I find that Word 2003 is rather slow to load (and Word 2002 was as well). I
have several add-ins, and there's an appreciable wait for each one to
position all its bits and bobs. The order in which add-ins load can be
significant, and you can influence this to some extent by naming conventions
(I think maybe it's been established that they load in reverse alphabetical
order, but don't quote me on that).

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"HJ" wrote in message
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Thank you for responding. The toolbar Menu Bar is of course being
displayed
at startup, but the custom menu (positioned between File and Edit) is
being
displayed "late" when using Word with Windows XP. On Windows 2000 this
does
not happen; i.e. the custom menu is being displayed immediately.

If there is another way to hide one or two menu items at startup of Word
(and on load of the global template), then I'll be happy to try that.

HJ

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Do you really need this macro? If the toolbar is displayed in the global
template, isn't it automatically added to Word's display when the
template
is loaded?

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"HJ" wrote in message
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Hi all,

I am using a global template with a custom menu which is located at
the
Menu
Bar. The global template directory is set in Tools, Options, File
locations,
Startup. In the autoexec code within the global template I set the
visibility of a few menu items, e.g.:

CommandBars("Menu
Bar").Controls("MyNewMenu").Controls("MyNewMenuOpt ion").Visible =
(Some
condition that returns true or false)

This works very well with Word 2002 SP3 and Windows 2000 Professional.
But
if I use this global template with Word 2002 SP3 on Windows XP
Professional
SP2 then the mentioned code returns an error, because the custom menu
is
not
being loaded fast enough; or at least, it appears to me that the menu
is
not
showing fast enough.

Also, if I open the global template itself with Windows 2000 the
custom
menu
shows. But if I do this with Windows XP SP2 the custom menu is not
shown.

I have found some references to possible problems with Adobe add-ins.
I
have
tested this, but excluding and even deinstalling these add-ins did not
solve
the issue.

I am quite stumped at why this custom menu (or the global template)
behaves
like this. Can you point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance,

HJ