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MS Office Forum / Word / Menus and Toolbars / May 2008Add-in macro not shown in Quick Access Toolbar commands
I have an add-in (Word 2007) which has public macros and is loaded on startup. I can view / run the macro pressing ALT+F8. But i would like to add a button on the QAT but when i goto customize and choose "Macros" from the "Choose commands from" drop down the macros are not listed. What i find odd is that if i hit the "Customize..." button on the keyboard shortcuts the macros are listed here and I can assign a keyboard shortcut to them but can't seem to add a button in the QAT? Any help? I see the same thing. I suspect that this was an oversight in creating the QAT capabilities. I'll ask Microsoft if it's a bug. It sure seems like one to me.  SignatureHerb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com >I have an add-in (Word 2007) which has public macros and is loaded on > startup. I can view / run the macro pressing ALT+F8. But i would like [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Any help? I suspect this may be by design. If you open the startup template in Word, then the macro listings it contains become available to the QAT editor. Add the command then close the template. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > I have an add-in (Word 2007) which has public macros and is loaded on > startup. I can view / run the macro pressing ALT+F8. But i would like [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Any help? > I suspect this may be by design. If you open the startup template in Word, > then the macro listings it contains become available to the QAT editor. Add [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Thanks for both of you. That would be great if you could ask Microsoft about it. If its a bug it would be great to get it fixed. If its by desing it doesn't make much sense to be able to link it to a keyboard shortcut but NOT be able to link it to a button. And surely its pretty laborious to have to open up the add-in to be able to link a button. > Thanks for both of you. That would be great if you could ask Microsoft > about it. If its a bug it would be great to get it fixed. If its by > desing it doesn't make much sense to be able to link it to a keyboard > shortcut but NOT be able to link it to a button. And surely its pretty > laborious to have to open up the add-in to be able to link a button. If there is sense in it, it is because the QAT is completely new to the version, whereas the shortcut key editor is retained from the earlier versions. 2007 is a bit of a mish mash of old and new functions and the new functions often leave something to be desired. I suspect at least some of the shortcomings will be addressed in the next version. If we get a comment from Microsoft it will be passed on. If you still have access to the earlier Word version you may find http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm useful. Not a convenient solution, but a flexible approach to adding tools. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Bolstering the idea that it's a bug, if you revisit the QAT customize window after adding a macro by opening the startup template directly, after the template is closed, you can no longer see where the macro associated with the tool resides. This definitely seems like an oversight to me. You should always be able to inspect things to find out what's what, and in this case, once the startup-based macro has been added to the QAT in the manner indicated by Graham, the QAT dialog offers no subsequent trail to the owning template. SignatureHerb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com >> Thanks for both of you. That would be great if you could ask Microsoft >> about it. If its a bug it would be great to get it fixed. If its by [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm useful. Not a convenient > solution, but a flexible approach to adding tools. > Bolstering the idea that it's a bug, if you revisit the QAT customize window > after adding a macro by opening the startup template directly, after the [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > - Show quoted text - So in the meantime to make it easier for co-workers to use the add-in i put it into a COM Add-in and Added a tab in the ribbon. This atleast allows them to add the commands to the QAT. But how can then remove my "Common Tasks" tab from the ribbon if they so choose? I find this odd since in all other versions of office you could customize the toolbars so easily. Thanks for all the help > So in the meantime to make it easier for co-workers to use the add-in > i put it into a COM Add-in and Added a tab in the ribbon. This atleast > allows them to add the commands to the QAT. But how can then remove my > "Common Tasks" tab from the ribbon if they so choose? I find this odd > since in all other versions of office you could customize the toolbars > so easily. Thanks for all the help Short of removing the add-in there is no way to toggle the display of ribbon items. Love it or loathe it the approach adopted in 2007 is fundamentally different from that in earlier versions. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
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