How can I customize the context menu in Word 365? I want "cut" and do not want "Review Selection"

Anonymous
2022-03-03T15:02:19+00:00

Microsoft has abruptly added "Review Selection in Editor" to the top of the Context Menu in Word.

I can't select all, right-click, and land on "Cut," which is what I want.

"Review Selection..." may be perfectly helpful, but I don't want it at the top.

Please tell me there is some way to customize this menu so that I can have Cut on top like always.

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Anonymous
2023-03-20T18:40:55+00:00

I don't really know why this thread would be closed:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/how-can-i-customize-the-context-menu-in-word-365/09292fb3-fec8-4a69-99e7-7570878f2658?page=3

unless it would be that Microsoft and the Moderators here don't like to hear criticism about their products??

[Moderator's note: I unlocked it and merged this to the end.]

Anyway, as that thread was never answered and apparently the issue is an annoyance for more than one user:Opening a new blank document (based off normal template) and running this code does seem to exterminate the pesky menu command:

Sub RemoveContentMenuItem()

Dim oCtr As CommandBarControl

Dim oCB As CommandBar

  CustomizationContext = ThisDocument.AttachedTemplate

  Set oCB = CommandBars("Text")

  For Each oCtr In CommandBars("Text").Controls

     If oCtr.Caption = "Review selection in &Editor" Then

       oCtr.Delete

     End If

Next

Set oCB = Nothing

  Set oCtr = Nothing

End Sub

Be sure to save the Normal template changes when you quit Word

Install/Employ VBA Procedures (Macros) by Greg Maxey

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-03-20T19:56:07+00:00

    Threads are locked automatically after a given period of inactivity.

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  2. Stefan Blom 353.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-06-02T10:25:31+00:00

    Simple user interface customization was removed in 2007 for all Office programs, so it has been missing for quite some time by now.

    Many experienced users were dissatisfied when it happened, but I suspect that a big majority of casual Word users didn't care much. You have probably seen it yourself. You may have colleagues who never tried to customize anything in Word.

    You can post feedback to Microsoft via File > Feedback (applies to recent Windows versions of Word). See also https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-do-i-give-feedback-on-microsoft-office-2b102d44-b43f-4dd2-9ff4-23cf144cfb11.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-03-20T14:09:25+00:00

    I sent through one of the links, but again, all of this is too complicated for ordinary people trying to live their ordinary lives. Thank you for the links though.

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  4. Stefan Blom 353.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-03-18T21:22:20+00:00

    I believe that the ribbon interface was introduced partly in response to customers—corporate customers, that is. From a business perspective, supporting a product which can't be customized is of course easier than supporting a product that can be customized. This was Office 2007. Office 2010 re-introduced some customization (see Charles's reply).

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