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Can I lock the toolbars?
In my computer lab, I'd like to create a set way that the toolbars appear for
each class that enters the lab. Is there a way I can set them and LOCK them? On a PC it takes a tad more for the toolbar to be closed, and on a Mac it's easier since a user may quickly click on the close button, but I want to be able to LOCK them so that they're always available. Can this be done? Thanx |
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Can I lock the toolbars?
Version of Word?
Simpler is to make them always appear when Word starts. Would that be sufficient? -- 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ 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. "sksmith2517" wrote in message ... In my computer lab, I'd like to create a set way that the toolbars appear for each class that enters the lab. Is there a way I can set them and LOCK them? On a PC it takes a tad more for the toolbar to be closed, and on a Mac it's easier since a user may quickly click on the close button, but I want to be able to LOCK them so that they're always available. Can this be done? Thanx |
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Can I lock the toolbars?
Yes. The simplest way is to replace each user's Normal.dot template when
they login. As part of your login script, you copy a default Normal.dot into the user's User Templates folder each time the user logs on. This obliterates almost all the customisations a previous user could do. Another way to do this is to install Office as "Run from Network". You can then set all of the preference files to Read Only, so all users get a default version each time they open the application. Tip: If you're going to do that, put a copy of Normal.dot in the same folder as Winword.exe (the main executable) and lock it read-only. If Word finds a copy of Normal in the application folder, it will use it in preference to any other copy on the machine. Hope this helps On 9/3/06 10:31 AM, in article , "sksmith2517" wrote: In my computer lab, I'd like to create a set way that the toolbars appear for each class that enters the lab. Is there a way I can set them and LOCK them? On a PC it takes a tad more for the toolbar to be closed, and on a Mac it's easier since a user may quickly click on the close button, but I want to be able to LOCK them so that they're always available. Can this be done? Thanx -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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