Can I lock the toolbars?

[Guest]

In my computer lab, I'd like to create a set way that the toolbars appear for
each class that enters the lab. Is there a way I can set them and LOCK them?
On a PC it takes a tad more for the toolbar to be closed, and on a Mac it's
easier since a user may quickly click on the close button, but I want to be
able to LOCK them so that they're always available. Can this be done? Thanx

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Version of Word?

Simpler is to make them always appear when Word starts. Would that be
sufficient?
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[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Yes. The simplest way is to replace each user's Normal.dot template when
they login.

As part of your login script, you copy a default Normal.dot into the user's
User Templates folder each time the user logs on.

This obliterates almost all the customisations a previous user could do.

Another way to do this is to install Office as "Run from Network". You can
then set all of the preference files to Read Only, so all users get a
default version each time they open the application.

Tip: If you're going to do that, put a copy of Normal.dot in the same
folder as Winword.exe (the main executable) and lock it read-only. If Word
finds a copy of Normal in the application folder, it will use it in
preference to any other copy on the machine.

Hope this helps

In my computer lab, I'd like to create a set way that the toolbars appear for
each class that enters the lab. Is there a way I can set them and LOCK them?
On a PC it takes a tad more for the toolbar to be closed, and on a Mac it's
easier since a user may quickly click on the close button, but I want to be
able to LOCK them so that they're always available. Can this be done? Thanx

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