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Weird movement of floating menus
Hi all,
Has anyone else seen this behaviour before? If you place a floating menu next to a table and select cells above that menu and drag downwards, I find the floating menu move down the page and wraps back to the top. Cheers, Noel |
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Weird movement of floating menus
Hi Fauxn,
Has anyone else seen this behaviour before? If you place a floating menu next to a table and select cells above that menu and drag downwards, I find the floating menu move down the page and wraps back to the top. Toolbars should move to avoid the current selection, so that the don't block the area you're trying to work in/see. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Sound logical, but if the table is small and on the left and the
toolbars/floats are on the right outside the table, this behavior is a little distracting and annoying if you've placed them within easy reach and are using then a lot. Is there anyway to lock the toolbars/floats at a set position to prevent this behavior, temporarily? Cheers Noel |
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Hi Fauxn,
Sound logical, but if the table is small and on the left and the toolbars/floats are on the right outside the table, this behavior is a little distracting and annoying if you've placed them within easy reach and are using then a lot. Is there anyway to lock the toolbars/floats at a set position to prevent this behavior, temporarily? I quite agree with you. Often, I'll dock the toolbar on one of the window edges. It is possible to accomplish what you ask using a macro to "lock" the toolbar position: Sub ToolbarNoMove() CommandBars("Caption Name Here").Protection = msoBarNoMove End Sub Sub ToolbarRelease() CommandBars("Forms").Protection = msoBarNoProtection End Sub Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Hi Cindy,
Thanks for the tip, but not being a macro person I'm not sure how to impliment it and where to place the macro for easy access. Cheers Noel |
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Hi Noel,
not being a macro person I'm not sure how to impliment it and where to place the macro for easy access. At word.mvps.org you should find an article that describes how to use macros people give you in the newsgroup. Please see that for detailed instructions. Watch out for the macros breaking over lines. If you see more than three lines / macro, then the middle line has broken over and should be "repaired". In order to have the macro "always at hand" it should go into your Normal.dot template OR into another template that you copy to your STARTUP folder so that Word loads it automatically as a global template Addin. In order to find out where your Startup folder is, check in Tools/Options/File locations. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Thansk for your help.
Cheers Noel |
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Hi Cindy,
I created the macros and added them to the the table toolbar. When i click on the ToolbarNoMove macro I get the following error: Run Time Error: 5 Invalid procedure call or argument I'm using Word 2002 Any idea's? Cheers Noel |
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Hi Noel,
I created the macros and added them to the the table toolbar. When i click on the ToolbarNoMove macro I get the following error: Run Time Error: 5 Invalid procedure call or argument I'm using Word 2002 Did you change the captions to match the captions of the toolbars you're trying to affect? I used "dummy names" in my code samples (not knowing which toolbar you wanted to "freeze"). Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Ahh, no I didn't! Is there away to make this dynamic?
Noel |
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Changed the "'s to contain the name of the toolbar and it works a
treat. Many thanks |
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VA.0000b954.007ac1f6@speedy .com Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.docmanagement NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.95.202.62.cust.bluewin.ch 62.202.95.198 Path: TK2MSFTNGP08.phx.gbl!tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl Lines: 1 Xref: TK2MSFTNGP08.phx.gbl microsoft.public.word.docmanagement:202544 Hi Noel Changed the "'s to contain the name of the toolbar and it works a treat. Glad we finally got it all straightened out :-) Enjoy! Cindy Meister |
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Sorry quick question:
If I want this present on all toolbars, do I need to add the title/header to all instances of the macros? Cheers Noel |
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Hi Noel,
If I want this present on all toolbars, do I need to add the title/header to all instances of the macros? You mean, if you want a button to run this macro from all toolbars? Yes, you'd need to drag it from Tools/Customize/Commands to each toolbar. Or, you could use a macro to make the change. Here's a bit of sample code that could do that (but note that I'm not testing it myself, because I don't have a button I want to add to every toolbar). However, you may find it adds the command in unexpected places... So, before starting Word, make a copy of your Normal.dot template and put it somewhere safe. Then if you don't like the result you can always revert back to your original state without too much pain :-) Remember to check the things in "quotes" and change them to match your system. Sub AddButtonToAllBars() Dim cBar as Office.CommandBar Dim cButton as Office.CommandBarButton CustomizationContext = NormalTemplate For each cb in Application.CommandBars Set cButton = cBar.Controls.Add(msoControlButton) cButton.OnAction = "Macro name" cButton.Caption = "Lock toolbar" Next End Sub Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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