In Word 2003, new macros are lost when program closes, as are modifications
to the toolbar. Help.

My guess is that you have Acrobat 7 installed. It interferes with Word's
ability to save changes to the normal.dot template. You can save macros and
toolbars in a different global template. See
http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step instructions
on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations including
AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros, etc.

Otherwise, if you hold the Shift key down when clicking on the File Menu,
you'll get a Save All command. You can use this to save the normal.dot
template. See Graham Mayor's page on getting rid of the PDFMaker toolbar for
other suggestions.
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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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Joan" wrote in message
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In Word 2003, new macros are lost when program closes, as are
modifications
to the toolbar. Help.

If you have Acrobat 7 installed, see the very last section of
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Joan" wrote in message
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In Word 2003, new macros are lost when program closes, as are
modifications
to the toolbar. Help.

Thank you Charles/Suzanne: This sounds like a real possibility. Will pass
along your advice to our organization's help desk. They have been puzzling
over it too. We do know it is not a problem on everyone's PC here, just a
few. So your response makes sense.



"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

My guess is that you have Acrobat 7 installed. It interferes with Word's
ability to save changes to the normal.dot template. You can save macros and
toolbars in a different global template. See
http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step instructions
on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations including
AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros, etc.

Otherwise, if you hold the Shift key down when clicking on the File Menu,
you'll get a Save All command. You can use this to save the normal.dot
template. See Graham Mayor's page on getting rid of the PDFMaker toolbar for
other suggestions.
--

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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Joan" wrote in message
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In Word 2003, new macros are lost when program closes, as are
modifications
to the toolbar. Help.