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Still frustrated trying to add buttons!
It seems like adding menu command and macro buttons to my toolbars has
become specific to documents, or at least Word instances, in Word XP. I was in Word 2000 last month, and had no problems adding a button for a menu command or a macro to a toolbar - it would be there the next time I opened Word, and it would be there for every document. Not so in Word XP - a button added may not be there the next time I open a different document. For example, I am using strike-through a lot on my current report, so I added the button through Tools Customize. I can open the report doc again and it's still there. While the report doc is open, I click New - and the button is missing! Normal.dot has been saved a dozen times since I added that button - but it's not there is a New doc created on Normal! What gives??!? Ed |
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Still frustrated trying to add buttons!
Additionally, I added the strike-through button onto the toolbar of the New
doc - and now it's showing up TWICE on the toolbar for the report doc! Can someone tell me what's going on? Ed "Ed" wrote in message ... It seems like adding menu command and macro buttons to my toolbars has become specific to documents, or at least Word instances, in Word XP. I was in Word 2000 last month, and had no problems adding a button for a menu command or a macro to a toolbar - it would be there the next time I opened Word, and it would be there for every document. Not so in Word XP - a button added may not be there the next time I open a different document. For example, I am using strike-through a lot on my current report, so I added the button through Tools Customize. I can open the report doc again and it's still there. While the report doc is open, I click New - and the button is missing! Normal.dot has been saved a dozen times since I added that button - but it's not there is a New doc created on Normal! What gives??!? Ed |
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Still frustrated trying to add buttons!
What is called the "customization context" is important he when you add
your toolbar button, check what is selected for "Save in" in the Customize dialog. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Additionally, I added the strike-through button onto the toolbar of the New doc - and now it's showing up TWICE on the toolbar for the report doc! Can someone tell me what's going on? Ed "Ed" wrote in message ... It seems like adding menu command and macro buttons to my toolbars has become specific to documents, or at least Word instances, in Word XP. I was in Word 2000 last month, and had no problems adding a button for a menu command or a macro to a toolbar - it would be there the next time I opened Word, and it would be there for every document. Not so in Word XP - a button added may not be there the next time I open a different document. For example, I am using strike-through a lot on my current report, so I added the button through Tools Customize. I can open the report doc again and it's still there. While the report doc is open, I click New - and the button is missing! Normal.dot has been saved a dozen times since I added that button - but it's not there is a New doc created on Normal! What gives??!? Ed |
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Still frustrated trying to add buttons!
Geez! Did they just add that for Word XP? Okay - I think that clears up my
mystery. Now, to clear up my toolbars! Thanks. Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... What is called the "customization context" is important he when you add your toolbar button, check what is selected for "Save in" in the Customize dialog. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Additionally, I added the strike-through button onto the toolbar of the New doc - and now it's showing up TWICE on the toolbar for the report doc! Can someone tell me what's going on? Ed "Ed" wrote in message ... It seems like adding menu command and macro buttons to my toolbars has become specific to documents, or at least Word instances, in Word XP. I was in Word 2000 last month, and had no problems adding a button for a menu command or a macro to a toolbar - it would be there the next time I opened Word, and it would be there for every document. Not so in Word XP - a button added may not be there the next time I open a different document. For example, I am using strike-through a lot on my current report, so I added the button through Tools Customize. I can open the report doc again and it's still there. While the report doc is open, I click New - and the button is missing! Normal.dot has been saved a dozen times since I added that button - but it's not there is a New doc created on Normal! What gives??!? Ed |
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Still frustrated trying to add buttons!
No, this has been true in every version of Word, but more recent versions of
Word have permitted saving toolbars, shortcut keys, macros, etc., in documents as well as templates. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Geez! Did they just add that for Word XP? Okay - I think that clears up my mystery. Now, to clear up my toolbars! Thanks. Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... What is called the "customization context" is important he when you add your toolbar button, check what is selected for "Save in" in the Customize dialog. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Additionally, I added the strike-through button onto the toolbar of the New doc - and now it's showing up TWICE on the toolbar for the report doc! Can someone tell me what's going on? Ed "Ed" wrote in message ... It seems like adding menu command and macro buttons to my toolbars has become specific to documents, or at least Word instances, in Word XP. I was in Word 2000 last month, and had no problems adding a button for a menu command or a macro to a toolbar - it would be there the next time I opened Word, and it would be there for every document. Not so in Word XP - a button added may not be there the next time I open a different document. For example, I am using strike-through a lot on my current report, so I added the button through Tools Customize. I can open the report doc again and it's still there. While the report doc is open, I click New - and the button is missing! Normal.dot has been saved a dozen times since I added that button - but it's not there is a New doc created on Normal! What gives??!? Ed |
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Still frustrated trying to add buttons!
From the FAQ:
28. I can't save my customizations - AutoText, menus, etc. Can't save normal.dot... If you have Adobe Acrobat 7 installed see the last section of http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm. Otherwise, hold down the Shift key when selecting the File menu and select Save All. See also http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331259.html. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Ed" wrote in message ... It seems like adding menu command and macro buttons to my toolbars has become specific to documents, or at least Word instances, in Word XP. I was in Word 2000 last month, and had no problems adding a button for a menu command or a macro to a toolbar - it would be there the next time I opened Word, and it would be there for every document. Not so in Word XP - a button added may not be there the next time I open a different document. For example, I am using strike-through a lot on my current report, so I added the button through Tools Customize. I can open the report doc again and it's still there. While the report doc is open, I click New - and the button is missing! Normal.dot has been saved a dozen times since I added that button - but it's not there is a New doc created on Normal! What gives??!? Ed |
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Thanks, Suzanne. Now if there was only some way to permanently kill that
Copy Task Pane . . . Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... No, this has been true in every version of Word, but more recent versions of Word have permitted saving toolbars, shortcut keys, macros, etc., in documents as well as templates. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Geez! Did they just add that for Word XP? Okay - I think that clears up my mystery. Now, to clear up my toolbars! Thanks. Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... What is called the "customization context" is important he when you add your toolbar button, check what is selected for "Save in" in the Customize dialog. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Additionally, I added the strike-through button onto the toolbar of the New doc - and now it's showing up TWICE on the toolbar for the report doc! Can someone tell me what's going on? Ed "Ed" wrote in message ... It seems like adding menu command and macro buttons to my toolbars has become specific to documents, or at least Word instances, in Word XP. I was in Word 2000 last month, and had no problems adding a button for a menu command or a macro to a toolbar - it would be there the next time I opened Word, and it would be there for every document. Not so in Word XP - a button added may not be there the next time I open a different document. For example, I am using strike-through a lot on my current report, so I added the button through Tools Customize. I can open the report doc again and it's still there. While the report doc is open, I click New - and the button is missing! Normal.dot has been saved a dozen times since I added that button - but it's not there is a New doc created on Normal! What gives??!? Ed |
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Still frustrated trying to add buttons!
If you're talking about the Office Clipboard, there is. I never see it
except when occasionally I click on it on the Edit menu in order to give the instructions I'm about to provide: At the bottom left corner of the task pane is an Options button. Click on it and make sure that none of the Show options is checked. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne. Now if there was only some way to permanently kill that Copy Task Pane . . . Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... No, this has been true in every version of Word, but more recent versions of Word have permitted saving toolbars, shortcut keys, macros, etc., in documents as well as templates. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Geez! Did they just add that for Word XP? Okay - I think that clears up my mystery. Now, to clear up my toolbars! Thanks. Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... What is called the "customization context" is important he when you add your toolbar button, check what is selected for "Save in" in the Customize dialog. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Additionally, I added the strike-through button onto the toolbar of the New doc - and now it's showing up TWICE on the toolbar for the report doc! Can someone tell me what's going on? Ed "Ed" wrote in message ... It seems like adding menu command and macro buttons to my toolbars has become specific to documents, or at least Word instances, in Word XP. I was in Word 2000 last month, and had no problems adding a button for a menu command or a macro to a toolbar - it would be there the next time I opened Word, and it would be there for every document. Not so in Word XP - a button added may not be there the next time I open a different document. For example, I am using strike-through a lot on my current report, so I added the button through Tools Customize. I can open the report doc again and it's still there. While the report doc is open, I click New - and the button is missing! Normal.dot has been saved a dozen times since I added that button - but it's not there is a New doc created on Normal! What gives??!? Ed |
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Still frustrated trying to add buttons!
I do that *every time* the lil' bugger shows up! The only one ever checked
is "Show Office Clipboard Automatically", and it gets unchecked every time. The only thing I can figure out is I accidentally press CTRL+C twice, which invokes it the same as picking it from the Edit menu, regardless of what I want Word to do. Word needs a "Smith Corona" mode, I tell ya! Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... If you're talking about the Office Clipboard, there is. I never see it except when occasionally I click on it on the Edit menu in order to give the instructions I'm about to provide: At the bottom left corner of the task pane is an Options button. Click on it and make sure that none of the Show options is checked. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne. Now if there was only some way to permanently kill that Copy Task Pane . . . Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... No, this has been true in every version of Word, but more recent versions of Word have permitted saving toolbars, shortcut keys, macros, etc., in documents as well as templates. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Geez! Did they just add that for Word XP? Okay - I think that clears up my mystery. Now, to clear up my toolbars! Thanks. Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... What is called the "customization context" is important he when you add your toolbar button, check what is selected for "Save in" in the Customize dialog. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Additionally, I added the strike-through button onto the toolbar of the New doc - and now it's showing up TWICE on the toolbar for the report doc! Can someone tell me what's going on? Ed "Ed" wrote in message ... It seems like adding menu command and macro buttons to my toolbars has become specific to documents, or at least Word instances, in Word XP. I was in Word 2000 last month, and had no problems adding a button for a menu command or a macro to a toolbar - it would be there the next time I opened Word, and it would be there for every document. Not so in Word XP - a button added may not be there the next time I open a different document. For example, I am using strike-through a lot on my current report, so I added the button through Tools Customize. I can open the report doc again and it's still there. While the report doc is open, I click New - and the button is missing! Normal.dot has been saved a dozen times since I added that button - but it's not there is a New doc created on Normal! What gives??!? Ed |
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Still frustrated trying to add buttons!
I've never had this problem. If your options settings are not being saved,
perhaps you need to rebuild the Word Data key in the Registry? -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... I do that *every time* the lil' bugger shows up! The only one ever checked is "Show Office Clipboard Automatically", and it gets unchecked every time. The only thing I can figure out is I accidentally press CTRL+C twice, which invokes it the same as picking it from the Edit menu, regardless of what I want Word to do. Word needs a "Smith Corona" mode, I tell ya! Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... If you're talking about the Office Clipboard, there is. I never see it except when occasionally I click on it on the Edit menu in order to give the instructions I'm about to provide: At the bottom left corner of the task pane is an Options button. Click on it and make sure that none of the Show options is checked. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne. Now if there was only some way to permanently kill that Copy Task Pane . . . Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... No, this has been true in every version of Word, but more recent versions of Word have permitted saving toolbars, shortcut keys, macros, etc., in documents as well as templates. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Geez! Did they just add that for Word XP? Okay - I think that clears up my mystery. Now, to clear up my toolbars! Thanks. Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... What is called the "customization context" is important he when you add your toolbar button, check what is selected for "Save in" in the Customize dialog. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Additionally, I added the strike-through button onto the toolbar of the New doc - and now it's showing up TWICE on the toolbar for the report doc! Can someone tell me what's going on? Ed "Ed" wrote in message ... It seems like adding menu command and macro buttons to my toolbars has become specific to documents, or at least Word instances, in Word XP. I was in Word 2000 last month, and had no problems adding a button for a menu command or a macro to a toolbar - it would be there the next time I opened Word, and it would be there for every document. Not so in Word XP - a button added may not be there the next time I open a different document. For example, I am using strike-through a lot on my current report, so I added the button through Tools Customize. I can open the report doc again and it's still there. While the report doc is open, I click New - and the button is missing! Normal.dot has been saved a dozen times since I added that button - but it's not there is a New doc created on Normal! What gives??!? Ed |
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That may a large part of the problem, Suzanne. This is on a work computer,
and our IT department has permissions locked up so tight I can do nothing outside of my UserName folder without jumping through hoops and full-bore justification. I can't even do a defrag! Touch the registry?? Sacrilege! So I muddle on. Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I've never had this problem. If your options settings are not being saved, perhaps you need to rebuild the Word Data key in the Registry? -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... I do that *every time* the lil' bugger shows up! The only one ever checked is "Show Office Clipboard Automatically", and it gets unchecked every time. The only thing I can figure out is I accidentally press CTRL+C twice, which invokes it the same as picking it from the Edit menu, regardless of what I want Word to do. Word needs a "Smith Corona" mode, I tell ya! Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... If you're talking about the Office Clipboard, there is. I never see it except when occasionally I click on it on the Edit menu in order to give the instructions I'm about to provide: At the bottom left corner of the task pane is an Options button. Click on it and make sure that none of the Show options is checked. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne. Now if there was only some way to permanently kill that Copy Task Pane . . . Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... No, this has been true in every version of Word, but more recent versions of Word have permitted saving toolbars, shortcut keys, macros, etc., in documents as well as templates. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Geez! Did they just add that for Word XP? Okay - I think that clears up my mystery. Now, to clear up my toolbars! Thanks. Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... What is called the "customization context" is important he when you add your toolbar button, check what is selected for "Save in" in the Customize dialog. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Additionally, I added the strike-through button onto the toolbar of the New doc - and now it's showing up TWICE on the toolbar for the report doc! Can someone tell me what's going on? Ed "Ed" wrote in message ... It seems like adding menu command and macro buttons to my toolbars has become specific to documents, or at least Word instances, in Word XP. I was in Word 2000 last month, and had no problems adding a button for a menu command or a macro to a toolbar - it would be there the next time I opened Word, and it would be there for every document. Not so in Word XP - a button added may not be there the next time I open a different document. For example, I am using strike-through a lot on my current report, so I added the button through Tools Customize. I can open the report doc again and it's still there. While the report doc is open, I click New - and the button is missing! Normal.dot has been saved a dozen times since I added that button - but it's not there is a New doc created on Normal! What gives??!? Ed |
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If you are unable to change the Registry on your local machine, then you
basically can't enable *any* options the company doesn't provide. Practically all the settings in the Tools | Options dialog are stored in the Registry, along with many other settings. There is a table at the very end of KB822005 ("How to reset user options and registry settings in Microsoft Office Word 2003, Microsoft Word 2002, and Microsoft Word 2000") that shows where settings are stored; see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=822005. Other useful articles ar "Where settings are stored in the registry for Word 2000" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=212242 and "WD97: Where Settings Are Stored in the Registry" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=157464. These will give you an indication of the options you can't change if you don't have access to the Registry. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... That may a large part of the problem, Suzanne. This is on a work computer, and our IT department has permissions locked up so tight I can do nothing outside of my UserName folder without jumping through hoops and full-bore justification. I can't even do a defrag! Touch the registry?? Sacrilege! So I muddle on. Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I've never had this problem. If your options settings are not being saved, perhaps you need to rebuild the Word Data key in the Registry? -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... I do that *every time* the lil' bugger shows up! The only one ever checked is "Show Office Clipboard Automatically", and it gets unchecked every time. The only thing I can figure out is I accidentally press CTRL+C twice, which invokes it the same as picking it from the Edit menu, regardless of what I want Word to do. Word needs a "Smith Corona" mode, I tell ya! Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... If you're talking about the Office Clipboard, there is. I never see it except when occasionally I click on it on the Edit menu in order to give the instructions I'm about to provide: At the bottom left corner of the task pane is an Options button. Click on it and make sure that none of the Show options is checked. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne. Now if there was only some way to permanently kill that Copy Task Pane . . . Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... No, this has been true in every version of Word, but more recent versions of Word have permitted saving toolbars, shortcut keys, macros, etc., in documents as well as templates. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Geez! Did they just add that for Word XP? Okay - I think that clears up my mystery. Now, to clear up my toolbars! Thanks. Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... What is called the "customization context" is important he when you add your toolbar button, check what is selected for "Save in" in the Customize dialog. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Additionally, I added the strike-through button onto the toolbar of the New doc - and now it's showing up TWICE on the toolbar for the report doc! Can someone tell me what's going on? Ed "Ed" wrote in message ... It seems like adding menu command and macro buttons to my toolbars has become specific to documents, or at least Word instances, in Word XP. I was in Word 2000 last month, and had no problems adding a button for a menu command or a macro to a toolbar - it would be there the next time I opened Word, and it would be there for every document. Not so in Word XP - a button added may not be there the next time I open a different document. For example, I am using strike-through a lot on my current report, so I added the button through Tools Customize. I can open the report doc again and it's still there. While the report doc is open, I click New - and the button is missing! Normal.dot has been saved a dozen times since I added that button - but it's not there is a New doc created on Normal! What gives??!? Ed |
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Still frustrated trying to add buttons!
Thank you again, Suzanne. I will see if IT will have pity upon me.
Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... If you are unable to change the Registry on your local machine, then you basically can't enable *any* options the company doesn't provide. Practically all the settings in the Tools | Options dialog are stored in the Registry, along with many other settings. There is a table at the very end of KB822005 ("How to reset user options and registry settings in Microsoft Office Word 2003, Microsoft Word 2002, and Microsoft Word 2000") that shows where settings are stored; see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=822005. Other useful articles ar "Where settings are stored in the registry for Word 2000" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=212242 and "WD97: Where Settings Are Stored in the Registry" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=157464. These will give you an indication of the options you can't change if you don't have access to the Registry. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... That may a large part of the problem, Suzanne. This is on a work computer, and our IT department has permissions locked up so tight I can do nothing outside of my UserName folder without jumping through hoops and full-bore justification. I can't even do a defrag! Touch the registry?? Sacrilege! So I muddle on. Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I've never had this problem. If your options settings are not being saved, perhaps you need to rebuild the Word Data key in the Registry? -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... I do that *every time* the lil' bugger shows up! The only one ever checked is "Show Office Clipboard Automatically", and it gets unchecked every time. The only thing I can figure out is I accidentally press CTRL+C twice, which invokes it the same as picking it from the Edit menu, regardless of what I want Word to do. Word needs a "Smith Corona" mode, I tell ya! Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... If you're talking about the Office Clipboard, there is. I never see it except when occasionally I click on it on the Edit menu in order to give the instructions I'm about to provide: At the bottom left corner of the task pane is an Options button. Click on it and make sure that none of the Show options is checked. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne. Now if there was only some way to permanently kill that Copy Task Pane . . . Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... No, this has been true in every version of Word, but more recent versions of Word have permitted saving toolbars, shortcut keys, macros, etc., in documents as well as templates. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Geez! Did they just add that for Word XP? Okay - I think that clears up my mystery. Now, to clear up my toolbars! Thanks. Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... What is called the "customization context" is important he when you add your toolbar button, check what is selected for "Save in" in the Customize dialog. -- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... Additionally, I added the strike-through button onto the toolbar of the New doc - and now it's showing up TWICE on the toolbar for the report doc! Can someone tell me what's going on? Ed "Ed" wrote in message ... It seems like adding menu command and macro buttons to my toolbars has become specific to documents, or at least Word instances, in Word XP. I was in Word 2000 last month, and had no problems adding a button for a menu command or a macro to a toolbar - it would be there the next time I opened Word, and it would be there for every document. Not so in Word XP - a button added may not be there the next time I open a different document. For example, I am using strike-through a lot on my current report, so I added the button through Tools Customize. I can open the report doc again and it's still there. While the report doc is open, I click New - and the button is missing! Normal.dot has been saved a dozen times since I added that button - but it's not there is a New doc created on Normal! What gives??!? Ed |
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