If you find yourself drilling down into menus all the time to find a command that you use on a regular basis, why not use the customisation feature to modify the tool bars so any commands you use regularly are right at your fingertips?
The first thing to check is if there is already a command manager tab available with the suitable commands on them. If you right click on the tabs section of the command manager you will get a list of available tabs, as you can see there are quite a few.
Failing that, you can add any command to the command manager using tools > menu > customize… Under the commands tab you can drag any command logo you want and then drop it on to any tool bar. If you make a mistake, simply drag the command off the tool bar and let go on screen while the ‘customize’ window is still open.
You can also make a new command manager tab by right clicking on tabs, then selecting add tab > new tab. This will give you a brand new blank tab which can them populate with any commands.
Another great way to add commands is to use the search command. When you find the command you want, simply drag the command from the results list and drop it on any tool bar.
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