How to prevent users from removing the standard & formatting toolb

[Josh]

I work in a school and students are always removing the standard and
formatting toolbars from Microsoft Word. How do I prevent users from removing
these toolbars? I've seen a few Macro solutions that lock the toolbars from
being moved, but not being deleted. We're using a few different versions of
Word, but not the latest. We spend a lot of time adding the toolbars back
into Word, so it would be nice to get an answer on this. Thanks for you time.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Assuming that you can determine who was logged on to the computer when the
display of the toolbar was turned off, how about the big stick approach?

Alternatively just let all the users know that to display the toolbar if it
is not visible, select Toolbars from the View menu and select the one that
they want to use.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Cindy M.]

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I work in a school and students are always removing the standard and
formatting toolbars from Microsoft Word. How do I prevent users from removing
these toolbars? I've seen a few Macro solutions that lock the toolbars from
being moved, but not being deleted. We're using a few different versions of
Word, but not the latest. We spend a lot of time adding the toolbars back
into Word, so it would be nice to get an answer on this. Thanks for you time.

It's not possible to delete a built-in toolbar. Turn it off, yes, but not
delete. This line of code will prevent people from changing the visibility:

CommandBars("Standard").Protection = msoBarNoChangeVisible

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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