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Can you add a button with a file assigned to it on the toolbar?
In WP you can create a macro and then add it to the toolbar for file that are
used frequently. Is there a way to add a customed button and with a file assigned to it on the toolbar for easy access? |
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Hi Newby - Welcome-
What you want to do is not a problem. If you're not familiar with the macro recording feature, you might want to explore Macros as well as Custom Toolbars in Word Help before you get started, but the basic process is as follows: 1- Go to ToolsMacroRecord New Macro (or double-click REC on the Status Bar), give the macro a name (no spaces) and make sure that the 'Store Macro in:' field reads as All Documents (Normal.dot). You could also add the Button to the Toolbar now, but I'll come back to that shortly. When yo click OK recording will begin. 2- Go to FileOpen and make sure you _Navigate_ to where the disired doc is stored. Otherwise the macro will not learn where to find the file if you are already in the right folder and just open it from there. (In fact it may be best to start off in a different folder to begin with.) Open the file as usual. 3- Either click the Stop Recording button on the little Toolbar or go to ToolsMacroStop Recording. To create your button: 1- Go to ToolsCustomize (or Rt-Click the Menu Bar or any Toolbar & select Customize). On the Commands page, scroll in the left list to select Macros, and from the right list drag your macro to anywhere on any toolbar (your choice*). 2- Rt-Click the new button and use the Shortcut Menu choices to give the button a different label (Name), pick an Icon for it (Change Button Image), as well as other options available there. 3- Click OK when done. *You can also create your own Custom Toolbars or if you plan on macros for several docs, you may want to create a Custom Menu and list them as Commands within it. Enjoy |:) "Wordnewby" wrote: In WP you can create a macro and then add it to the toolbar for file that are used frequently. Is there a way to add a customed button and with a file assigned to it on the toolbar for easy access? |
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Thank you so much. I knew there had to be an easy answer. This will be very
helpful. "CyberTaz" wrote: Hi Newby - Welcome- What you want to do is not a problem. If you're not familiar with the macro recording feature, you might want to explore Macros as well as Custom Toolbars in Word Help before you get started, but the basic process is as follows: 1- Go to ToolsMacroRecord New Macro (or double-click REC on the Status Bar), give the macro a name (no spaces) and make sure that the 'Store Macro in:' field reads as All Documents (Normal.dot). You could also add the Button to the Toolbar now, but I'll come back to that shortly. When yo click OK recording will begin. 2- Go to FileOpen and make sure you _Navigate_ to where the disired doc is stored. Otherwise the macro will not learn where to find the file if you are already in the right folder and just open it from there. (In fact it may be best to start off in a different folder to begin with.) Open the file as usual. 3- Either click the Stop Recording button on the little Toolbar or go to ToolsMacroStop Recording. To create your button: 1- Go to ToolsCustomize (or Rt-Click the Menu Bar or any Toolbar & select Customize). On the Commands page, scroll in the left list to select Macros, and from the right list drag your macro to anywhere on any toolbar (your choice*). 2- Rt-Click the new button and use the Shortcut Menu choices to give the button a different label (Name), pick an Icon for it (Change Button Image), as well as other options available there. 3- Click OK when done. *You can also create your own Custom Toolbars or if you plan on macros for several docs, you may want to create a Custom Menu and list them as Commands within it. Enjoy |:) "Wordnewby" wrote: In WP you can create a macro and then add it to the toolbar for file that are used frequently. Is there a way to add a customed button and with a file assigned to it on the toolbar for easy access? |
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Although CyberTaz's method will work, there's a much easier solution that
makes a given file available with only two clicks. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.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. "Wordnewby" wrote in message ... Thank you so much. I knew there had to be an easy answer. This will be very helpful. "CyberTaz" wrote: Hi Newby - Welcome- What you want to do is not a problem. If you're not familiar with the macro recording feature, you might want to explore Macros as well as Custom Toolbars in Word Help before you get started, but the basic process is as follows: 1- Go to ToolsMacroRecord New Macro (or double-click REC on the Status Bar), give the macro a name (no spaces) and make sure that the 'Store Macro in:' field reads as All Documents (Normal.dot). You could also add the Button to the Toolbar now, but I'll come back to that shortly. When yo click OK recording will begin. 2- Go to FileOpen and make sure you _Navigate_ to where the disired doc is stored. Otherwise the macro will not learn where to find the file if you are already in the right folder and just open it from there. (In fact it may be best to start off in a different folder to begin with.) Open the file as usual. 3- Either click the Stop Recording button on the little Toolbar or go to ToolsMacroStop Recording. To create your button: 1- Go to ToolsCustomize (or Rt-Click the Menu Bar or any Toolbar & select Customize). On the Commands page, scroll in the left list to select Macros, and from the right list drag your macro to anywhere on any toolbar (your choice*). 2- Rt-Click the new button and use the Shortcut Menu choices to give the button a different label (Name), pick an Icon for it (Change Button Image), as well as other options available there. 3- Click OK when done. *You can also create your own Custom Toolbars or if you plan on macros for several docs, you may want to create a Custom Menu and list them as Commands within it. Enjoy |:) "Wordnewby" wrote: In WP you can create a macro and then add it to the toolbar for file that are used frequently. Is there a way to add a customed button and with a file assigned to it on the toolbar for easy access? |
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Thank you. I will certainly make use of this feature.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Although CyberTaz's method will work, there's a much easier solution that makes a given file available with only two clicks. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.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. "Wordnewby" wrote in message ... Thank you so much. I knew there had to be an easy answer. This will be very helpful. "CyberTaz" wrote: Hi Newby - Welcome- What you want to do is not a problem. If you're not familiar with the macro recording feature, you might want to explore Macros as well as Custom Toolbars in Word Help before you get started, but the basic process is as follows: 1- Go to ToolsMacroRecord New Macro (or double-click REC on the Status Bar), give the macro a name (no spaces) and make sure that the 'Store Macro in:' field reads as All Documents (Normal.dot). You could also add the Button to the Toolbar now, but I'll come back to that shortly. When yo click OK recording will begin. 2- Go to FileOpen and make sure you _Navigate_ to where the disired doc is stored. Otherwise the macro will not learn where to find the file if you are already in the right folder and just open it from there. (In fact it may be best to start off in a different folder to begin with.) Open the file as usual. 3- Either click the Stop Recording button on the little Toolbar or go to ToolsMacroStop Recording. To create your button: 1- Go to ToolsCustomize (or Rt-Click the Menu Bar or any Toolbar & select Customize). On the Commands page, scroll in the left list to select Macros, and from the right list drag your macro to anywhere on any toolbar (your choice*). 2- Rt-Click the new button and use the Shortcut Menu choices to give the button a different label (Name), pick an Icon for it (Change Button Image), as well as other options available there. 3- Click OK when done. *You can also create your own Custom Toolbars or if you plan on macros for several docs, you may want to create a Custom Menu and list them as Commands within it. Enjoy |:) "Wordnewby" wrote: In WP you can create a macro and then add it to the toolbar for file that are used frequently. Is there a way to add a customed button and with a file assigned to it on the toolbar for easy access? |
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