Autosummarize in Word 2007
Microsoft Office Word 2007 no longer displays the Autosummarize function as a popular feature. I guess thats fair enough as they are looking to clean up the Word interface by removing confusing options, but annoying, if you use the autosummarise function as much as I do.
Anyway, don’t fear, they haven’t removed it altogether. It still exists, you just have to add it to the Quick Access Toolbar yourself.
To do this:
- Click the Office Button
- Click on Word Options in the bottom right corner of the drop down menu
- Select Customize from left hand menu
- Change Choose Commands from: drop down to All Commands
- Scroll down list and “Add” AutoSummary Tools
- Click OK and test tool from Quick Access Toolbar
Here is a screenshot to illustrate -

There you go, that should do it.
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Great Job!
thank you very much
What a great tip! I was just reading a post on how to use autosummarize to create articles faster and develop article brief and was all sad because I couldn’t find it in my 2007 Word program. Lo’ and behold – you had the answer!
Thanks so much!
Thank you so much!
Is something wrong with my ms office word 2007? Because I’ve followed the instructions list, and when I get to point no.5 ‘scroll down the list’, I couldn’t find the AutoSummarize you’ve mentioned. So what should I do? Thanks in advanced for your kindly answer.
yes it also happens to me after to follow step 5 I get autosummarize
Hi, you need to select AutoSummaryTools from the left hand column, then click the ‘Add >>’ button then click OK