Customizing toolbar with templates icon

[Guest]

Is there a way to have an icon for the templates menu on the toolbar in Word
2003? I looked under "customize," but I couldn't find anything.

Basically, I'm trying to have an icon for the template menu like the blank
piece of piece of paper that brings up normal.dot. (Instead of going through
the sidebar that pops up.)

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Lwbrown:

I can't help you much here, because I can't understand what you're saying. I
don't know of any "Templates" menu. I'm going to guess that you mean the New
dialog box that opens when you click File > New.

You can create a toolbar button that opens that dialog box the same way
you'd add any custom button.

1. Click Tools > Customize.
2. Select the Commands tab.
3. Make sure the "Save In" list says Normal.dot (or whichever template you
want to use to save this customization).
3. In the Categories list, make sure File is selected.
4. From the Commands list, drag the "New..." command to any toolbar you like.
Don't use the "New" command, as this just opens a new document based on
Normal.dot -- not what I think you want.
5. With the Customize dialog box still open, right-click the button you just
added and edit the settings, including the icon image, to suit your tastes.
6. Close all dialog boxes when you're done.

Bear

Windows XP, Word 2000

 

[Guest]

Bear,

Sorry, I should have been clearer. I have a lot of templates that I
generally use. Usually, to get to the template box/menu, I click on "new"
under "File," and the side panel opens. From there, I click on the little
icon that represents templates and the template menu opens up. I want to be
able open up the template menu by just clicking on something on the toolbar
or under "File." Does that make sense?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Bear has explained (most of) what you need to do: add a button for
FileNewDialog to your toolbar (not New..., which just opens the task pane).
Unfortunately, this command doesn't have a standard button image. You can
design your own button image using the Button Image Editor, use one of
Word's small selection of images (using Change Button Image), or paste a
button image from another button. The last is what I have done: I removed
the FileNewDefault button (the one that opens a new Blank Document,
bypassing the File New dialog) and pasted its image onto the FileNewDialog
button.

To copy and paste button images, right-click on the button you want to copy
and choose Copy Button Image. Then right-click on the one you want to paste
it onto and choose Paste Button Image. You'll also need to choose Default
for the button display (otherwise it will display both the button image and
the Other... text).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Jay Freedman]

Bear's procedure is almost right. Since his tagline says he's using Word
2000, he won't have seen the task pane (what you called a side panel) that's
the result of the "New..." command in Word 2002 and 2003.

Instead of the File category and the "New..." command, choose the All
Commands category and then the FileNewDialog command. When you drag that
command to a toolbar or menu, the button will show the text "Other..." and
there is no icon. This is the command that goes directly to the template
dialog, bypassing the task pane.

Using the right-click menu, you can copy the icon from the built-in New
button, or use one from the "Change Button Image" item, or check out
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomButtonImages.htm. Also, I
prefer to drag the built-in New button off the toolbar to prevent confusion;
when I want a blank document based on Normal.dot, I use the shortcut Ctrl+N
instead.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Guest]

Lwbrown:

That's better, thanks. I'm still not going to be much use, I'm afraid, as
you're talking about a feature of Word 2003 (the task pane), but I use Word
2000.

I hope someone with Word 2003 will chime in, but until then...

You can try to find a command that's close to what you want and add it to
the File menu or any menu or toolbar using the technique I've already
described. To see all the commands, in the Categories list, you just pick All
Commands, instead of File. I think FileNew might be close to what you want.

Bear

Windows XP, Word 2000

 

[Guest]

Awesome. Thanks everybody for your help!