diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/standalone.js b/chrome/content/zotero/standalone.js
index 9873b3a26..76b035536 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/standalone.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/standalone.js
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ Components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/Services.jsm");
  */
 var ZoteroStandalone = new function()
 {
+	/**
+	 * Run when standalone window first opens
+	 */
 	this.onLoad = function() {
 		if(!Zotero || !Zotero.initialized) {
 			ZoteroPane.displayStartupError();
@@ -53,6 +56,52 @@ var ZoteroStandalone = new function()
 		
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Builds new item menu
+	 */
+	this.buildNewItemMenu = function() {
+		var addMenu = document.getElementById('menu_NewItemPopup');
+		
+		// Remove all nodes so we can regenerate
+		while(addMenu.hasChildNodes()) addMenu.removeChild(addMenu.firstChild);
+		
+		var typeSets = [Zotero.ItemTypes.getPrimaryTypes(), Zotero.ItemTypes.getSecondaryTypes()];
+		for(var i in typeSets) {
+			var t = typeSets[i];
+			
+			// Sort by localized name
+			var itemTypes = [];
+			for (var i=0; i<t.length; i++) {
+				itemTypes.push({
+					id: t[i].id,
+					name: t[i].name,
+					localized: Zotero.ItemTypes.getLocalizedString(t[i].id)
+				});
+			}
+			var collation = Zotero.getLocaleCollation();
+			itemTypes.sort(function(a, b) {
+				return collation.compareString(1, a.localized, b.localized);
+			});
+			
+			for (var i = 0; i<itemTypes.length; i++) {
+				var menuitem = document.createElement("menuitem");
+				menuitem.setAttribute("label", itemTypes[i].localized);
+				menuitem.setAttribute("oncommand","ZoteroPane_Local.newItem("+itemTypes[i]['id']+")");
+				menuitem.setAttribute("tooltiptext", "");
+				menuitem.className = "zotero-tb-add";
+				addMenu.appendChild(menuitem);
+			}
+			
+			// add separator between sets
+			if(i !== typeSets.length-1) {
+				addMenu.appendChild(document.createElement("menuseparator"));
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Handles help menu requests
+	 */
 	this.openHelp = function(type) {
 		if(type === "troubleshooting") {
 			ZoteroPane.loadURI("http://www.zotero.org/support/getting_help");
@@ -63,6 +112,9 @@ var ZoteroStandalone = new function()
 		}
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Called before standalone window is closed
+	 */
 	this.onUnload = function() {
 		ZoteroPane.destroy();
 	}
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/standalone.xul b/chrome/content/zotero/standalone.xul
index ec49fdb57..cf2532f24 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/standalone.xul
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/standalone.xul
@@ -109,6 +109,15 @@
 				style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;-moz-appearance:none">
 					<menu id="fileMenu" label="&fileMenu.label;" accesskey="&fileMenu.accesskey;">
 						<menupopup id="menu_FilePopup">
+							<menu id="menu_newItem" label="&zotero.toolbar.newItem.label;">
+								<menupopup id="menu_NewItemPopup"
+										onpopupshowing="ZoteroStandalone.buildNewItemMenu()"/>
+							</menu>
+							<menuitem id="menu_newNote" label="&zotero.toolbar.newNote;"
+									command="cmd_zotero_newStandaloneNote"/>
+							<menuitem id="menu_newCollection" label="&zotero.toolbar.newCollection.label;"
+									command="cmd_zotero_newCollection"/>
+							<menuseparator/>
 							<menuitem id="menu_close" label="&closeCmd.label;" key="key_close"
 									accesskey="&closeCmd.accesskey;" command="cmd_close"/>
 							<menuseparator/>
@@ -131,9 +140,9 @@
 									key="key_copy" accesskey="&copyCmd.accesskey;"
 									command="cmd_copy"/>
 							<menuitem id="menu_copyCitation" label="&copyCitationCmd.label;"
-									oncommand="ZoteroPane_Local.copySelectedItemsToClipboard(true);"/>
+									command="cmd_zotero_copyCitation"/>
 							<menuitem id="menu_copyBibliography" label="&copyBibliographyCmd.label;"
-									oncommand="ZoteroPane_Local.copySelectedItemsToClipboard();"/>
+									command="cmd_zotero_copyBibliography"/>
 							<menuitem id="menu_paste"/>
 							<menuitem id="menu_delete"/>
 							<menuseparator/>
@@ -153,6 +162,15 @@
 						</menupopup>
 					</menu>
 					
+					<menu id="toolsMenu" label="&toolsMenu.label;" accesskey="&toolsMenu.accesskey;">
+						<menupopup id="menu_ToolsPopup">
+							<menuitem id="menu_createTimeline" label="&zotero.toolbar.timeline.label;"
+									command="cmd_zotero_createTimeline"/>
+							<menuitem id="menu_rtfScan" label="&zotero.toolbar.rtfScan.label;"
+									command="cmd_zotero_rtfScan"/>
+						</menupopup>
+					</menu>
+					
 					<menu id="windowMenu" />
 					
 					<menu id="helpMenu"
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/zoteroPane.xul b/chrome/content/zotero/zoteroPane.xul
index 82f2170e2..5da23649c 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/zoteroPane.xul
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/zoteroPane.xul
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@
 		<command id="cmd_zotero_importFromClipboard" oncommand="Zotero_File_Interface.importFromClipboard();"/>
 		<command id="cmd_zotero_exportLibrary" oncommand="Zotero_File_Interface.exportFile();"/>
 		<command id="cmd_zotero_advancedSearch" oncommand="ZoteroPane_Local.openAdvancedSearchWindow();"/>
+		<command id="cmd_zotero_copyCitation" oncommand="ZoteroPane_Local.copySelectedItemsToClipboard(true);"/>
+		<command id="cmd_zotero_copyBibliography" oncommand="ZoteroPane_Local.copySelectedItemsToClipboard();"/>
+		<command id="cmd_zotero_createTimeline" oncommand="Zotero_Timeline_Interface.loadTimeline();"/>
+		<command id="cmd_zotero_rtfScan" oncommand="window.openDialog('chrome://zotero/content/rtfScan.xul', 'rtfScan', 'chrome,centerscreen')"/>
+		<command id="cmd_zotero_newCollection" oncommand="ZoteroPane_Local.newCollection()"/>
+		<command id="cmd_zotero_newSavedSearch" oncommand="ZoteroPane_Local.newSearch()"/>
+		<command id="cmd_zotero_newStandaloneNote" oncommand="ZoteroPane_Local.newNote(event.shiftKey);"/>
 	</commandset>
 	
 	<popup id="contentAreaContextMenu">
@@ -86,7 +93,7 @@
 			
 			<hbox id="zotero-toolbar" class="toolbar">
 				<hbox id="zotero-collections-toolbar">
-					<toolbarbutton id="zotero-tb-collection-add" class="zotero-tb-button" tooltiptext="&zotero.toolbar.newCollection.label;" oncommand="ZoteroPane_Local.newCollection()"/>
+					<toolbarbutton id="zotero-tb-collection-add" class="zotero-tb-button" tooltiptext="&zotero.toolbar.newCollection.label;" command="cmd_zotero_newCollection"/>
 					<toolbarbutton id="zotero-tb-group-add" class="zotero-tb-button" tooltiptext="&zotero.toolbar.newGroup;" oncommand="ZoteroPane_Local.newGroup()"/>
 					<spacer flex="1"/>
 					<toolbarbutton id="zotero-tb-actions-menu" class="zotero-tb-button" tooltiptext="&zotero.toolbar.actions.label;" type="menu">
@@ -94,11 +101,11 @@
 							<menuitem id="zotero-tb-actions-import" label="&zotero.toolbar.import.label;" command="cmd_zotero_import"/>
 							<menuitem id="zotero-tb-actions-import-clipboard" label="&zotero.toolbar.importFromClipboard;" command="cmd_zotero_importFromClipboard"/>
 							<menuitem id="zotero-tb-actions-export" label="&zotero.toolbar.export.label;" command="cmd_zotero_exportLibrary"/>
-							<menuitem id="zotero-tb-actions-rtfScan" label="&zotero.toolbar.rtfScan.label;" oncommand="window.openDialog('chrome://zotero/content/rtfScan.xul', 'rtfScan', 'chrome,centerscreen')"/>
+							<menuitem id="zotero-tb-actions-rtfScan" label="&zotero.toolbar.rtfScan.label;" command="cmd_zotero_rtfScan"/>
 							<menuitem hidden="true" id="zotero-tb-actions-zeroconf-update"
 								label="Search for Shared Libraries" oncommand="Zotero.Zeroconf.findInstances()"/>
 							<menuseparator id="zotero-tb-actions-plugins-separator"/>
-							<menuitem id="zotero-tb-actions-timeline" label="&zotero.toolbar.timeline.label;" oncommand="Zotero_Timeline_Interface.loadTimeline()"/>
+							<menuitem id="zotero-tb-actions-timeline" label="&zotero.toolbar.timeline.label;" command="cmd_zotero_createTimeline"/>
 							<!-- TODO: localize <menuitem id="zotero-tb-actions-duplicate" label="&zotero.toolbar.duplicate.label;" oncommand="ZoteroPane_Local.showDuplicates()"/>-->
 							<menuitem id="zotero-tb-actions-showDuplicates" label="Show Duplicates" oncommand="ZoteroPane_Local.showDuplicates()" hidden="true"/>
 							<menuseparator hidden="true" id="zotero-tb-actions-sync-separator"/>
@@ -131,10 +138,10 @@
 					<toolbarbutton id="zotero-tb-item-from-page" class="zotero-tb-button" tooltiptext="&zotero.toolbar.newItemFromPage.label;" oncommand="ZoteroPane_Local.addItemFromPage('temporaryPDFHack', event.shiftKey ? !Zotero.Prefs.get('automaticSnapshots') : null)"/>
 					<toolbarbutton id="zotero-tb-lookup" class="zotero-tb-button" tooltiptext="&zotero.toolbar.lookup.label;" oncommand="ZoteroPane_Local.openLookupWindow()"/>
 					<!--<toolbarbutton id="zotero-tb-note-add" class="zotero-tb-button" tooltiptext="&zotero.toolbar.note.standalone;" oncommand="ZoteroPane_Local.newNote(event.shiftKey);"/>-->
-					<toolbarbutton id="zotero-tb-note-add" class="zotero-tb-button" tooltiptext="New Note" type="menu">
+					<toolbarbutton id="zotero-tb-note-add" class="zotero-tb-button" tooltiptext="&zotero.toolbar.newNote;" type="menu">
 						<menupopup onpopupshowing="ZoteroPane_Local.updateNoteButtonMenu()">
-							<menuitem label="Add Standalone Note" oncommand="ZoteroPane_Local.newNote(event.shiftKey);"/>
-							<menuitem id="zotero-tb-add-child-note" label="Add Child Note" oncommand="var selected = ZoteroPane_Local.getSelectedItems()[0]; var parent = selected.getSource(); parent = parent ? parent : selected.id; ZoteroPane_Local.newNote(event.shiftKey, parent);"/>
+							<menuitem label="&zotero.toolbar.note.standalone;" command="cmd_zotero_newStandaloneNote"/>
+							<menuitem id="zotero-tb-add-child-note" label="&zotero.toolbar.note.child;" oncommand="var selected = ZoteroPane_Local.getSelectedItems()[0]; var parent = selected.getSource(); parent = parent ? parent : selected.id; ZoteroPane_Local.newNote(event.shiftKey, parent);"/>
 						</menupopup>
 					</toolbarbutton>
 					<toolbarbutton id="zotero-tb-attachment-add" class="zotero-tb-button" tooltiptext="New Child Attachment" type="menu">
@@ -216,8 +223,8 @@
 			
 			<popupset>
 				<menupopup id="zotero-collectionmenu" onpopupshowing="ZoteroPane_Local.buildCollectionContextMenu();">
-					<menuitem label="&zotero.toolbar.newCollection.label;" oncommand="ZoteroPane_Local.newCollection()"/>
-					<menuitem label="&zotero.toolbar.newSavedSearch.label;" oncommand="ZoteroPane_Local.newSearch()"/>
+					<menuitem label="&zotero.toolbar.newCollection.label;" command="cmd_zotero_newCollection"/>
+					<menuitem label="&zotero.toolbar.newSavedSearch.label;" command="cmd_zotero_newSavedSearch"/>
 					<menuitem label="&zotero.toolbar.newSubcollection.label;" oncommand="ZoteroPane_Local.newCollection(ZoteroPane_Local.getSelectedCollection().id)"/>
 					<menuseparator/>
 					<menuitem label="&zotero.collections.showUnfiledItems;" oncommand="ZoteroPane_Local.setUnfiled(ZoteroPane_Local.getSelectedLibraryID(), true)"/>
diff --git a/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/standalone/standalone.dtd b/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/standalone/standalone.dtd
index 5f132524b..7a6ef84a5 100644
--- a/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/standalone/standalone.dtd
+++ b/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/standalone/standalone.dtd
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@
 <!ENTITY bidiSwitchTextDirectionItem.accesskey "w">
 <!ENTITY bidiSwitchTextDirectionItem.commandkey "X">
 
+<!--TOOLS MENU-->
+<!ENTITY toolsMenu.label           "Tools"> 
+<!ENTITY toolsMenu.accesskey           "T"> 
+
 <!--WINDOW MENU-->
 <!ENTITY minimizeWindow.key       "m">
 <!ENTITY minimizeWindow.label     "Minimize">
diff --git a/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/zotero.dtd b/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/zotero.dtd
index 69fdfd5d9..12ca6df0c 100644
--- a/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/zotero.dtd
+++ b/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/zotero.dtd
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@
 <!ENTITY zotero.item.textTransform.lowercase			"lower case">
 <!ENTITY zotero.item.textTransform.titlecase			"Title Case">
 
+<!ENTITY zotero.toolbar.newNote				"New Note">
 <!ENTITY zotero.toolbar.note.standalone				"New Standalone Note">
+<!ENTITY zotero.toolbar.note.child					"Add Child Note">
 <!ENTITY zotero.toolbar.lookup						"Lookup by Identifier...">
 <!ENTITY zotero.toolbar.attachment.linked				"Link to File...">
 <!ENTITY zotero.toolbar.attachment.add					"Store Copy of File...">