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:

  1. Click the Office Button
  2. Click on Word Options in the bottom right corner of the drop down menu
  3. Select Customize from left hand menu
  4. Change Choose Commands from: drop down to All Commands
  5. Scroll down list and “Add” AutoSummary Tools
  6. Click OK and test tool from Quick Access Toolbar

Here is a screenshot to illustrate -

Office Button & Quick Access Toolbar

There you go, that should do it.

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