[xavier]

Hello,

I have "customized" my Word (2003) toolbar to include the CLOSE button. It
appears as long as I do not close the program. Once the program is closed,
and then re-open the program I have to "recustomize" the toolbar. Any
thoughts on why this happens?

Appreciative of your support,

Xavier

[Dawn Crosier, Word MVP]

If you are customizing Word while you have a document open, then you are
customizing the document itself rather than Word. So, I suggest that you
open Word without opening any documents and then customize Word. Then you
can close out of Word. The next time you open it, you should still see your
Close button.

BTW - you will need to close out of Outlook while you perform the
customization, because if you use Word as your Email editor, then Outlook
will prevent the customization from "sticking".

See also, http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/...ocNotBlank.htm because
you are actually customizing the Normal.dot template.

--
Dawn Crosier
Microsoft MVP
"Education Lasts a Lifetime"

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"Xavier" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I have "customized" my Word (2003) toolbar to include the CLOSE button.
It
appears as long as I do not close the program. Once the program is
closed,
and then re-open the program I have to "recustomize" the toolbar. Any
thoughts on why this happens?

Appreciative of your support,

Xavier

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Customizations made to a toolbar, regardless of whether or not a document is
open and regardless of what template the document is based on, are by
default stored in Normal.dot. You have to make some effort to save them in
the document or some other template. If they are not being saved, it's
because Normal.dot is not being saved. One likely reason for this is that an
add-in is preventing Normal.dot from being saved; the most notorious is the
add-in for Adobe Acrobat 7; see the last section of
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm, which also
explains how to force a save of Normal.dot using Shift+File | Save All.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Dawn Crosier, Word MVP" wrote in message
...
If you are customizing Word while you have a document open, then you are
customizing the document itself rather than Word. So, I suggest that you
open Word without opening any documents and then customize Word. Then you
can close out of Word. The next time you open it, you should still see
your
Close button.

BTW - you will need to close out of Outlook while you perform the
customization, because if you use Word as your Email editor, then Outlook
will prevent the customization from "sticking".

See also, http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/...ocNotBlank.htm because
you are actually customizing the Normal.dot template.

--
Dawn Crosier
Microsoft MVP
"Education Lasts a Lifetime"

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to the group so that others can learn as well.
"Xavier" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I have "customized" my Word (2003) toolbar to include the CLOSE button.
It
appears as long as I do not close the program. Once the program is
closed,
and then re-open the program I have to "recustomize" the toolbar. Any
thoughts on why this happens?

Appreciative of your support,

Xavier

[xavier]

Suzanne, Dawn - thanks for your helpful advice.
Have a nice Happy New Year 2007.
Regards,
Javier

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Customizations made to a toolbar, regardless of whether or not a document is
open and regardless of what template the document is based on, are by
default stored in Normal.dot. You have to make some effort to save them in
the document or some other template. If they are not being saved, it's
because Normal.dot is not being saved. One likely reason for this is that an
add-in is preventing Normal.dot from being saved; the most notorious is the
add-in for Adobe Acrobat 7; see the last section of
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm, which also
explains how to force a save of Normal.dot using Shift+File | Save All.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Dawn Crosier, Word MVP" wrote in message
...
If you are customizing Word while you have a document open, then you are
customizing the document itself rather than Word. So, I suggest that you
open Word without opening any documents and then customize Word. Then you
can close out of Word. The next time you open it, you should still see
your
Close button.

BTW - you will need to close out of Outlook while you perform the
customization, because if you use Word as your Email editor, then Outlook
will prevent the customization from "sticking".

See also, http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/...ocNotBlank.htm because
you are actually customizing the Normal.dot template.

--
Dawn Crosier
Microsoft MVP
"Education Lasts a Lifetime"

This message was posted to a newsgroup, Please post replies and questions
to the group so that others can learn as well.
"Xavier" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I have "customized" my Word (2003) toolbar to include the CLOSE button.
It
appears as long as I do not close the program. Once the program is
closed,
and then re-open the program I have to "recustomize" the toolbar. Any
thoughts on why this happens?

Appreciative of your support,

Xavier