list.
- Click to open a menu as shown in Figure 5. Here, you can opt to reset customizations made forthe QAT or all other customizations including those made for the Ribbon.
Figure 5: Options to reset the QAT or Ribbon & Toolbar- Add the commands you use often. For this tutorial we have added 4 new commands to the Customize Quick AccessToolbar list, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 6.
Figure 6: Commands added to the Customize Quick Access Toolbar list- Note that you can also change the order in which these commands show in the QAT. To reorder, select a command that youwant to change the order for. Then drag it either either up or down, as it is mentioned in the dialog box (highlightedin green within Figure 6, above).
- Once done adding, editing, reordering, or removing commands, click the OK button to get backto the PowerPoint interface. You'll seenew or updated commands available on the QAT, as shown in Figure 7, below (highlightedin orange).
Figure 7: New commands added to the QAT