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Over the years I have created a custom toolbar named "Bob" with my favorite
icons on it. Since I have recently bought a new computer, I have a new
instalation of Office 2003 on it. At present, Word comes up with the task
bar showing and no toolbar at all. I would like for it to default to no
task bar and to show my custom toolbar. I know how to get that view within
a particular session, but it defaults back to the other when I close and
reopen Word. How can I make the changes last through closing and reopening
Word? Thanks.
 
Sat said:
Over the years I have created a custom toolbar named "Bob" with my favorite
icons on it. Since I have recently bought a new computer, I have a new
instalation of Office 2003 on it. At present, Word comes up with the task
bar showing and no toolbar at all. I would like for it to default to no
task bar and to show my custom toolbar. I know how to get that view within
a particular session, but it defaults back to the other when I close and
reopen Word. How can I make the changes last through closing and reopening
Word?
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Most Word users tend to put customizations in the Normal template. As
you've discovered, that makes it very hard to transfer them to
another computer or to preserve them when upgrading Word.

A better way is to store customizations in a special-purpose template
in your startup folder. Charles Kenyon has an excellent page on how
to do that:
http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm

I think you'll need to do your customizations from scratch on your
new computer. However, if you follow Kenyon's suggestions at the
above URL, the task will be simple and easy next time you move to a
new computer or upgrade Word.
 
Over the years I have created a custom toolbar named "Bob" with my favorite
icons on it. Since I have recently bought a new computer, I have a new
instalation of Office 2003 on it. At present, Word comes up with the task
bar showing and no toolbar at all. I would like for it to default to no
task bar and to show my custom toolbar. I know how to get that view within
a particular session, but it defaults back to the other when I close and
reopen Word. How can I make the changes last through closing and reopening
Word? Thanks.
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Hi Bob,

Store the toolbar in a global template (that is, one saved in the
folder listed as Startup in Tools > Options > File Locations). That
will make the toolbar appear in all documents. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/WhatTemplatesStore.htm for
help with this.

If you aren't seeing even the standard and formatting toolbars, that's
a different problem. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm.

To suppress the task pane, it should be -- but often isn't -- enough
to uncheck "Startup task pane" in Tools > Options > View. If it isn't
working for you, get the Task Pane Controller from
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/ShowTaskPane.htm.
 
Thanks Jay. That solved the issue with the Task Pane.
The toolbar issue is a little more complex to explain, but I suspect you
will find easy to fix.

In the past I have created a custom toolbar named "Bob" which I have placed
in a global template which I have in the folder listed as Startup in Tools
Options > File Locations.
Click to expand...
I do not see it when I startup Word. I do, however, see it when I click
Vies > Toolbars.

Actually, I see two toolbars named "Bob" which I suspect means that I have
it both in my Normal template and my Global template. Here is what happens.
If I check the first "Bob" toolbar and restart Word, Word comes up with no
toolbars.
If I check the second "Bob" toolbar and restart Word, Word comes up with
both toolbars visible and checked.

I definitely would prefer that one (and only one) of the toolbars show up
automatically. And (for the transfer capability you and Stan both
recommended) I think I would want that toolbar to be in my global template,
not in my normal template.

Could you tell me how to do that? Thanks.
Bob
 
Hi Bob,

To remove the extra toolbar from Normal.dot, follow these steps:

- Shut down Word. Using Windows Explorer, temporarily move the global
template out of the Startup folder to somewhere else (this prevents
confusion between the two same-named toolbars). Restart Word.

- Open the Tools > Customize dialog and click the Toolbars tab.

- Select the toolbar's name, which will be at or near the bottom of
the list. (Since you haven't loaded the global template, this copy of
the toolbar must be the one in Normal.dot.)

- Click the Delete button, and ok the confirmation dialog. OK the
Customize dialog.

- Close Word. You should be prompted to save changes in Normal.dot;
say yes.

- Move the global template back into the Startup folder and restart
Word.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP

Thanks Jay. That solved the issue with the Task Pane.
The toolbar issue is a little more complex to explain, but I suspect you
will find easy to fix.

In the past I have created a custom toolbar named "Bob" which I have placed
in a global template which I have in the folder listed as Startup in Tools
Options > File Locations.
Click to expand...
I do not see it when I startup Word. I do, however, see it when I click
Vies > Toolbars.

Actually, I see two toolbars named "Bob" which I suspect means that I have
it both in my Normal template and my Global template. Here is what happens.
If I check the first "Bob" toolbar and restart Word, Word comes up with no
toolbars.
If I check the second "Bob" toolbar and restart Word, Word comes up with
both toolbars visible and checked.

I definitely would prefer that one (and only one) of the toolbars show up
automatically. And (for the transfer capability you and Stan both
recommended) I think I would want that toolbar to be in my global template,
not in my normal template.

Could you tell me how to do that? Thanks.
Bob
Click to expand...
 
Hi Jay,
That did it. Thanks.
Bob
Jay Freedman said:
Hi Bob,

To remove the extra toolbar from Normal.dot, follow these steps:

- Shut down Word. Using Windows Explorer, temporarily move the global
template out of the Startup folder to somewhere else (this prevents
confusion between the two same-named toolbars). Restart Word.

- Open the Tools > Customize dialog and click the Toolbars tab.

- Select the toolbar's name, which will be at or near the bottom of
the list. (Since you haven't loaded the global template, this copy of
the toolbar must be the one in Normal.dot.)

- Click the Delete button, and ok the confirmation dialog. OK the
Customize dialog.

- Close Word. You should be prompted to save changes in Normal.dot;
say yes.

- Move the global template back into the Startup folder and restart
Word.
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