Where is Form Toolbar in Microsoft Office 2010 and 2007?

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Where is Form Toolbar in Microsoft Office 2010 and 2007?

Familiar method to get Form Toolbar if you have Classic Menu for Office
Get Form Toolbar in Office 2007 Ribbon
Get Form Toolbar in Office 2010 Ribbon

The Form Toolbar disappeared, and we can’t get the Form Toolbar in Ribbon quickly. It is hard to edit our forms without these useful buttons, functionalities, and features. For working efficiently in future, it is quite necessary to find out them. Here are two methods for you to discover the Form Toolbar in Microsoft Office 2010 and 2007:

Familiar method to get Form Toolbar if you have Classic Menu for Office

Classic Menu for Office will bring back your familiar working environment of Microsoft Office 2003. So that you can get Form Toolbar with familiar way at ease:

Click the Tools drop down menu in main menus;
Click the Control item;
Continue to click the Legacy Tools;
Then you will view the several buttons under Legacy Forms. The Legacy Forms and its buttons are the Form Toolbar of Microsoft Office 2003.

Figure 1: Form Toolbar in Classic Menu

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Get Form Toolbar in Office 2007 if you do not have Classic Menu for Office

It is quite hard to find out the Form Toolbar in Ribbon if you are a beginner of Microsoft Office 2010 or 2007. The Form Toolbar is hidden deeply in Ribbon, and patience is needed to dig it.
Firstly we need to show Developer Tab in Ribbon in PowerPoint 2007:

Click the Office button;
Click the Word Options at the bottom;
Then you will enter into Word Options dialog, click the Popular button at the left bar;
Check the Show Developer tab in the Ribbon item under Top options for working with Word;
Click the Ok button at the bottom;
Now the Developer tab will be added into the far right in Ribbon.

Add Developer tab into Office 2007 Ribbon

Figure 2: Add Developer tab into Office 2007 Ribbon

After the developer tab showing in Ribbon:

Go to the Developer tab;
Move to the Control group;
Click the Legacy drop down button, then you will view the Legacy Forms buttons. These buttons are Form Toolbar buttons.

Form Toolbar in Office 2007 Ribbon

Figure 3: Form Toolbar in Office 2007 Ribbon

Get Form Toolbar in Office 2010 if you do not have Classic Menu for Office

It is also very difficult to discover Form Toolbar in Office 2010. What’s worse, you won’t find out Form Toolbar with the method we described above. Here lists the method to get Form Toolbar in Office 2010:

Click the File tab in the Ribbon, and you will view backstage view;
Click the Options button at left bar;
Then the Word Options dialog pops up (It may also be Excel Options, PowerPoint Options…).
Click the Customize Ribbon button at left bar;
Besides the left bar, please select Main Tab from the Choose Commands drop down menu;
In the Main tab box, click the Developer item;
Go on to click the Add button;
Go to the bottom and click the Ok button to close this dialog.

Add Developer Tab into Office 2010 Ribbon

Figure 4: Add Developer Tab into Office 2010 Ribbon

Then you will view that the Developer tab is added between Home tab and Insert tab. Go to the Controls group under Developer tab, click the Click the Legacy drop down button, then you will view the Legacy Forms buttons. These buttons are Form Toolbar buttons.

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