Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us
Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network
Home
DiscussionsAccessExcelInfoPathOutlookPowerPointPublisherWord
DirectoryUser Groups
Related Topics
Outlook ExpressInternet ExplorerWindowsMS Server ProductsMore Topics ...

MS Office Forum / Word / Menus and Toolbars / January 2006

Tip: Looking for answers? Try searching our database.

Export & Import Toolbar

Thread view: 
Enable EMail Alerts  Start New Thread
Thread rating: 
<*(((><{ - 27 Jan 2006 00:21 GMT
Hello,
    I've got a nicely customized toolbar in Word 2000.  It contains
macro commands, beautifully designed graphics on custom toolbars, and
fabulous drop-down lists.  

    I want to export it from my Word 2000 on my home machine, and
import it into my Word XP/2002 on my laptop machine.  

    Can I do that?  If so, how, please?

<*((((><{
Fishy@Ocean.Net
Cindy M  -WordMVP- - 27 Jan 2006 17:05 GMT
Hi <*(((><{,

> I've got a nicely customized toolbar in Word 2000.  It contains
> macro commands, beautifully designed graphics on custom toolbars, and
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>  
>  Can I do that?  If so, how, please?

It should be possible, although no guarantees that the macros will port
to a newer version. They should, in general terms, but there are some
things that have changed, so you need to be aware of the possibility.

1. Create a new document and save it as a template (*.dot).

2. Tools/Templates and Addins/Organizer.

3. First copy the macro projects that contain your code from Normal.dot
(I'm assuming that's where you've saved these things) to the template

4. Now copy the toolbar(s).

5. Save the template file, close it, and copy it to the medium you want
to use to transport it.

6. At home, copy the template to your Word STARTUP folder. (You can
find out where this is by checking in Tools/Options/File locations.)

When you start Word, the template should load as an Addin and the
toolbars will be available. If you ever need to change the macros or
anything, you need to OPEN the template in order to gain access to them.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question
or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)
Charles Kenyon - 28 Jan 2006 15:19 GMT
It will depend on how you built the toolbar. Toolbars you create can usually
be exported. Customized built-in toolbars cannot. 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.
Signature


Charles 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ 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.

> Hello,
> I've got a nicely customized toolbar in Word 2000.  It contains
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> <*((((><{
> Fishy@Ocean.Net
 
Sign In
Join
My Latest Posts
My Monitored Threads
My Blog
My Photo Gallery
My Profile
My Homepage

Start New Thread
Enable EMail Alerts
Rate this Thread



©2008 Advenet LLC   Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.