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Evidently Word 2007 lacks the ability to create meaningful button images for
marcos. I also have found that I can pull in my custom toolbars from Word 2002/3 and have my custom buttons show on the Add-ins tab, but I have to reinstall the Add-ins Tab every time I start Word. Is there no better way for either problem?? |
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reinstall the Add-ins Tab every time I start Word. Do you mean that the option to display the Add-ins tab must be reselected each time you start Word or that you need to reload the add-in template each time you start Word. If the former, it would appear that Word is not saving your settings; if the latter, do you have the add-in installed as a global template in Word's Startup folder? -- 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. "Plan Checker" Plan wrote in message ... Evidently Word 2007 lacks the ability to create meaningful button images for marcos. I also have found that I can pull in my custom toolbars from Word 2002/3 and have my custom buttons show on the Add-ins tab, but I have to reinstall the Add-ins Tab every time I start Word. Is there no better way for either problem?? |
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Suzanne,
Thank you for taking the time to respond to my question. To use my custom (macro) buttons from Word 2002, my work-around in 2007 is to go to "Office Button - Word Options - Add-ins." On the "Add-Ins" screen I select "Word Add-ins" from the "Manage:" dropdown box, and then click "Go." The "Templates and Add-ins" dialog box then displays. On the "Templates" tab under "Global Templates and Add-ins" I have added my "Normal.dot" template from Word 2002. Unfortunately there is a check box before the name that must be rechecked everytime Word is loaded. After checking the box and pressing "OK," my custom buttons are then displayed on the Add-Ins tab of the Ribbon. Oddly enough, some of my buttons are located in a section titled "Toolbar Commands" and some are in a section titled "Cusotm Toolbars." The truly frustrating part of this is that I would simply redo the macros except I can only select button images from a defined set symbols that look like they were taken off of a box of Lucky Charms cereal. I have repeatedly tried going through these steps with the "Normal.dotm" template open and saving the template before closing, but Word refuses to keep the checkbox under "Global templates and add-ins" checked. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again for the effort. Plan Checker "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I have to reinstall the Add-ins Tab every time I start Word. Do you mean that the option to display the Add-ins tab must be reselected each time you start Word or that you need to reload the add-in template each time you start Word. If the former, it would appear that Word is not saving your settings; if the latter, do you have the add-in installed as a global template in Word's Startup folder? -- 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. "Plan Checker" Plan wrote in message ... Evidently Word 2007 lacks the ability to create meaningful button images for marcos. I also have found that I can pull in my custom toolbars from Word 2002/3 and have my custom buttons show on the Add-ins tab, but I have to reinstall the Add-ins Tab every time I start Word. Is there no better way for either problem?? |
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Although you can load and unload a template or add-in in any location using
the Templates and Add-ins dialog, any template/add-in that is saved in Word's Startup folder is loaded automatically at Startup. At least, that's the way it works in Word 2003 and earlier; I can't guarantee that Word 2007 works the same way. -- 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. "Plan Checker" wrote in message ... Suzanne, Thank you for taking the time to respond to my question. To use my custom (macro) buttons from Word 2002, my work-around in 2007 is to go to "Office Button - Word Options - Add-ins." On the "Add-Ins" screen I select "Word Add-ins" from the "Manage:" dropdown box, and then click "Go." The "Templates and Add-ins" dialog box then displays. On the "Templates" tab under "Global Templates and Add-ins" I have added my "Normal.dot" template from Word 2002. Unfortunately there is a check box before the name that must be rechecked everytime Word is loaded. After checking the box and pressing "OK," my custom buttons are then displayed on the Add-Ins tab of the Ribbon. Oddly enough, some of my buttons are located in a section titled "Toolbar Commands" and some are in a section titled "Cusotm Toolbars." The truly frustrating part of this is that I would simply redo the macros except I can only select button images from a defined set symbols that look like they were taken off of a box of Lucky Charms cereal. I have repeatedly tried going through these steps with the "Normal.dotm" template open and saving the template before closing, but Word refuses to keep the checkbox under "Global templates and add-ins" checked. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again for the effort. Plan Checker "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I have to reinstall the Add-ins Tab every time I start Word. Do you mean that the option to display the Add-ins tab must be reselected each time you start Word or that you need to reload the add-in template each time you start Word. If the former, it would appear that Word is not saving your settings; if the latter, do you have the add-in installed as a global template in Word's Startup folder? -- 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. "Plan Checker" Plan wrote in message ... Evidently Word 2007 lacks the ability to create meaningful button images for marcos. I also have found that I can pull in my custom toolbars from Word 2002/3 and have my custom buttons show on the Add-ins tab, but I have to reinstall the Add-ins Tab every time I start Word. Is there no better way for either problem?? |
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Thanks. Adding the template to the startup folder does keep the check box
checked. I appreciate the assist. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Although you can load and unload a template or add-in in any location using the Templates and Add-ins dialog, any template/add-in that is saved in Word's Startup folder is loaded automatically at Startup. At least, that's the way it works in Word 2003 and earlier; I can't guarantee that Word 2007 works the same way. -- 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. "Plan Checker" wrote in message ... Suzanne, Thank you for taking the time to respond to my question. To use my custom (macro) buttons from Word 2002, my work-around in 2007 is to go to "Office Button - Word Options - Add-ins." On the "Add-Ins" screen I select "Word Add-ins" from the "Manage:" dropdown box, and then click "Go." The "Templates and Add-ins" dialog box then displays. On the "Templates" tab under "Global Templates and Add-ins" I have added my "Normal.dot" template from Word 2002. Unfortunately there is a check box before the name that must be rechecked everytime Word is loaded. After checking the box and pressing "OK," my custom buttons are then displayed on the Add-Ins tab of the Ribbon. Oddly enough, some of my buttons are located in a section titled "Toolbar Commands" and some are in a section titled "Cusotm Toolbars." The truly frustrating part of this is that I would simply redo the macros except I can only select button images from a defined set symbols that look like they were taken off of a box of Lucky Charms cereal. I have repeatedly tried going through these steps with the "Normal.dotm" template open and saving the template before closing, but Word refuses to keep the checkbox under "Global templates and add-ins" checked. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again for the effort. Plan Checker "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I have to reinstall the Add-ins Tab every time I start Word. Do you mean that the option to display the Add-ins tab must be reselected each time you start Word or that you need to reload the add-in template each time you start Word. If the former, it would appear that Word is not saving your settings; if the latter, do you have the add-in installed as a global template in Word's Startup folder? -- 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. "Plan Checker" Plan wrote in message ... Evidently Word 2007 lacks the ability to create meaningful button images for marcos. I also have found that I can pull in my custom toolbars from Word 2002/3 and have my custom buttons show on the Add-ins tab, but I have to reinstall the Add-ins Tab every time I start Word. Is there no better way for either problem?? |
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Good--glad you got it sorted.
-- 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. "Plan Checker" wrote in message ... Thanks. Adding the template to the startup folder does keep the check box checked. I appreciate the assist. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Although you can load and unload a template or add-in in any location using the Templates and Add-ins dialog, any template/add-in that is saved in Word's Startup folder is loaded automatically at Startup. At least, that's the way it works in Word 2003 and earlier; I can't guarantee that Word 2007 works the same way. -- 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. "Plan Checker" wrote in message ... Suzanne, Thank you for taking the time to respond to my question. To use my custom (macro) buttons from Word 2002, my work-around in 2007 is to go to "Office Button - Word Options - Add-ins." On the "Add-Ins" screen I select "Word Add-ins" from the "Manage:" dropdown box, and then click "Go." The "Templates and Add-ins" dialog box then displays. On the "Templates" tab under "Global Templates and Add-ins" I have added my "Normal.dot" template from Word 2002. Unfortunately there is a check box before the name that must be rechecked everytime Word is loaded. After checking the box and pressing "OK," my custom buttons are then displayed on the Add-Ins tab of the Ribbon. Oddly enough, some of my buttons are located in a section titled "Toolbar Commands" and some are in a section titled "Cusotm Toolbars." The truly frustrating part of this is that I would simply redo the macros except I can only select button images from a defined set symbols that look like they were taken off of a box of Lucky Charms cereal. I have repeatedly tried going through these steps with the "Normal.dotm" template open and saving the template before closing, but Word refuses to keep the checkbox under "Global templates and add-ins" checked. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again for the effort. Plan Checker "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I have to reinstall the Add-ins Tab every time I start Word. Do you mean that the option to display the Add-ins tab must be reselected each time you start Word or that you need to reload the add-in template each time you start Word. If the former, it would appear that Word is not saving your settings; if the latter, do you have the add-in installed as a global template in Word's Startup folder? -- 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. "Plan Checker" Plan wrote in message ... Evidently Word 2007 lacks the ability to create meaningful button images for marcos. I also have found that I can pull in my custom toolbars from Word 2002/3 and have my custom buttons show on the Add-ins tab, but I have to reinstall the Add-ins Tab every time I start Word. Is there no better way for either problem?? |
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