How do I stop my menu/toolbar scheme from being modified automatic

[Needy Ned]

I customize my menus and toolbar buttons for ease of use in all the Microsoft
products that I use. The problwem is that wehen I open a spreadsheet,
document or presentation that someone has emailed to me, my menus and
toolbars take on some characteristics of the sender (e.g. adding a 'Reviewing
Toolbar' (which I hate); changing my spreadseehts from R1C1 to A1
orientations; redirceting my default menu to open (in Powerpoint Only),
etc.). How do I stop this from happening - it is EXTREMELY ANNOYING. I am
using Office 2002.

 

[Bob I]

Don't open spreadsheets that contain the settings that annoy you.

 

[Beth Melton]

I customize my menus and toolbar buttons for ease of use in all the
Microsoft
products that I use. The problwem is that wehen I open a spreadsheet,
document or presentation that someone has emailed to me, my menus and
toolbars take on some characteristics of the sender (e.g. adding a
'Reviewing
Toolbar' (which I hate); changing my spreadseehts from R1C1 to A1
orientations; redirceting my default menu to open (in Powerpoint Only),
etc.). How do I stop this from happening - it is EXTREMELY ANNOYING. I
am
using Office 2002.

For an answer to the Reviewing toolbar take a look at this article:
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=221

As for the others, try holding Shift while you open the file and see if the
issue occurs. If it doesn't then more than likely the files have a macro
that is changing your preferences.
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Beth Melton
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