Hi Hal:
Yes, there is a way, but you have to be careful where you put the toolbars,
and you have to ensure that the toolbars that you want apply to the document
or selection that you have in play.
Word 2008's user interface is more context-sensitive than its predecessors:
toolbars such as the Reviewing toolbar will not appear until the document
actually contains tracked changes.
Toolbars stored in the Normal template will appear in any document once they
have been revealed in that document.
Toolbars stored in a different template will appear only in documents that
are attached to that specific template.
Toolbars stored in the document can appear only in the document that stores
them.
So when you are making toolbars, you have to be careful where you put them
Since this can become quite complex, I tend to simply customise the Standard
toolbars, these days. They are stored in the Normal template, and visible
in all documents.
First, right-click it and throw off all the rubbish you DON'T use, to make
room.
Then customise the Standard toolbar with the stuff you ALWAYS need, because
it's always visible. Then do the same with the Formatting toolbar, and put
on it all the stuff you use less often.
Now: Once you start customising your Normal template, make CERTAIN that
your backup includes it. Because if you customise it, it will corrupt from
time to time, particularly if you customise the built-in toolbars
The kiss of "instant death" is to make competing changes to one of the
built-in toolbars in both the Normal template and one of your attached
templates. That is likely to corrupt both...
Hope this helps
I'd like to have Word 2008 open with a defined set of toolbars already in
place, but I can't seem to get that accomplished. I tried creating a
document with the toolbars I want in place, but when I open the saved
document, the only toolbars that appear are Standard and Formatting. I also
tried creating a template file for this purpose. However, when I open the
template, the only toolbars that automatically appear are Standard and
Formatting.
Is there a way to accomplish this in Word 2008?
Hal
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