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MS Office Forum / Word / Menus and Toolbars / January 2005Custom Toolbars not showing
Running Office 2000 in XP Pro SP2 Had prior problem not having custom toolbars & macros showing on new computer, even though I had copied Normal.dot over to new computer from old computer running WIN 98SE, after a fresh install of Office 2000. Did a search on new computer & it only had 1 normal.dot file located at - C:\Documents and Settings\Douglas A. Boufford\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dot I then copied that normal.dot to - E:\Microsoft Office\Office\Startup\Normal.dot. After that copy, my custom toolbars and macros are showing in Word. If I do Tools\Macros and look in the "macros in:" field at the bottom of that screen, there are 2 "Normal.dot (global template)" showing up. One has my macros listed in it, while the other has NO macros listed in it. Now I'm really getting confused................ Any hints would appreciated Screen shot posted at http://www.bouffordca.com/macropic.htm TIA Doug Putting normal.dot into a startup folder (office or word) causes you to have two normal.dots loaded at the same time. This is not good. You might rename your old normal.dot to something else and strip out the AutoText that usually comes with it. I don't store my toolbars, autotext, or other customizations in normal.dot as a rule. I use one or more additional global templates (in the startup folder). See http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros, etc.  SignatureCharles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. > Running Office 2000 in XP Pro SP2 > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > TIA > Doug > Putting normal.dot into a startup folder (office or word) causes you to have > two normal.dots loaded at the same time. This is not good. You might rename [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros, > etc. Charles Before I start on the above -------I don't understand why if the normal.dot is in "C:\Documents and Settings\Douglas A. Boufford\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\" folder, then I start Word - there are NO macros nor custom toolbars available. Once I place a COPY of that normal.dot in "E:\Microsoft Office\Office\Startup\", the macros & custom tollbars show up in Word. I hear what you are saying about having 2 copies of normal.dot running, but this is the only way to see the macros & custom toolbars. (This is a copy of normal.dot that is working fine in WIN 98SE) When I open up MS VB & look in the project window, there are 2 Normal projects there (natch). The 1st Normal will not expand & I get the message "Project is unviewable". When I look at Tools\macros, all of my macros are there. The 2nd Normal will expand, but there are no macros there. Before I start creating a global template per the great instuctions on the web site, I have to make sure that I can get to my Normal.dot to get the macros Thanks Doug Is the folder where Normal.dot is stored the folder selected for "User templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options? SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > > Putting normal.dot into a startup folder (office or word) causes you to have > > two normal.dots loaded at the same time. This is not good. You might rename [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > Doug > Is the folder where Normal.dot is stored the folder selected for "User > templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options? NO - should it be. User templates folder is set as "E:\Microsoft Office\Templates" - could that be the problem??? Doug Absolutely. The active normal.dot is the one contained in the folder indicated at 'user templates'. The one at C:\Documents and Settings\Douglas A. Boufford\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates is not seen by Word. Move it to the E drive folder and replace the default normal.dot - the one without the macros - there. Or do as Charles suggested and rename the one in the startup folder to avoid confusion. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> >> Is the folder where Normal.dot is stored the folder selected for >> "User templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Doug > Absolutely. The active normal.dot is the one contained in the folder > indicated at 'user templates'. The one at C:\Documents and Settings\Douglas > A. Boufford\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates is not seen by Word. Move > it to the E drive folder and replace the default normal.dot - the one > without the macros - there. Or do as Charles suggested and rename the one in > the startup folder to avoid confusion. THANK you Suzanne, Charles & Graham. I have now set up a separate global temp (DAB.dot) with my customizations (& copied it to another location for backup) All is working great. I appreciate the help Doug Yes. SignatureCharles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. >> Is the folder where Normal.dot is stored the folder selected for "User >> templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Doug Normal1.dot = the version that is in your startup folder. Normal2.dot = the version in your templates folder. Normally macros in Normal1.dot will be available during your Word session as with macros from any global template. You will not be able to view these in the visual basic editor unless you actually open the template or create a document based on it. This is normal behavior for a template in the Startup folder. >> Putting normal.dot into a startup folder (office or word) causes you to >> have two normal.dots loaded at the same time. This is not good. You might [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Doug |
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