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Template Document Custom Menu
I have created a Word 2003 template document with macros assigned to a custom
menu. If i place the template document in my Word/Startup folder then the custom menu appears when word is started. However, i only want the custom menu to appear when the user specifically opens the template document. When i created the menu i specified to save it in my template document, not normal.dot. If i select File/New Document/From Existing Template, the custom menu is not available. Can anyone help me here so that my custom menu is only available when a new document is created from my template? Thanks in advance Owen |
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Template Document Custom Menu
You need to place the custom menu and macros in the document template. That
way when a new document is created based on the template or a document based on the template is opened the custom menu will appear and the macros will be available. Now, if you already have the above then were the macros and custom menu previously stored in your Normal template and you later moved them? If thats the case then the fact you removed the menu still remains in your Normal template and even though your template has the custom menu it's getting cancelled by your Normal template. To correct the issue reset your menu bar/toolbars in your Normal template. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx "Owen" wrote in message ... I have created a Word 2003 template document with macros assigned to a custom menu. If i place the template document in my Word/Startup folder then the custom menu appears when word is started. However, i only want the custom menu to appear when the user specifically opens the template document. When i created the menu i specified to save it in my template document, not normal.dot. If i select File/New Document/From Existing Template, the custom menu is not available. Can anyone help me here so that my custom menu is only available when a new document is created from my template? Thanks in advance Owen -- |
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Hi Beth
Thanks for your reply. I am still having a problem here after following your instructions. Here is some more information, in case this helps. When i originally open the template document, the standard menu items from my Normal.dot are available. To obtain my custom menu i need to unprotect the document, select customise, then on the Commands Tab change the "Save in" drop down item from Normal.dot to My Template.dot. My custom menu is then available, however when i save the document/template, close it and reopen it again...the standard menu appears from Normal.dot. Not sure if this helps on determining where i am going wrong. Thanks again for your help. Owen "Beth Melton" wrote: You need to place the custom menu and macros in the document template. That way when a new document is created based on the template or a document based on the template is opened the custom menu will appear and the macros will be available. Now, if you already have the above then were the macros and custom menu previously stored in your Normal template and you later moved them? If thats the case then the fact you removed the menu still remains in your Normal template and even though your template has the custom menu it's getting cancelled by your Normal template. To correct the issue reset your menu bar/toolbars in your Normal template. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx "Owen" wrote in message ... I have created a Word 2003 template document with macros assigned to a custom menu. If i place the template document in my Word/Startup folder then the custom menu appears when word is started. However, i only want the custom menu to appear when the user specifically opens the template document. When i created the menu i specified to save it in my template document, not normal.dot. If i select File/New Document/From Existing Template, the custom menu is not available. Can anyone help me here so that my custom menu is only available when a new document is created from my template? Thanks in advance Owen -- |
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Template Document Custom Menu
Did you reset the menu bar for your Normal template as I suggested? If your
customizations were ever in your Normal template at any time and you removed them then Word "remembers" they are removed and will not display them. I know this may sound odd but trust me, I learned this the hard way. :-) To reset the menu bar for your Normal template, in the Customize dialog box locate "Menu bar" on the Toolbars tab. Select it and then click "Reset". If you also have custom toolbars in your template you'll need to reset these in the Normal template as well. Unfortunately if you have customized the menu bar or toolbars for your Normal template then you will lose your modifications. However, this is the only way to force Word to "forget" that you removed your customizations from your Normal template. in the future, you may want to use the method I found works best for creating a new template and custom menu/toolbar for the template. - To create a new template, click File/New, select "Blank Document" and then click the "Template" option in the dialog box. Note this is different from creating a new document and then saving it as a template. The steps I provided will create a template based on the factory defaults and none of your customizations in your Normal template will be inherited by the document. -To customize the menu/toolbar, start Word while holding down the Ctrl key to start Word in Safe Mode. While in Safe Mode make your customizations. This will prevent you from accidentally modifying the menu/toolbars in your Normal template which can result in what you are currently encountering. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx "Owen" wrote in message ... Hi Beth Thanks for your reply. I am still having a problem here after following your instructions. Here is some more information, in case this helps. When i originally open the template document, the standard menu items from my Normal.dot are available. To obtain my custom menu i need to unprotect the document, select customise, then on the Commands Tab change the "Save in" drop down item from Normal.dot to My Template.dot. My custom menu is then available, however when i save the document/template, close it and reopen it again...the standard menu appears from Normal.dot. Not sure if this helps on determining where i am going wrong. Thanks again for your help. Owen "Beth Melton" wrote: You need to place the custom menu and macros in the document template. That way when a new document is created based on the template or a document based on the template is opened the custom menu will appear and the macros will be available. Now, if you already have the above then were the macros and custom menu previously stored in your Normal template and you later moved them? If thats the case then the fact you removed the menu still remains in your Normal template and even though your template has the custom menu it's getting cancelled by your Normal template. To correct the issue reset your menu bar/toolbars in your Normal template. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx "Owen" wrote in message ... I have created a Word 2003 template document with macros assigned to a custom menu. If i place the template document in my Word/Startup folder then the custom menu appears when word is started. However, i only want the custom menu to appear when the user specifically opens the template document. When i created the menu i specified to save it in my template document, not normal.dot. If i select File/New Document/From Existing Template, the custom menu is not available. Can anyone help me here so that my custom menu is only available when a new document is created from my template? Thanks in advance Owen |
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Hi Beth
Thanks again for your response. I did reset my Normal.dot file Menu Bar as suggested, however i was still not able to get the custom toolbar to load when opening my template document. I think i finally managed to sort the problem. Through trial and error i removed a global template which was loaded called "PDFMaker.dot" from the Program Files/OFFICE11/STARTUP folder. Everything now works fine. Thanks for your help. Owen "Beth Melton" wrote: Did you reset the menu bar for your Normal template as I suggested? If your customizations were ever in your Normal template at any time and you removed them then Word "remembers" they are removed and will not display them. I know this may sound odd but trust me, I learned this the hard way. :-) To reset the menu bar for your Normal template, in the Customize dialog box locate "Menu bar" on the Toolbars tab. Select it and then click "Reset". If you also have custom toolbars in your template you'll need to reset these in the Normal template as well. Unfortunately if you have customized the menu bar or toolbars for your Normal template then you will lose your modifications. However, this is the only way to force Word to "forget" that you removed your customizations from your Normal template. in the future, you may want to use the method I found works best for creating a new template and custom menu/toolbar for the template. - To create a new template, click File/New, select "Blank Document" and then click the "Template" option in the dialog box. Note this is different from creating a new document and then saving it as a template. The steps I provided will create a template based on the factory defaults and none of your customizations in your Normal template will be inherited by the document. -To customize the menu/toolbar, start Word while holding down the Ctrl key to start Word in Safe Mode. While in Safe Mode make your customizations. This will prevent you from accidentally modifying the menu/toolbars in your Normal template which can result in what you are currently encountering. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx "Owen" wrote in message ... Hi Beth Thanks for your reply. I am still having a problem here after following your instructions. Here is some more information, in case this helps. When i originally open the template document, the standard menu items from my Normal.dot are available. To obtain my custom menu i need to unprotect the document, select customise, then on the Commands Tab change the "Save in" drop down item from Normal.dot to My Template.dot. My custom menu is then available, however when i save the document/template, close it and reopen it again...the standard menu appears from Normal.dot. Not sure if this helps on determining where i am going wrong. Thanks again for your help. Owen "Beth Melton" wrote: You need to place the custom menu and macros in the document template. That way when a new document is created based on the template or a document based on the template is opened the custom menu will appear and the macros will be available. Now, if you already have the above then were the macros and custom menu previously stored in your Normal template and you later moved them? If thats the case then the fact you removed the menu still remains in your Normal template and even though your template has the custom menu it's getting cancelled by your Normal template. To correct the issue reset your menu bar/toolbars in your Normal template. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx "Owen" wrote in message ... I have created a Word 2003 template document with macros assigned to a custom menu. If i place the template document in my Word/Startup folder then the custom menu appears when word is started. However, i only want the custom menu to appear when the user specifically opens the template document. When i created the menu i specified to save it in my template document, not normal.dot. If i select File/New Document/From Existing Template, the custom menu is not available. Can anyone help me here so that my custom menu is only available when a new document is created from my template? Thanks in advance Owen |
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Template Document Custom Menu
Yes, removing the PDFMaker add-in was a good move. It's known to discard
changes you make to your Normal template. So even though you were resetting the menu bar the changes weren't being saved. Glad to hear you have it sorted. :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx "Owen" wrote in message ... Hi Beth Thanks again for your response. I did reset my Normal.dot file Menu Bar as suggested, however i was still not able to get the custom toolbar to load when opening my template document. I think i finally managed to sort the problem. Through trial and error i removed a global template which was loaded called "PDFMaker.dot" from the Program Files/OFFICE11/STARTUP folder. Everything now works fine. Thanks for your help. Owen "Beth Melton" wrote: Did you reset the menu bar for your Normal template as I suggested? If your customizations were ever in your Normal template at any time and you removed them then Word "remembers" they are removed and will not display them. I know this may sound odd but trust me, I learned this the hard way. :-) To reset the menu bar for your Normal template, in the Customize dialog box locate "Menu bar" on the Toolbars tab. Select it and then click "Reset". If you also have custom toolbars in your template you'll need to reset these in the Normal template as well. Unfortunately if you have customized the menu bar or toolbars for your Normal template then you will lose your modifications. However, this is the only way to force Word to "forget" that you removed your customizations from your Normal template. in the future, you may want to use the method I found works best for creating a new template and custom menu/toolbar for the template. - To create a new template, click File/New, select "Blank Document" and then click the "Template" option in the dialog box. Note this is different from creating a new document and then saving it as a template. The steps I provided will create a template based on the factory defaults and none of your customizations in your Normal template will be inherited by the document. -To customize the menu/toolbar, start Word while holding down the Ctrl key to start Word in Safe Mode. While in Safe Mode make your customizations. This will prevent you from accidentally modifying the menu/toolbars in your Normal template which can result in what you are currently encountering. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx "Owen" wrote in message ... Hi Beth Thanks for your reply. I am still having a problem here after following your instructions. Here is some more information, in case this helps. When i originally open the template document, the standard menu items from my Normal.dot are available. To obtain my custom menu i need to unprotect the document, select customise, then on the Commands Tab change the "Save in" drop down item from Normal.dot to My Template.dot. My custom menu is then available, however when i save the document/template, close it and reopen it again...the standard menu appears from Normal.dot. Not sure if this helps on determining where i am going wrong. Thanks again for your help. Owen "Beth Melton" wrote: You need to place the custom menu and macros in the document template. That way when a new document is created based on the template or a document based on the template is opened the custom menu will appear and the macros will be available. Now, if you already have the above then were the macros and custom menu previously stored in your Normal template and you later moved them? If thats the case then the fact you removed the menu still remains in your Normal template and even though your template has the custom menu it's getting cancelled by your Normal template. To correct the issue reset your menu bar/toolbars in your Normal template. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx "Owen" wrote in message ... I have created a Word 2003 template document with macros assigned to a custom menu. If i place the template document in my Word/Startup folder then the custom menu appears when word is started. However, i only want the custom menu to appear when the user specifically opens the template document. When i created the menu i specified to save it in my template document, not normal.dot. If i select File/New Document/From Existing Template, the custom menu is not available. Can anyone help me here so that my custom menu is only available when a new document is created from my template? Thanks in advance Owen |
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