How to Create Your Own Toolbar, and Manage 2.0 Icons and Toolbars

Note: See also a related article I wrote for TechTarget.com.

I've been updating my workbooks to OpenOffice.org 2.0. One of the big differences is the look and feel, i.e. the toolbars. They have different icons to show you how to see the whole toolbar, and you view them differently.

It's not hard, but it's definitely different than 1.x. So here's an excerpt from my OpenOffice.org 2.0 Core Office Suite workbook that describes how to do a bunch of stuff with the new toolbar system.

• Create your own toolbar or add icons to an existing toolbar with the Customize Toolbar option
• View toolbars, dock or undock toolbars, and view extra icons with the Visible Buttons option

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[Roy Jacobsen]

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[Solveig]

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