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Delete extra items on main menu?
I installed the trial version of Adobe Acrobat, then later uninstalled it.
But the installation added a couple of menu items, and I can't figure out how to delete them. My menu now reads: File Edit View .. . . Adobe PDF Acrobat Comments I'm looking at Tools / Customize / Commands / Categories / Built-in Menus, but I don't see those two extra menu items. Any suggestions? Thanks. (I'm using Word 2003.) |
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Delete extra items on main menu?
If you uninstalled the add-in correctly, the menus should be gone. Have you
checked in Tools Templates and Add-Ins whether you still have PDFMaker listed there (a .dot file). It is the one that generates the menus. You can delete menu items this as follows: Press Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen. The cursor changes to a bold hyphen and you can now click the items you want to delete (you can press Escape to return to normal mode). Be careful that you dont delete something you want to keep. -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Eric" wrote: I installed the trial version of Adobe Acrobat, then later uninstalled it. But the installation added a couple of menu items, and I can't figure out how to delete them. My menu now reads: File Edit View . . . Adobe PDF Acrobat Comments I'm looking at Tools / Customize / Commands / Categories / Built-in Menus, but I don't see those two extra menu items. Any suggestions? Thanks. (I'm using Word 2003.) |
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Delete extra items on main menu?
CORRECTION: By mistake I wrote Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen €“ should have been
Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen. Sorry. -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Lene Fredborg" wrote: If you uninstalled the add-in correctly, the menus should be gone. Have you checked in Tools Templates and Add-Ins whether you still have PDFMaker listed there (a .dot file). It is the one that generates the menus. You can delete menu items this as follows: Press Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen. The cursor changes to a bold hyphen and you can now click the items you want to delete (you can press Escape to return to normal mode). Be careful that you dont delete something you want to keep. -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Eric" wrote: I installed the trial version of Adobe Acrobat, then later uninstalled it. But the installation added a couple of menu items, and I can't figure out how to delete them. My menu now reads: File Edit View . . . Adobe PDF Acrobat Comments I'm looking at Tools / Customize / Commands / Categories / Built-in Menus, but I don't see those two extra menu items. Any suggestions? Thanks. (I'm using Word 2003.) |
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Delete extra items on main menu?
I've tried it. I assume you're saying that I should do this in the main
editing pane. Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen does change the cursor to a bold hyphen when as long as the cursor remains inside the the editing pane. But when I move it to the menu bar, it changes to the normal mouse pointer (an arrow), and when I then click on the menu item that I want to delete (Adobe PDF), it performs the normal action, which is to display the sub-menu, which contains one item: Convert to Adobe PDF. It does not delete the menu item. When I move the cursor back into the editing pane, I see the bold hyphen again. Any further suggestions? Thanks for your help. "Lene Fredborg" wrote: CORRECTION: By mistake I wrote Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen €“ should have been Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen. Sorry. -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Lene Fredborg" wrote: If you uninstalled the add-in correctly, the menus should be gone. Have you checked in Tools Templates and Add-Ins whether you still have PDFMaker listed there (a .dot file). It is the one that generates the menus. You can delete menu items this as follows: Press Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen. The cursor changes to a bold hyphen and you can now click the items you want to delete (you can press Escape to return to normal mode). Be careful that you dont delete something you want to keep. -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Eric" wrote: I installed the trial version of Adobe Acrobat, then later uninstalled it. But the installation added a couple of menu items, and I can't figure out how to delete them. My menu now reads: File Edit View . . . Adobe PDF Acrobat Comments I'm looking at Tools / Customize / Commands / Categories / Built-in Menus, but I don't see those two extra menu items. Any suggestions? Thanks. (I'm using Word 2003.) |
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Delete extra items on main menu?
P.S. I agree that the Adobe uninstall should have deleted the extra menu
items in Word. But it didn't. I was a little annoyed. "Eric" wrote: I've tried it. I assume you're saying that I should do this in the main editing pane. Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen does change the cursor to a bold hyphen when as long as the cursor remains inside the the editing pane. But when I move it to the menu bar, it changes to the normal mouse pointer (an arrow), and when I then click on the menu item that I want to delete (Adobe PDF), it performs the normal action, which is to display the sub-menu, which contains one item: Convert to Adobe PDF. It does not delete the menu item. When I move the cursor back into the editing pane, I see the bold hyphen again. Any further suggestions? Thanks for your help. "Lene Fredborg" wrote: CORRECTION: By mistake I wrote Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen €“ should have been Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen. Sorry. -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Lene Fredborg" wrote: If you uninstalled the add-in correctly, the menus should be gone. Have you checked in Tools Templates and Add-Ins whether you still have PDFMaker listed there (a .dot file). It is the one that generates the menus. You can delete menu items this as follows: Press Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen. The cursor changes to a bold hyphen and you can now click the items you want to delete (you can press Escape to return to normal mode). Be careful that you dont delete something you want to keep. -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Eric" wrote: I installed the trial version of Adobe Acrobat, then later uninstalled it. But the installation added a couple of menu items, and I can't figure out how to delete them. My menu now reads: File Edit View . . . Adobe PDF Acrobat Comments I'm looking at Tools / Customize / Commands / Categories / Built-in Menus, but I don't see those two extra menu items. Any suggestions? Thanks. (I'm using Word 2003.) |
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Delete extra items on main menu?
P.P.S. I've checked Tools / Templates and Add-Ins, and the box labeled
"Global Templates and Add-Ins / Checked items are currently loaded" is blank. "Eric" wrote: P.S. I agree that the Adobe uninstall should have deleted the extra menu items in Word. But it didn't. I was a little annoyed. "Eric" wrote: I've tried it. I assume you're saying that I should do this in the main editing pane. Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen does change the cursor to a bold hyphen when as long as the cursor remains inside the the editing pane. But when I move it to the menu bar, it changes to the normal mouse pointer (an arrow), and when I then click on the menu item that I want to delete (Adobe PDF), it performs the normal action, which is to display the sub-menu, which contains one item: Convert to Adobe PDF. It does not delete the menu item. When I move the cursor back into the editing pane, I see the bold hyphen again. Any further suggestions? Thanks for your help. "Lene Fredborg" wrote: CORRECTION: By mistake I wrote Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen €“ should have been Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen. Sorry. -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Lene Fredborg" wrote: If you uninstalled the add-in correctly, the menus should be gone. Have you checked in Tools Templates and Add-Ins whether you still have PDFMaker listed there (a .dot file). It is the one that generates the menus. You can delete menu items this as follows: Press Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen. The cursor changes to a bold hyphen and you can now click the items you want to delete (you can press Escape to return to normal mode). Be careful that you dont delete something you want to keep. -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Eric" wrote: I installed the trial version of Adobe Acrobat, then later uninstalled it. But the installation added a couple of menu items, and I can't figure out how to delete them. My menu now reads: File Edit View . . . Adobe PDF Acrobat Comments I'm looking at Tools / Customize / Commands / Categories / Built-in Menus, but I don't see those two extra menu items. Any suggestions? Thanks. (I'm using Word 2003.) |
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Delete extra items on main menu?
Unfortunately, I gave you the wrong procedure. The procedure I described can
be used to delete commands in menus, not the menus themselves. Since you want to delete the entire Adobe menus, do this instead: Open the Customize dialog box (right-click in the toolbar area and select Customize or select Tools Customize). While the dialog box is open, right-click one at a time the menus you want to delete and select Delete from the pop-up menu. Close the Customize dialog box when finished. -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Eric" wrote: P.P.S. I've checked Tools / Templates and Add-Ins, and the box labeled "Global Templates and Add-Ins / Checked items are currently loaded" is blank. "Eric" wrote: P.S. I agree that the Adobe uninstall should have deleted the extra menu items in Word. But it didn't. I was a little annoyed. "Eric" wrote: I've tried it. I assume you're saying that I should do this in the main editing pane. Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen does change the cursor to a bold hyphen when as long as the cursor remains inside the the editing pane. But when I move it to the menu bar, it changes to the normal mouse pointer (an arrow), and when I then click on the menu item that I want to delete (Adobe PDF), it performs the normal action, which is to display the sub-menu, which contains one item: Convert to Adobe PDF. It does not delete the menu item. When I move the cursor back into the editing pane, I see the bold hyphen again. Any further suggestions? Thanks for your help. "Lene Fredborg" wrote: CORRECTION: By mistake I wrote Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen €“ should have been Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen. Sorry. -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Lene Fredborg" wrote: If you uninstalled the add-in correctly, the menus should be gone. Have you checked in Tools Templates and Add-Ins whether you still have PDFMaker listed there (a .dot file). It is the one that generates the menus. You can delete menu items this as follows: Press Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen. The cursor changes to a bold hyphen and you can now click the items you want to delete (you can press Escape to return to normal mode). Be careful that you dont delete something you want to keep. -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Eric" wrote: I installed the trial version of Adobe Acrobat, then later uninstalled it. But the installation added a couple of menu items, and I can't figure out how to delete them. My menu now reads: File Edit View . . . Adobe PDF Acrobat Comments I'm looking at Tools / Customize / Commands / Categories / Built-in Menus, but I don't see those two extra menu items. Any suggestions? Thanks. (I'm using Word 2003.) |
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Thanks. It worked perfectly.
"Lene Fredborg" wrote: Unfortunately, I gave you the wrong procedure. The procedure I described can be used to delete commands in menus, not the menus themselves. Since you want to delete the entire Adobe menus, do this instead: Open the Customize dialog box (right-click in the toolbar area and select Customize or select Tools Customize). While the dialog box is open, right-click one at a time the menus you want to delete and select Delete from the pop-up menu. Close the Customize dialog box when finished. -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Eric" wrote: P.P.S. I've checked Tools / Templates and Add-Ins, and the box labeled "Global Templates and Add-Ins / Checked items are currently loaded" is blank. "Eric" wrote: P.S. I agree that the Adobe uninstall should have deleted the extra menu items in Word. But it didn't. I was a little annoyed. "Eric" wrote: I've tried it. I assume you're saying that I should do this in the main editing pane. Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen does change the cursor to a bold hyphen when as long as the cursor remains inside the the editing pane. But when I move it to the menu bar, it changes to the normal mouse pointer (an arrow), and when I then click on the menu item that I want to delete (Adobe PDF), it performs the normal action, which is to display the sub-menu, which contains one item: Convert to Adobe PDF. It does not delete the menu item. When I move the cursor back into the editing pane, I see the bold hyphen again. Any further suggestions? Thanks for your help. "Lene Fredborg" wrote: CORRECTION: By mistake I wrote Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen €“ should have been Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen. Sorry. -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Lene Fredborg" wrote: If you uninstalled the add-in correctly, the menus should be gone. Have you checked in Tools Templates and Add-Ins whether you still have PDFMaker listed there (a .dot file). It is the one that generates the menus. You can delete menu items this as follows: Press Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen. The cursor changes to a bold hyphen and you can now click the items you want to delete (you can press Escape to return to normal mode). Be careful that you dont delete something you want to keep. -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Eric" wrote: I installed the trial version of Adobe Acrobat, then later uninstalled it. But the installation added a couple of menu items, and I can't figure out how to delete them. My menu now reads: File Edit View . . . Adobe PDF Acrobat Comments I'm looking at Tools / Customize / Commands / Categories / Built-in Menus, but I don't see those two extra menu items. Any suggestions? Thanks. (I'm using Word 2003.) |
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