Add macro to toolbar in XP?

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Ed - 20 Mar 2006 17:43 GMT

With Word 2000, I could drag a macro up to the toolbar and add an icon, and
the button would stay and show up in all documents. Is this process
different in Word XP? I eve tried opening Normal as a document and adding
it there, but I can't seem to get the button to stick. Any suggestions?

Ed

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Helmut Weber - 20 Mar 2006 18:05 GMT

Hi Ed,

what is opening normal.dot as a document?

When I open normal.dot and place a new icon somewhere,
save normal.dot, create a new doc based on normal.dot
the icon is there.

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Ed - 20 Mar 2006 20:46 GMT

I guess I just needed to threaten Normal with an MVP! It worked this time!

It wasn't that the icon was not available with new docs - to tell the truth,
I have been working on an existing doc, and will only briefly create a new
doc to contain some info temporarily. It was that the icon wouldn't show up
in the existing doc after I added it to the toolbar (and saved, closed, and
reopened).

This time, I opened Normal, added the button for the macro and an icon,
saved and quit. When I opened my doc, behold! TWO buttons - the previous
one AND the new one! I deleted the previous one. We'll see if things go up
in smoke!

Thanks for the help, Helmut.
Ed

> Hi Ed,
>
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> save normal.dot, create a new doc based on normal.dot
> the icon is there.

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