New Blank Toolbar not shown

[ecctse]

I'm using word 2003 & when I tried to create a new toolbar (Tools | Customise
| Toolbars | New) after specifying the new toolbar name to be created and the
tmeplate for (make toolbar available to). Nothing happened. I was expecting
Word to create a new blank toolbar somewhere new the Customise dialog box.
Please help.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The toolbar is quite small (big enough for one button) until you add
something to it; it grows as you add each button.

 

[ecctse]

Thanks for your advice. This is not the 1st time I create new toolbars and I
know how small it is until I drag & drop items into it. I looked around
everywhere on the screen but it's nowhere in sight. Any other suggestions?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You might try dragging the Customize dialog aside to see if the toolbar has
appeared behind it.

 

[ecctse]

Dragged the Customize dialog box everywhere but the new toolbar control is
still nowhere is sight. Obviously it's not that simple or I will not post the
question here.
Any word settings or any other reasons that word will not create a new
toolbar control?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I'm sorry. I'm afraid I can't think of any.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Ecctse,

If you use Start=>Run
Winword.exe /A
and then use Tools=>Customize to add a toolbar to Document 1 rather than to Normal.dot does it work?

=============Dragged the Customize dialog box everywhere but the new toolbar control is
still nowhere is sight. Obviously it's not that simple or I will not post the
question here.
Any word settings or any other reasons that word will not create a new
toolbar control? >>
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[ecctse]

Hi Bob,

Yes, the new toolbar does appear. What does the switch /A mean please? Any
other workarounds?

Many thanks,

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

It can point to a conflicting add-in controlling some of Word's features or a corrupted template file.

Using Word with the /A startup switch is a diagnostic rather than implementation step. The information here may be helpful:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProblemsStartingWord.htm

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Hi Bob,

Yes, the new toolbar does appear. What does the switch /A mean please? Any
other workarounds?

Many thanks, >>
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[ecctse]

Hi Bob,

Once I load all the custom templates (about 10 of them), it crashes. Now I
need to debug which of them is/are corrupted.

Many thanks again,

 

[ecctse]

Hi Suzanne,

Thanks so much for your help. I guess I must have some of my custom
templates corrupted that cause the problem.

Cheers,

 

[ecctse]

Hi Bob & Suzanne,

You guys a legend. I've just found that my Normal.dot is corrupted. Once I
restored a health one. I can create new toolbar now.

Thanks,