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Toolbars provide another method of quickly performing specific tasks. For example, you can launch frequently used procedures or create graphs and charts, all with the click of a toolbar button.

step From the menus choose:

View
 Toolbars

The Show Toolbars dialog box lists all the toolbars available to the currently selected window.

step If it isn't already selected, choose Data Editor from the Document Type list.

step Click New Toolbar.

step Type My Toolbar as the name of your new toolbar.

step This toolbar should only appear in the Data Editor and the Viewer. So, uncheck the boxes next to all the windows except for those two.

step Click Customize to add buttons to your toolbar.

Toolbar items are separated into categories. Select a category to view its items.

step Select the Data category.

step Drag the Split File and Select Cases items to the toolbar.

step Select the Analyze category.

step Drag the Frequencies and Crosstabs items to the toolbar.

You can create custom toolbar items to run a script file, command syntax file, or another application.

step Click New Tool to display the Create New Tool dialog box.

step Type Bold Totals in the Label field.

step Select Script as the action type.

step Click Browse to locate the script file.

step Navigate to the Scripts folder in the SPSS installation directory, select Make totals bold.sbs, and click Open.

step Click OK to finish creating your new toolbar item.

Custom toolbar items are displayed in the User-Defined category. Custom menu items created with the Menu Editor are also displayed in this category.

step Drag the Bold Totals item to the toolbar.

step Click OK in all the open dialog boxes to return to the Data Editor.

Your new toolbar is now displayed in the Data Editor window.