Add-ins tab in Word 2007

[pixiecat]

Excel 2007 has an add-ins tab in the ribbon showing the active add-ins. Is
there a similar tab in Word? How do I access my active add-ins to use them?
I tried the help files, but they're pretty useless.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Excel 2007 has an add-ins tab in the ribbon showing the active
add-ins. Is there a similar tab in Word? How do I access my active
add-ins to use them? I tried the help files, but they're pretty
useless.

Word does have an Add-Ins tab. It appears only when the add-in supplies
legacy toolbars or menus. See
http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm for some tricks you can do
with them.

Eventually, most add-ins will probably be updated to supply ribbon
customizations, either adding groups to existing tabs or adding new tabs.
This isn't something you should be expected to do as an end user.

To manage your add-ins (such as enabling and disabling them), go to Office
button > Word Options > Add-Ins. At the bottom, select the type of add-in
and click Go.

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Microsoft Word MVP
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[pixiecat]

So then how do I get to the add-ins that are activated? The add-in screen
only shows which add-ins are activated and which ones aren't. If I want to
use the add-in, how do I find it?

Example, I have Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional. It's showing up on the add-in
page, but if I want to pdf something, I have to go to print and choose pdf as
the printer. That's a different process from going to the toolbar button
Adobe used to create in Word and creating the document from there. That
process created bookmarks and did other things that just 'printing' to pdf
doesn't do.

 

[Jay Freedman]

I can't speak to Acrobat. I actively avoid Adobe products as much as
possible because they have no idea how to make their products work properly
in Word.

Every other add-in I've seen that supplied a custom toolbar (_not_ a custom
button on a built-in toolbar) for Word 2003 shows up in the Add-Ins tab of
the ribbon.

A suggestion that may or may not pan out: Right-click the Quick Access
Toolbar, choose Customize, and look through the All Commands category for
items that Acrobat's add-in supplies. If you find them, add them to the QAT.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Jay,

FWIW, the Add-Ins tab isn't limited to legacy items. I currently have two Microsoft add-ins written specifically for Word 2007 that
add buttons to that tab

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Word does have an Add-Ins tab. It appears only when the add-in supplies
legacy toolbars or menus. See
http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm for some tricks you can do
with them.

Eventually, most add-ins will probably be updated to supply ribbon
customizations, either adding groups to existing tabs or adding new tabs.
This isn't something you should be expected to do as an end user.

To manage your add-ins (such as enabling and disabling them), go to Office
button > Word Options > Add-Ins. At the bottom, select the type of add-in
and click Go.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman >>
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Graham Mayor]

Acrobat 7's add-in is incompatible with Word 2007. You need version 8.1.2 to
work with 2007.
You may continue to print to the Adobe driver (you can even create a macro
to do so which you can add to the QAT)

Sub PrintAdobe()
Dim sPrinter As String
sPrinter = ActivePrinter
ActivePrinter = "Adobe PDF"
Application.PrintOut
ActivePrinter = sPrinter
End Sub

or you could download and install Microsoft's PDF creation tool for Office
2007.

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[Jay Freedman]

Hi Bob,

That's interesting... but ultimately stupid. It implies that somebody didn't
know how or couldn't be bothered to customize the ribbon for their add-in. It
serves mainly to prove that Microsoft's development organization isn't as
monolithic as people seem to think. (But we knew that. <g>)

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Jay,

In one case, the ribbon is customized but the same control is also duplicated in the Add-Ins tab, which I think will make it more
discoverable, especially for folks now being used to looking only there for customization but also for businesses who may have
locked down the ribbon so it does not accept changes.


In the other add-in, which is from MS Research and they're asking for feedback there is a significant 'goof' in that they renamed
the Add-Ins tab to something they wanted (i.e. both the regular add-ins content and their new content are on that tab) [sigh]. That
add-in also added a custom tab (good) and added some entries to the Office button menu (which I'm now finding to be a bit
disconcerting after getting used to the predictability of the location of items in that menu <g>).


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Hi Bob,

That's interesting... but ultimately stupid. It implies that somebody didn't
know how or couldn't be bothered to customize the ribbon for their add-in. It
serves mainly to prove that Microsoft's development organization isn't as
monolithic as people seem to think. (But we knew that. <g>) >>
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Glazitelloe]

Pixiecat, there is an upgrade available for Office 2007 that includes a PDF
maker. After installing, you can file\save as\ to create the pdf if you
don't want to invest in the latest version of Acrobat 8.whatever it is this
week.