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lock tookbars
Is there a way, using Word XP, to lock the toolbars? What happens is this;
the 7th and 8th graders might be in the computer lab and put every imaginable toolbar on a machine. Then, the next morning, the 2nd graders might be in here using Word. It makes it difficult for the 2nd grade teacher to tell the kids to "press X button on the toolbar", then the kids ask.."which toolbar???" -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT |
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It's easier to reset them than to lock them down, and you do want your older
students to learn to customize Word. There are several approaches you could take. 1. If you are the person who shuts the computers down, the simplest thing would be to make sure the "Prompt to save Normal.dot" option is enabled, then say no when asked if you want to save it. 2. You can set Word to start using the /a switch, which will suppress Normal.dot, the Registry, and any add-ins, which means you would always start with a plain-vanilla, factory-default version of Word. The downside to this is that it would prevent you from saving any changes in settings that you might want to make (and there are some defaults that you *would* want to override. 3. You could rename/regenerate Normal.dot at startup, but that would have many of the same drawbacks as #2 (except that you would preserve settings that are stored in the Registry, including Options settings). 4. You could save a copy of Normal.dot set up just the way you want it in another folder and use it to replace the current copy at startup. -- 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. "Joe Fisher" wrote in message ... Is there a way, using Word XP, to lock the toolbars? What happens is this; the 7th and 8th graders might be in the computer lab and put every imaginable toolbar on a machine. Then, the next morning, the 2nd graders might be in here using Word. It makes it difficult for the 2nd grade teacher to tell the kids to "press X button on the toolbar", then the kids ask.."which toolbar???" -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT |
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