If you commonly leave multiple documents open in Word, you've noticed that using the Window menu to switch between documents is a two-step nuisance and that remembering the keyboard command (<Ctrl>-<F6>) is difficult. Here's how to simplify toggling between documents in Word 97 and in Word 6 and 7 with a couple of toolbar buttons:

1. Select Tools-Customize and click the Commands tab.

2. Choose All Commands in the Categories pane, then scroll down until you find the NextWindow command in the Commands pane of the Customize dialogue box.

3. Click the NextWindow line, drag it to the desired toolbar (or to the menu bar) and drop it.

4. Choosing PrevWindow from the Commands pane, repeat steps 2 and 3.

If the command appears as text only on the toolbar (or the menu bar), you can change it to an icon only or to an icon with text by right-clicking the button when the Customize dialogue box is still open. Select Default Setting if you want the standard icon, without any text. Right-click the button and select Change Button Image to pick from one of the offered icons. (Pick the left-pointing arrow for Previous and the right-pointing arrow for Next, as commonly found in Web navigation tools.)

1. Select Tools-Customize, then click the Toolbars tab.

2. Choose All Commands in the Categories pane, then scroll down until you find the NextWindow command in the Commands pane of the Customize dialogue box.

3. Click the NextWindow line, drag it to the desired toolbar and drop it. When the Custom Button dialogue box appears, select a button from the palette or select Text button, then click OK.

4. Choosing PrevWindow from the Commands pane, repeat steps 2 and 3.