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Saving customized menu
Thanks for the help I've already received on this. The problem I have
now is that I can't save my customized template. I've created a new template made customizations and saved it as normalnew. I want to test it with a couple of users and eventually replace our normal.dot with it. I've savid the new template using the shift + save all key but each time I either open the template or open a new doc based on the template, I have to click on tools, customise then click close before my new menus appear. On reading up on this it seems that having Adobe 7 installed seems to be the proble, but I thought the shift + save all would solve this. HELP? |
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"Jacqui" wrote in message oups.com... Thanks for the help I've already received on this. The problem I have now is that I can't save my customized template. I've created a new template made customizations and saved it as normalnew. I want to test it with a couple of users and eventually replace our normal.dot with it. I've savid the new template using the shift + save all key but each time I either open the template or open a new doc based on the template, I have to click on tools, customise then click close before my new menus appear. On reading up on this it seems that having Adobe 7 installed seems to be the proble, but I thought the shift + save all would solve this. HELP? 1. Go to Tools, Add-ins, and uncheck the Adobe PDFMaker add-ins. (You can re-check the boxes after you have made the changes to your template.) 2. Open your template. 3. Open the Tools Customize dialog. 4. Make sure that the "Save Changes in" box at the bottom of the dialog shows your template. 5. Make your changes to the menus and toolbars, keeping the Tools Customize dialog open. 6. Save your template. -- Regards Jonathan West - Word MVP www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk Please reply to the newsgroup Keep your VBA code safe, sign the ClassicVB petition www.classicvb.org |
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Thanks Jonathan. The adobe pdf make was not added. I did the rest
and it didn't work. When you say make changes keeping the tools customize dialog box open do you mean I should start again and make my changes again? |
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Thanks Jonathan. The adobe pdf make was not added. I did the rest
and it didn't work. When you say make changes keeping the tools customize dialog box open do you mean I should start again and make my changes again? |
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You do *not* want to distribute a custom template as Normal.dot. Normal.dot
is supposed to be a scratchpad for each individual user. If you want to distribute macros and toolbars, use an add-in instead; for document formatting, use custom document templates. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/...buteMacros.htm -- 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. "Jacqui" wrote in message oups.com... Thanks for the help I've already received on this. The problem I have now is that I can't save my customized template. I've created a new template made customizations and saved it as normalnew. I want to test it with a couple of users and eventually replace our normal.dot with it. I've savid the new template using the shift + save all key but each time I either open the template or open a new doc based on the template, I have to click on tools, customise then click close before my new menus appear. On reading up on this it seems that having Adobe 7 installed seems to be the proble, but I thought the shift + save all would solve this. HELP? |
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"Jacqui" wrote in message ups.com... Thanks Jonathan. The adobe pdf make was not added. I did the rest and it didn't work. When you say make changes keeping the tools customize dialog box open do you mean I should start again and make my changes again? If you didn't have the Tools Customize dialog open originally when you made your changes, then they probably got saved somewhere else - most probably in normal.dot. You almost certainly don't want the changes saved there, so you may need to reset your standard menus first before opening your template, making your changes and saving the template. -- Regards Jonathan West - Word MVP www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk Please reply to the newsgroup Keep your VBA code safe, sign the ClassicVB petition www.classicvb.org |
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Hi Suzanne. In our firm. We maintain a master normal.dot which
contains all macros, autotext etc and this is copied to the c drive of each user. We control the autotext, macros, toolbars etc so they can't create their own. This is the culture in the firm when I joined and which I have to work with. I've looked at the articles and they're very helpful - if we do change our practice I'll make sure I refer to them. In the meantime - why is making such changes to a template so difficult? |
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Hi Jacqui:
Well, it's partly because Word is designed to prevent what you are doing :-) If you use a global add-in and leave the user's Normal.dot alone, you will have a lot easier time of it. I don't think you're ever going to get a reliable result by distributing a "master" Normal.dot, and I would venture to say that you never have had :-) I guess most users won't tell you about the various ways they re-substitute their "own" Normal after you've done your distribution :-) However, if you make the changes to your OWN Normal template, making sure that you open the template as a document before you start, and that you do not have any other templates or documents open when you do, you have a better chance of success. Make sure you do not run Outlook in the session when you are changing Normal: log off, log back on without allowing Outlook to start. That kills the hidden instance of Word that will otherwise hold a second copy of Normal open in memory, leading to a bit of a lottery as to which version gets saved. When you have finished, quite Word and copy your Normal template, then Zip it before allowing Word or Outlook to start. Cheers On 13/9/06 7:40 PM, in article , "Jacqui" wrote: Hi Suzanne. In our firm. We maintain a master normal.dot which contains all macros, autotext etc and this is copied to the c drive of each user. We control the autotext, macros, toolbars etc so they can't create their own. This is the culture in the firm when I joined and which I have to work with. I've looked at the articles and they're very helpful - if we do change our practice I'll make sure I refer to them. In the meantime - why is making such changes to a template so difficult? -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant Technical Writer. Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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