Creating a custom toolbar in Microsoft Project is a great way to put all of your most frequently-used functions in one spot. As an example, Figure 1 shows a toolbar with functions that a project manager may use if he or she is updating a project plan using percent complete in a Project Server environment.

Figure 1. A toolbar of functions for updating a project plan with percent complete

This toolbar is actually a combination of commands from several toolbars and other commands that don't exist in any toolbar out of the box. Note how it provides a nice sequence of commands assembled in one neat package...