Dear Support Community,
Today by accident, I removed the €œTools€� menu from the MS Word menu. I was
trying to make a minor change in the program, and didnt even know I deleted
it. Unfortunately, I open and closed the program before I realized that the
change had been made and as a result, when I realized the problem, I went to
see if I could correct my error by deleting €œnormal.dot€� and renaming
€œnormal.wbk€� as €œnormal.dot.€� That, however, didnt correct the problem
because the menu with the deleted €œtools€� menu had been saved in the €œ.wbk€�
file as well. I know I can get back to €œprimal€� normal.dot by simply
deleting my €œnormal.dot€� and letting the program create the basic file.
Moreover, I have saved older versions of my €œnormal.dot€� files in my template
folder that were replaced for various reasons, such as corruptions, etc.
Those older versions have the tool menu in place. Since I have been using MS
word for almost 13 years and my current version of €œnormal.dot€� has been
tweaked with lots of macros, autocorrects and changes to the menus that I
want to retain. So the last thing I want to do is to start from scratch.
What Im hoping I can do is to €œimport€� the tools menu onto my current
€œnormal.dot€� or reconstitute it. Can anyone suggest how I might correct this
problem? Thanks.

Select View Toolbars Customize Commands tab
Scroll to the bottom of the Categories list on the left, and select Built-in
Menus
Click and Drag the Tools Menu from the Commands list on the right
Drop it right back on your Menu Bar
Click Close

Unfortunately you will have lost any customization you did to the Tools menu
itself.

--
Enjoy,
Tony


"Robert McN" wrote in message
...
Dear Support Community,
Today by accident, I removed the "Tools" menu from the MS Word menu. I
was
trying to make a minor change in the program, and didn't even know I
deleted
it. Unfortunately, I open and closed the program before I realized that
the
change had been made and as a result, when I realized the problem, I went
to
see if I could correct my error by deleting "normal.dot" and renaming
"normal.wbk" as "normal.dot." That, however, didn't correct the problem
because the menu with the deleted "tools" menu had been saved in the
".wbk"
file as well. I know I can get back to "primal" normal.dot by simply
deleting my "normal.dot" and letting the program create the basic file.
Moreover, I have saved older versions of my "normal.dot" files in my
template
folder that were replaced for various reasons, such as corruptions, etc.
Those older versions have the tool menu in place. Since I have been using
MS
word for almost 13 years and my current version of "normal.dot" has been
tweaked with lots of macros, autocorrects and changes to the menus that I
want to retain. So the last thing I want to do is to start from scratch.
What I'm hoping I can do is to "import" the tools menu onto my current
"normal.dot" or reconstitute it. Can anyone suggest how I might correct
this
problem? Thanks.

Your response was perfect. I know MS Word pretty well, but I never realized
that I could rebuild the menu bar that way. Thanks a million. Really, I was
drawing on every trick I could to try to rebuild the menu and finally gave
up. It was so simple! You are the best.

Best regards,
Bob

"Tony Jollans" wrote:

Select View Toolbars Customize Commands tab
Scroll to the bottom of the Categories list on the left, and select Built-in
Menus
Click and Drag the Tools Menu from the Commands list on the right
Drop it right back on your Menu Bar
Click Close

Unfortunately you will have lost any customization you did to the Tools menu
itself.

--
Enjoy,
Tony


"Robert McN" wrote in message
...
Dear Support Community,
Today by accident, I removed the "Tools" menu from the MS Word menu. I
was
trying to make a minor change in the program, and didn't even know I
deleted
it. Unfortunately, I open and closed the program before I realized that
the
change had been made and as a result, when I realized the problem, I went
to
see if I could correct my error by deleting "normal.dot" and renaming
"normal.wbk" as "normal.dot." That, however, didn't correct the problem
because the menu with the deleted "tools" menu had been saved in the
".wbk"
file as well. I know I can get back to "primal" normal.dot by simply
deleting my "normal.dot" and letting the program create the basic file.
Moreover, I have saved older versions of my "normal.dot" files in my
template
folder that were replaced for various reasons, such as corruptions, etc.
Those older versions have the tool menu in place. Since I have been using
MS
word for almost 13 years and my current version of "normal.dot" has been
tweaked with lots of macros, autocorrects and changes to the menus that I
want to retain. So the last thing I want to do is to start from scratch.
What I'm hoping I can do is to "import" the tools menu onto my current
"normal.dot" or reconstitute it. Can anyone suggest how I might correct
this
problem? Thanks.

My pleasure!

--
Enjoy,
Tony


"Robert McN" wrote in message
...
Your response was perfect. I know MS Word pretty well, but I never
realized
that I could rebuild the menu bar that way. Thanks a million. Really, I
was
drawing on every trick I could to try to rebuild the menu and finally gave
up. It was so simple! You are the best.

Best regards,
Bob

"Tony Jollans" wrote:

Select View Toolbars Customize Commands tab
Scroll to the bottom of the Categories list on the left, and select
Built-in
Menus
Click and Drag the Tools Menu from the Commands list on the right
Drop it right back on your Menu Bar
Click Close

Unfortunately you will have lost any customization you did to the Tools
menu
itself.

--
Enjoy,
Tony


"Robert McN" wrote in message
...
Dear Support Community,
Today by accident, I removed the "Tools" menu from the MS Word menu.
I
was
trying to make a minor change in the program, and didn't even know I
deleted
it. Unfortunately, I open and closed the program before I realized
that
the
change had been made and as a result, when I realized the problem, I
went
to
see if I could correct my error by deleting "normal.dot" and renaming
"normal.wbk" as "normal.dot." That, however, didn't correct the
problem
because the menu with the deleted "tools" menu had been saved in the
".wbk"
file as well. I know I can get back to "primal" normal.dot by simply
deleting my "normal.dot" and letting the program create the basic
file.
Moreover, I have saved older versions of my "normal.dot" files in my
template
folder that were replaced for various reasons, such as corruptions,
etc.
Those older versions have the tool menu in place. Since I have been
using
MS
word for almost 13 years and my current version of "normal.dot" has
been
tweaked with lots of macros, autocorrects and changes to the menus
that I
want to retain. So the last thing I want to do is to start from
scratch.
What I'm hoping I can do is to "import" the tools menu onto my current
"normal.dot" or reconstitute it. Can anyone suggest how I might
correct
this
problem? Thanks.