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Custom toolbars in Word 2000 - not saving to document or template?
I want to have my customized toolbar available to all documents. However,
saving them to the template is not possible because I use a company-wide template that is on our network (and thus, I cannot alter it). Copying the template to my individual PC is not recommended by our SIS group because they have problems with people using obsolete versions of the template. We must be attached to the networked version. I also don't want to have to recreate my toolbar every time I create a document. Is there a way to save the toolbar so I can use it all the time without saving it to a specific document or template? I couldn't find anything that would allow me to do this, and I can't believe I'm the only one who would find that useful. |
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The normal.dot is a user file and certainly should not be shared. It is
meant to contain user configurations. What it contains is no-one's business but your own. Company standards can (and should) be maintained using document templates. Whether you can convince the IT nazis of this is another issue - maybe when someone crashes normal.dot and brings the whole company to a halt? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org RS Lanigan wrote: I want to have my customized toolbar available to all documents. However, saving them to the template is not possible because I use a company-wide template that is on our network (and thus, I cannot alter it). Copying the template to my individual PC is not recommended by our SIS group because they have problems with people using obsolete versions of the template. We must be attached to the networked version. I also don't want to have to recreate my toolbar every time I create a document. Is there a way to save the toolbar so I can use it all the time without saving it to a specific document or template? I couldn't find anything that would allow me to do this, and I can't believe I'm the only one who would find that useful. |
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In the meantime, put your custom toolbar in a global template in Word's
Startup folder. -- 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. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... The normal.dot is a user file and certainly should not be shared. It is meant to contain user configurations. What it contains is no-one's business but your own. Company standards can (and should) be maintained using document templates. Whether you can convince the IT nazis of this is another issue - maybe when someone crashes normal.dot and brings the whole company to a halt? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org RS Lanigan wrote: I want to have my customized toolbar available to all documents. However, saving them to the template is not possible because I use a company-wide template that is on our network (and thus, I cannot alter it). Copying the template to my individual PC is not recommended by our SIS group because they have problems with people using obsolete versions of the template. We must be attached to the networked version. I also don't want to have to recreate my toolbar every time I create a document. Is there a way to save the toolbar so I can use it all the time without saving it to a specific document or template? I couldn't find anything that would allow me to do this, and I can't believe I'm the only one who would find that useful. |
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If the company maintains such a tight control, this may not be possible.
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: In the meantime, put your custom toolbar in a global template in Word's Startup folder. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... The normal.dot is a user file and certainly should not be shared. It is meant to contain user configurations. What it contains is no-one's business but your own. Company standards can (and should) be maintained using document templates. Whether you can convince the IT nazis of this is another issue - maybe when someone crashes normal.dot and brings the whole company to a halt? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org RS Lanigan wrote: I want to have my customized toolbar available to all documents. However, saving them to the template is not possible because I use a company-wide template that is on our network (and thus, I cannot alter it). Copying the template to my individual PC is not recommended by our SIS group because they have problems with people using obsolete versions of the template. We must be attached to the networked version. I also don't want to have to recreate my toolbar every time I create a document. Is there a way to save the toolbar so I can use it all the time without saving it to a specific document or template? I couldn't find anything that would allow me to do this, and I can't believe I'm the only one who would find that useful. |
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