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Hide the Formatting toolbar
Is it possible to create a template that will keep the Formatting toolbar
hidden when others open it. I think I'm finding that the View options are user/computer-specific, but if there's a way, I'd like to conceal it. Thank you. |
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On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:11:28 -0800, CrazyChester
wrote: Is it possible to create a template that will keep the Formatting toolbar hidden when others open it. I think I'm finding that the View options are user/computer-specific, but if there's a way, I'd like to conceal it. Thank you. Well, sort of, but it's not nice. If the template contains these macros: Sub AutoNew() CommandBars("Formatting").Enabled = False End Sub Sub AutoOpen() CommandBars("Formatting").Enabled = False End Sub then the Formatting toolbar is not just hidden, it's also removed from the View Toolbars submenu and from the Tools Customize Toolbars list. If any documents are already open with the toolbar showing, it'll stay visible and active in those documents. But it won't be available in any document opened or created in the same session after the macro runs, even if they're based on some other template. To get the toolbar back, you have to close Word and then open some document not based on your template (or be savvy enough to run a macro that sets .Enabled = True). If I were one of your template's unfortunate users, I'd be really PO'd about this. Somewhat less drastic is to set .Visible = False instead of .Enabled. That just hides the toolbar, but the user can get it back by using the View Toolbars menu. In any case, you owe the user an explanation of what you're doing and why. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Thank you. I'm glad to know it's possible.
Just fyi, I was tasked with hiding the Formatting section, it wasn't an elitist attempt to "PO" my "unfortunate" users. I put every conceivable style for this particular doc on a list on a custom menu. Regardless whether they have access, there should be no reason to use the Formatting section. The bosses wanted it that way. Anyway, I agree with you that it's not pretty and not preferable. I've made the case and convinced them it's not prudent. Thank you again, though, at least I know it's possible and how to do it, if it ever becomes comes up again. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:11:28 -0800, CrazyChester wrote: Is it possible to create a template that will keep the Formatting toolbar hidden when others open it. I think I'm finding that the View options are user/computer-specific, but if there's a way, I'd like to conceal it. Thank you. Well, sort of, but it's not nice. If the template contains these macros: Sub AutoNew() CommandBars("Formatting").Enabled = False End Sub Sub AutoOpen() CommandBars("Formatting").Enabled = False End Sub then the Formatting toolbar is not just hidden, it's also removed from the View Toolbars submenu and from the Tools Customize Toolbars list. If any documents are already open with the toolbar showing, it'll stay visible and active in those documents. But it won't be available in any document opened or created in the same session after the macro runs, even if they're based on some other template. To get the toolbar back, you have to close Word and then open some document not based on your template (or be savvy enough to run a macro that sets .Enabled = True). If I were one of your template's unfortunate users, I'd be really PO'd about this. Somewhat less drastic is to set .Visible = False instead of .Enabled. That just hides the toolbar, but the user can get it back by using the View Toolbars menu. In any case, you owe the user an explanation of what you're doing and why. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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The behavior I found unacceptable -- but unavoidable, given the way Word
implements this capability -- is that the toolbar is disabled for all documents and not just for those based on the template that's doing the disabling. Anyway, I'm glad you were able to make your case. If you and all your users have Word 2003, there's a better way: In the Protect Document task pane, you can specify that only a given list of styles can be applied to the document, and all other formatting is disabled (including not only the buttons on the Formatting toolbar but also the shortcut keys and the Format dialogs). The downside is that documents protected this way are completely locked to users of any earlier versions of Word. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. CrazyChester wrote: Thank you. I'm glad to know it's possible. Just fyi, I was tasked with hiding the Formatting section, it wasn't an elitist attempt to "PO" my "unfortunate" users. I put every conceivable style for this particular doc on a list on a custom menu. Regardless whether they have access, there should be no reason to use the Formatting section. The bosses wanted it that way. Anyway, I agree with you that it's not pretty and not preferable. I've made the case and convinced them it's not prudent. Thank you again, though, at least I know it's possible and how to do it, if it ever becomes comes up again. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:11:28 -0800, CrazyChester wrote: Is it possible to create a template that will keep the Formatting toolbar hidden when others open it. I think I'm finding that the View options are user/computer-specific, but if there's a way, I'd like to conceal it. Thank you. Well, sort of, but it's not nice. If the template contains these macros: Sub AutoNew() CommandBars("Formatting").Enabled = False End Sub Sub AutoOpen() CommandBars("Formatting").Enabled = False End Sub then the Formatting toolbar is not just hidden, it's also removed from the View Toolbars submenu and from the Tools Customize Toolbars list. If any documents are already open with the toolbar showing, it'll stay visible and active in those documents. But it won't be available in any document opened or created in the same session after the macro runs, even if they're based on some other template. To get the toolbar back, you have to close Word and then open some document not based on your template (or be savvy enough to run a macro that sets .Enabled = True). If I were one of your template's unfortunate users, I'd be really PO'd about this. Somewhat less drastic is to set .Visible = False instead of .Enabled. That just hides the toolbar, but the user can get it back by using the View Toolbars menu. In any case, you owe the user an explanation of what you're doing and why. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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