How to show / hide customized toolbars using shortcuts?

[gomengb]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel I have defined a shortcut for a customized toolbar. The shortcut works, of sorts, but only if I open the submenu on which the name of the toolbar resides, rendering it practically useless. Any suggestions?

 

[John McGhie]

What are you trying to do?

If you close your Normal.dotm template with your customised toolbar visible,
it should remain that way for every document.

Other than that, you'll need to wait for the next version of Word to bring
VBA back so you can do this kind of customisation. AppleScript can't be
attached to buttons.

Cheers

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel
I have defined a shortcut for a customized toolbar. The shortcut works, of
sorts, but only if I open the submenu on which the name of the toolbar
resides, rendering it practically useless. Any suggestions?

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matters unless you intend to pay!

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[gomengb]

What I want is to show / hide the toolbar at will depending on how much space I need for the document. I often work with two text documents side by side and want them to be zoomed in as much as possible. Now I have to go into the menus to do this which takes unnecessary time. The frustrating thing is that I have managed to assign a shortcut using the system preferences; it is just that the shortcut works only when I have accessed the toolbar submenu to the view menu.

 

[John McGhie]

Try the unlabelled blue jelly-bean control in the top right corner. That
shows/hides the entire menu/toolbar structure.

Don't forget you've pressed it, because the entire user interface goes away


Cheers

What I want is to show / hide the toolbar at will depending on how much space
I need for the document. I often work with two text documents side by side and
want them to be zoomed in as much as possible. Now I have to go into the menus
to do this which takes unnecessary time. The frustrating thing is that I have
managed to assign a shortcut using the system preferences; it is just that the
shortcut works only when I have accessed the toolbar submenu to the view menu.

This email is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless you intend to pay!

--

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

 

[gomengb]

OK, maybe I need to add the items on my toolbar onto a dockable toolbar. I am hesitant, however, since I much prefer having the toolbar at the bottom of the screen, allowing me to read and do most work higher up (I'm using a laptop at all times). It that's not possible, however...

 

[gomengb]

Oh, and thanks for your help. It wasn't *exactly* what I was asking for, but is much appreciated nonetheless.

Cheers