Standard toolbar

Standard toolbar

Contains buttons that are shortcuts to some commonly used menu items.

You can click a toolbar button once to carry out the action represented by that button. If you want to display ToolTips for the toolbar buttons, you can select the Show ToolTips option on the General tab of the Options dialog box.

Button Icon Description
View <host application> View Toggles between the host application and the active Visual Basic document.
Insert Opens a menu so that you can insert one of the following objects to your active project. The icon changes to the last object you added. The default is the form.

Userform  UserForm

Module  Module

Class module  Class Module

Procedure  Procedure
Save <host document name> Save Saves the host document including the project and all of its components (forms and modules).
Cut Cut Removes the selected control or text and places it on the Clipboard.
Copy Copy Copies the selected control or text onto the Clipboard.
Paste Paste Inserts the contents of the Clipboard at the current location.
Find Find Opens the Find dialog box and searches for the specified text in the Find What box.
Undo <last editing action> Undo Reverses the last editing action.
Redo <last editing action> Redo Restores the last text editing Undo actions if no other actions have occurred since the last Undo.
Run Sub/UserForm or Run Macro Run Runs the current procedure if the cursor is in a procedure, runs the UserForm if a UserForm is currently active, or runs a macro if neither the Code window nor a UserForm is active.
Break Break Stops execution of a program while it's running and switches to break mode.
Reset <project> Reset Clears the execution stack module level variables and resets the project.
Design Mode Design mode Turns design mode off and on.
Project Explorer Project explorer Displays the Project Explorer, which displays a hierarchical list of the currently open projects and their contents.
Properties Window Properties window Opens the Properties window so that you can view the properties of the selected control.
Object Browser Object browser Displays the Object Browser, which lists the object libraries, the type library, classes, methods, properties, events, and constants that you can use in code, as well as the modules and procedures you defined for your project.
Toolbox Toolbox Displays or hides the Toolbox, which contains all of the controls and insertable objects (such as a Microsoft Excel Chart) available to your application. This is only available when a UserForm is active.
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Help Microsoft VBA Help Opens the help viewer for the associated application.

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