Copying or porting a toolbar

[Shuggles]

Hi, I created a custom toolbar in a template and it seems it is tied to the
template only. I want to copy or port this toolbar into another template.
I've tried "templates & add-ins" but, obviously, can't figure it out so I
came here.

Thanks

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you save the toolbar in Normal.dot, it will be available to all
documents. Or you can save the template in which it is saved in Word's
Startup folder, where it will become a "global" template, and the toolbar
will be available to all documents.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Shuggles]

Thank you, Suzanne. You are always so helpful! I will try it out first
thing in the a.m. It's home time now!

Thanks

 

[Opinicus]

Or you can save the template in which it is saved in Word's
Startup folder, where it will become a "global" template, and the toolbar
will be available to all documents.

Does this apply to all versions of Word or only the most recent
one(s)? And where is the Startup folder?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It applies to all versions of Word. The path to the Startup folder is given
in the File Locations (in Word 2003 and earlier, this is on the File
Locations tab of Tools | Options). Global templates are explained at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/WhatTemplatesStore.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Or you can save the template in which it is saved in Word's
Startup folder, where it will become a "global" template, and the toolbar
will be available to all documents.

Does this apply to all versions of Word or only the most recent
one(s)? And where is the Startup folder?

 

[Graham Mayor]

Word 2007/2010 do not support toolbars so you cannot readily port a toolbar
to those versions - however see
http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm . You can however port
ribbon customizations and QAT entries via add-in templates.
The startup folder is a normally hidden folder which (if you have not moved
the default location) can be located by typing or copying
%appdata%\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP
into the address bar of Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer (not Firefox).

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Or you can save the template in which it is saved in Word's
Startup folder, where it will become a "global" template, and the toolbar
will be available to all documents.

Does this apply to all versions of Word or only the most recent
one(s)? And where is the Startup folder?