WD97: How to Add a Drop-down Menu to the Main Menu Bar

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NOTE: The default behavior is to show all menu items when no documents are open.

   Sub AddMenuItem()
      Dim oMainMenuBar As Object
      Dim oNewMenu As Object
      Dim oSubMenu As Object
      ' Save changes to menu bars in the Normal (default) Template.
      CustomizationContext = Application.NormalTemplate
      ' Specify the CommandBar to add to. In this example, the New Menu
      ' item is added to the Word for Windows default menu bar.
      Set oMainMenuBar = CommandBars.Item("Menu Bar")
      ' Create New Menu object and add it to the built-in Menu Bar.
      Set oNewMenu = oMainMenuBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlPopup)
      oNewMenu.Caption = "New Menu Item"
      ' Create a submenu item for the New Menu menu item.
      Set oSubMenu = oNewMenu.Controls.Add(Type:=msoBarTypeMenuBar)
      With oSubMenu
         ' Give the submenu item a reference name and display text.
         .Caption = "Sub Menu"
         ' Specify macro to run when user clicks the submenu item.
         .OnAction = "NewMenuMacro"
      End With
   End Sub
				

The following sample macro runs when the user clicks the submenu item Sub Menu.

   Sub NewMenuMacro()
      Dim myMenuItem as Object
      Set myMenuItem = CommandBars("Menu Bar").Controls("New Menu Item")
      MsgBox myMenuItem.Caption
   End Sub
				

For more information about customizing command bars, while in the Visual Basic for Applications Editor click the Office Assistant, type command bars, click Search, and then click to view the "Using command bars" topic.

Or, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: