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How to make a copy of a macro toolbar icon
I have been using the same Normal.dot (customized) for decades (since MS
word 95).. It seems that there is a problem with the normal.dot. So I am thinking about creating a new customized normal.dot from the original normal.dot. With the old normal.dot, there is a macro tool bar called "date". It was created many years ago. So I have no recollection how I created the date icon and placed in the tool bar. I have "date.dot" for the date toolbar. Could someone tell me how to copy the date toolbar into a new normal.dot? Or how can I create the macro date toolbar from "date.dot".? I am currently using 97Microsoft Office Suite/Word under WinXP Pro-SP2 environment. TIA. Craig |
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Hi, Craig. Use the Organizer:
http://www.officearticles.com/word/u...osoft_word.htm ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Craig" wrote in message ... I have been using the same Normal.dot (customized) for decades (since MS word 95).. It seems that there is a problem with the normal.dot. So I am thinking about creating a new customized normal.dot from the original normal.dot. With the old normal.dot, there is a macro tool bar called "date". It was created many years ago. So I have no recollection how I created the date icon and placed in the tool bar. I have "date.dot" for the date toolbar. Could someone tell me how to copy the date toolbar into a new normal.dot? Or how can I create the macro date toolbar from "date.dot".? I am currently using 97Microsoft Office Suite/Word under WinXP Pro-SP2 environment. TIA. Craig |
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Thanks Ann.
Craig "Anne Troy" wrote in message news:d3331$42d57602$97c5108d$22266@allthenewsgroup s.com... Hi, Craig. Use the Organizer: http://www.officearticles.com/word/u...osoft_word.htm ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Craig" wrote in message ... I have been using the same Normal.dot (customized) for decades (since MS word 95).. It seems that there is a problem with the normal.dot. So I am thinking about creating a new customized normal.dot from the original normal.dot. With the old normal.dot, there is a macro tool bar called "date". It was created many years ago. So I have no recollection how I created the date icon and placed in the tool bar. I have "date.dot" for the date toolbar. Could someone tell me how to copy the date toolbar into a new normal.dot? Or how can I create the macro date toolbar from "date.dot".? I am currently using 97Microsoft Office Suite/Word under WinXP Pro-SP2 environment. TIA. Craig |
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I think maybe what you're asking is (1) how to get a date button on a
toolbar or (2) how to use the icon from the Date button on the button for a macro. 1. If you want a button on your toolbar to insert the date, open Tools | Customize and select the Commands tab. In the Category list, select Insert. In the Commands list, scroll down to Date. Select it and drag it to the desired toolbar. Then close the Customize dialog. 2. If you want to use the icon (button face) from this date button for the button for a custom macro. Open the Customize dialog again. Right-click on the Insert Date button and choose Copy Button Image. Then right-click on your macro button and choose Paste Button Image. If you no longer need the Insert Date button, left-click on it and drag it off the toolbar. Close the Customize dialog. -- 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. "Craig" wrote in message ... I have been using the same Normal.dot (customized) for decades (since MS word 95).. It seems that there is a problem with the normal.dot. So I am thinking about creating a new customized normal.dot from the original normal.dot. With the old normal.dot, there is a macro tool bar called "date". It was created many years ago. So I have no recollection how I created the date icon and placed in the tool bar. I have "date.dot" for the date toolbar. Could someone tell me how to copy the date toolbar into a new normal.dot? Or how can I create the macro date toolbar from "date.dot".? I am currently using 97Microsoft Office Suite/Word under WinXP Pro-SP2 environment. TIA. Craig |
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Thanks Suzanne
I will follow your instruction. I will let you know how it goes. It now seems that I should open two doc documents: one with old normal.dot with the Date toolbar and the other with the new normal.dot. Is that correct? Craig "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I think maybe what you're asking is (1) how to get a date button on a toolbar or (2) how to use the icon from the Date button on the button for a macro. 1. If you want a button on your toolbar to insert the date, open Tools | Customize and select the Commands tab. In the Category list, select Insert. In the Commands list, scroll down to Date. Select it and drag it to the desired toolbar. Then close the Customize dialog. 2. If you want to use the icon (button face) from this date button for the button for a custom macro. Open the Customize dialog again. Right-click on the Insert Date button and choose Copy Button Image. Then right-click on your macro button and choose Paste Button Image. If you no longer need the Insert Date button, left-click on it and drag it off the toolbar. Close the Customize dialog. -- 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. "Craig" wrote in message ... I have been using the same Normal.dot (customized) for decades (since MS word 95).. It seems that there is a problem with the normal.dot. So I am thinking about creating a new customized normal.dot from the original normal.dot. With the old normal.dot, there is a macro tool bar called "date". It was created many years ago. So I have no recollection how I created the date icon and placed in the tool bar. I have "date.dot" for the date toolbar. Could someone tell me how to copy the date toolbar into a new normal.dot? Or how can I create the macro date toolbar from "date.dot".? I am currently using 97Microsoft Office Suite/Word under WinXP Pro-SP2 environment. TIA. Craig |
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You cannot create Normal.dot; only Word can do that. If you suspect
Normal.dot is corrupt, you can rename it and let Word build a new one. Many customizations (including custom toolbars) can be copied from the renamed Normal.dot to the new one using the Organizer. Unfortunately, toolbar customizations are not among the things that can be copied. But you can create a custom toolbar in the old Normal.dot and move your custom buttons to it, copy that toolbar into the new Normal.dot, and then drag the custom buttons from the custom toolbar to one of the built-in ones. -- 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. "macho" wrote in message ... Thanks Suzanne I will follow your instruction. I will let you know how it goes. It now seems that I should open two doc documents: one with old normal.dot with the Date toolbar and the other with the new normal.dot. Is that correct? Craig "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I think maybe what you're asking is (1) how to get a date button on a toolbar or (2) how to use the icon from the Date button on the button for a macro. 1. If you want a button on your toolbar to insert the date, open Tools | Customize and select the Commands tab. In the Category list, select Insert. In the Commands list, scroll down to Date. Select it and drag it to the desired toolbar. Then close the Customize dialog. 2. If you want to use the icon (button face) from this date button for the button for a custom macro. Open the Customize dialog again. Right-click on the Insert Date button and choose Copy Button Image. Then right-click on your macro button and choose Paste Button Image. If you no longer need the Insert Date button, left-click on it and drag it off the toolbar. Close the Customize dialog. -- 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. "Craig" wrote in message ... I have been using the same Normal.dot (customized) for decades (since MS word 95).. It seems that there is a problem with the normal.dot. So I am thinking about creating a new customized normal.dot from the original normal.dot. With the old normal.dot, there is a macro tool bar called "date". It was created many years ago. So I have no recollection how I created the date icon and placed in the tool bar. I have "date.dot" for the date toolbar. Could someone tell me how to copy the date toolbar into a new normal.dot? Or how can I create the macro date toolbar from "date.dot".? I am currently using 97Microsoft Office Suite/Word under WinXP Pro-SP2 environment. TIA. Craig |
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See http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step
instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros, etc. You should be able to move the macros and toolbar, or just use the date.dot as an Add-In. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Craig" wrote in message ... I have been using the same Normal.dot (customized) for decades (since MS word 95).. It seems that there is a problem with the normal.dot. So I am thinking about creating a new customized normal.dot from the original normal.dot. With the old normal.dot, there is a macro tool bar called "date". It was created many years ago. So I have no recollection how I created the date icon and placed in the tool bar. I have "date.dot" for the date toolbar. Could someone tell me how to copy the date toolbar into a new normal.dot? Or how can I create the macro date toolbar from "date.dot".? I am currently using 97Microsoft Office Suite/Word under WinXP Pro-SP2 environment. TIA. Craig |
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