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Macro Button Won't Stay on Toolbar
I'm running Word 2003 and trying to create a macro and put the button on the
toolbar. I used the "record macro" feature to make a very simple macro. Then I tried to put the macro on the toolbar and make it accessible using a button. I used the Tools/customize/clicked on commands button and found MACRO/then dragged the macro I'd created up to the toolbar. While this window was still open, I right clicked on the macro (while it's on the toolbar I mean) and selected "default style" then I right clicked on it again and clicked "change button image" and selected the face I want. Then I closed the customize window. But when I close Word, and then re-open word, the macro button is no longer on the toolbar. I thought it might be because I'd assigned the macro only to the blank document I had open, but the HELP section said it defaults to the normal.dot location. I did another simple macro to verify and it does indeed. In "store macro in" block it defaults to "All Documents (Normal.dot)". So I've eliminated that possiblity. Does anybody have any ideas as to why the button won't remain on the toolbar? |
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Hi Caleb-
Sounds like you did everything right, but which toolbar did you put the button on? If on the Standard or Formatting bar, it may simply be that your custom button is hung up in the 'overflow' repository of less frequently used buttons if you have both bars displayed on a single row. Have you tried clicking the "More Buttons" icon at the end of the toolbar to see if yours is there? Regards |:) "caleb" wrote: I'm running Word 2003 and trying to create a macro and put the button on the toolbar. I used the "record macro" feature to make a very simple macro. Then I tried to put the macro on the toolbar and make it accessible using a button. I used the Tools/customize/clicked on commands button and found MACRO/then dragged the macro I'd created up to the toolbar. While this window was still open, I right clicked on the macro (while it's on the toolbar I mean) and selected "default style" then I right clicked on it again and clicked "change button image" and selected the face I want. Then I closed the customize window. But when I close Word, and then re-open word, the macro button is no longer on the toolbar. I thought it might be because I'd assigned the macro only to the blank document I had open, but the HELP section said it defaults to the normal.dot location. I did another simple macro to verify and it does indeed. In "store macro in" block it defaults to "All Documents (Normal.dot)". So I've eliminated that possiblity. Does anybody have any ideas as to why the button won't remain on the toolbar? |
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If you have Acrobat 7 installed, see the last section of
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.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. "caleb" wrote in message news I'm running Word 2003 and trying to create a macro and put the button on the toolbar. I used the "record macro" feature to make a very simple macro. Then I tried to put the macro on the toolbar and make it accessible using a button. I used the Tools/customize/clicked on commands button and found MACRO/then dragged the macro I'd created up to the toolbar. While this window was still open, I right clicked on the macro (while it's on the toolbar I mean) and selected "default style" then I right clicked on it again and clicked "change button image" and selected the face I want. Then I closed the customize window. But when I close Word, and then re-open word, the macro button is no longer on the toolbar. I thought it might be because I'd assigned the macro only to the blank document I had open, but the HELP section said it defaults to the normal.dot location. I did another simple macro to verify and it does indeed. In "store macro in" block it defaults to "All Documents (Normal.dot)". So I've eliminated that possiblity. Does anybody have any ideas as to why the button won't remain on the toolbar? |
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