I am using Microsoft Office 2003 on a new Dell D6300 laptop at work. I make
changes to the toolbars in Word to allow me easy access to commonly used
functions (e.g. - Insert Picture, Superscript, etc.). When I boot up my
computer the next day and start Word, all of my toolbar changes are lost and
I have to add them all over again. I've made changes to my Outlook and Excel
toolbars and those changes are staying. How can I make the changes to my
Word toolbars permanent? Thanks in advance for any and all help provided.

Roger Tregelles
Quality Engineer

Unless you tell it differently, Word is supposed to save your toolbar
customizations into the Normal.dot template. There are some add-ins that can
prevent that template from being saved (for example, see
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm). If you can't
immediately spot the problem, try removing all add-ins from the Startup
folder and putting them back one at a time until you find the one that
suppresses the saving of Normal.dot changes.

As a workaround until you find the culprit, you can force the template to be
saved. Hold down the Shift key while you click the File menu, and you'll see
a Save All entry. Click that, and it will save first the current document
and then the Normal.dot template.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

Roger Tregelles wrote:
> I am using Microsoft Office 2003 on a new Dell D6300 laptop at work.
> I make changes to the toolbars in Word to allow me easy access to
> commonly used functions (e.g. - Insert Picture, Superscript, etc.).
> When I boot up my computer the next day and start Word, all of my
> toolbar changes are lost and I have to add them all over again. I've
> made changes to my Outlook and Excel toolbars and those changes are
> staying. How can I make the changes to my Word toolbars permanent?
> Thanks in advance for any and all help provided.
> Roger Tregelles
> Quality Engineer

Hi Jay,

That worked! When installed ClickBook from BlueSquirrel it left a DOT file
in the Startup folder that seems to have been the culprit. Thanks so much
for your help and the great website link for getting rid of the Acrobat
toolbar. Thanks again. :-)


Roger Tregelles


"Jay Freedman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Unless you tell it differently, Word is supposed to save your toolbar
> customizations into the Normal.dot template. There are some add-ins that
> can prevent that template from being saved (for example, see
> http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm). If you can't
> immediately spot the problem, try removing all add-ins from the Startup
> folder and putting them back one at a time until you find the one that
> suppresses the saving of Normal.dot changes.
>
> As a workaround until you find the culprit, you can force the template to
> be saved. Hold down the Shift key while you click the File menu, and
> you'll see a Save All entry. Click that, and it will save first the
> current document and then the Normal.dot template.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
> so all may benefit.
>
> Roger Tregelles wrote:
>> I am using Microsoft Office 2003 on a new Dell D6300 laptop at work.
>> I make changes to the toolbars in Word to allow me easy access to
>> commonly used functions (e.g. - Insert Picture, Superscript, etc.).
>> When I boot up my computer the next day and start Word, all of my
>> toolbar changes are lost and I have to add them all over again. I've
>> made changes to my Outlook and Excel toolbars and those changes are
>> staying. How can I make the changes to my Word toolbars permanent?
>> Thanks in advance for any and all help provided.
>> Roger Tregelles
>> Quality Engineer
>
>