How to save a customized command button?

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svendsen - 02 Aug 2007 23:22 GMT

Hi All:

I`ve created a customized command button onto the standard toolbar (to the
right of the Help button) and assigned several macro buttons to this command
button.
However, somehow my Normal.dot file seems to have become corrupt
(file->close actually saves the file without asking first).
I believe I need to rename my current Normal.dot file to another name and
open Word again for it to create a new (and hopefully clean) Normal.dot.
I`ve saved my macros to a notepad text file, but I do not know how to
save/extract this toolbar customization from my old Normal.dot to bring it
into the new Normal.dot file - is this possibel? If so, how is this done?
TIA, JS

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Graham Mayor - 03 Aug 2007 06:01 GMT

When you have renamed normal.dot, open it in Word and use Alt+Drag to move
any customised buttoms to their required location in the new one.
It is better to create custom toolbars rather than modify the standard ones,
then moving them to a different template is much simpler, using the
organizer. Create a new toolbar in your new normal.dot and drag the button
to that toolbar.
See also http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm then
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm

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> Hi All:
>
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> Normal.dot to bring it into the new Normal.dot file - is this
> possibel? If so, how is this done? TIA, JS

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svendsen - 03 Aug 2007 15:28 GMT

Hi Graham - thank you very much for replying.
I agree that it's better to create a custom toolbar than a new adding a
Command to an existing toolbar, however when I create a new toolbar I cannot
get it to stay on the same row as the normal toolbar (I loose viewing space
because it needs 2 rows). Is there a way to keep the new toolbar on the same
row as the normal toolbar (e.g., to the right of Help button) like in other
applications/version?
Again, thanks a lot - JS

> When you have renamed normal.dot, open it in Word and use Alt+Drag to move
> any customised buttoms to their required location in the new one.
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>> Normal.dot to bring it into the new Normal.dot file - is this
>> possibel? If so, how is this done? TIA, JS

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