Modern office software application suites can be unnervingly made complex. Like most of its options, the free and open-source LibreOffice sticks its often-used controls above the content location in various menus. However the majority of the available tools are actually hidden by default– you’ll need to by hand include the ones that aren’t visible out of package. Here’s how.

In LibreOffice Writer, Calc, Impress, and Math, you can click the “View” menu item, then hover your mouse over “Toolbars.” You’ll see a large variety of offered toolbars that varies with each program. The ones with the checkmark are presently active and visible.

Clicking any among the toolbar alternatives not enabled will make it visible, and vice versa. Where the brand-new toolbar appears is not constant; for example, if you enable “3D-Settings” in Writer, the toolbar appears at the bottom of the window, however the Align Objects tool appears as a free-floating collection of icons that can be moved.

Luckily, you don’t need to let those menus remain where they are. For any free-floating toolbar, just click and drag the grey bar at the top of its window. Drag it onto the main toolbar at the top of the screen, the secondary bar below, and even the dock on the right, and it’ll be included where you release the mouse button. A shaded rectangular shape will reveal you where it will fall. If you don’t have enough horizontal area in the window, you can drop it onto a brand-new toolbar line.

To do the opposite and pull an anchored toolbar off of its docked position, simply click the five dots on the leading or side of the tool section. A cross-shaped cursor tells you that this part of the toolbar can be moved. Click and drag it into the content location of the window to make that toolbar free-floating.

Larger toolbars can be resized horizontally, just like Formatting above, to put the various tools on multiple bars. Extra tools (if there are any applicable) can be accessed by means of the down arrow button near the close “X.”

For much more advanced control of any LibreOffice user interface, click View > > Toolbars > > Customize. From the “Toolbars” tab in this menu, you can disable or enable any of the single tools in any of the offered toolbars. Your settings will be conserved to the program you’re using at the minute. You can even make completely brand-new, tailored toolbars with the “New” and “Add” commands.

If at any time you’ve lost a tool, or you’re just fed up with the modifications you’ve made, click View > > Toolbars > Reset to put everything back in its initial area.