Hi Sivaram:

You might wish to check this vb.net page that discusses vb.net toolbars-

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=25741

If you wish to keep it inside MS Word, use VBA code that would look
something like this-

Dim mybar, mybar2
Set mybar = CommandBars("Custom 2")
Set mybar2 = CommandBars("switchboardmain")
mybar.Visible = True
mybar2.Visible = True

It can be placed in the Microsoft Word Objects -> ThisDocument section of
the Visual Basic coding area of your template.

Cheers,
Al