Adding a toolbar to a .dot file

[Guest]

We've created a toolbar for the company and we want it to appear on all
documents that are created using a specific .dot file. I thought that if I
saved the .dot file with the toolbar in place, that toolbar would appear
whenever a document was created based on that .dot file. I've not been
successful at getting that to happen. I always have to customize and add the
company toolbar in.

I add the toolbar to the .dot file.
I create a document based on that .dot file.
The toolbar is not in place by default and I have to add it. We want it as
a default.

That's it in a nutshell.

 

[Guest]

I've done this successfully in Word 2003. However, we've always had the .dot
file included as an add-in or in the startup menu. That's the only time it
shows up. Is that your approach?

 

[Graham Mayor]

Word 2000 - 2003? Are you sure that the toolbar is saved to the particular
document template (or to a global template accessible by all users)? Check
with the organizer and if necessary move it there. If it doesn't show, it
could be turned off. Add a line to an autonew macro in the document template
as follows

CommandBars("Your Toolbar Name").Visible = True

Word 2007 - see http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm

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[Guest]

Bev, Here's how I've had succes in saving a toolbar to a template:
1) find your normal.dot file (let me know if you need to know how to find it)
2) drag a copy of your template into the same folder
3)Make sure Word is closed and not running in the background
4) change the name of your Normal.dot to something like "normal_restore.dot"
5) change the name of your template to normal.dot
6) open an instance of Word (not the normal.dot file)
7) create your toolbar and close the document without making changes
8)close Word
9) change the name of the template back from normal.dot to it's original name
10) overwrite the old copy of the template iwth the new one
11) rename your normal file to normal.dot
12) delete the template copy

You should see the toolbar next time you open the template.

Let me know how that works for you.

 

[Graham Mayor]

If I have understood correctly, you are creating normal.dot from a personal
document template. This would not create a true normal.dot file. Only Word
can create normal.dot which it does when a file of that name is not present
when Word is started. You can move toolbars between templates/documents
using the Organizer, without having to resort to such a rigmarole.

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