Word 2003 doesn't save toolbar customizations??

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F. Edwin Felty

I just had to do a format and clean install of *everything*. In word 2003, I
like to customize the top line 'toolbar' (File-Edit-View-Insert-etc) by
adding 'work'. This is found by right clicking on a blank space in the
toolbar area>Customize>Commands>Built-in Menus>Work. I left click on 'Work'
and drag and drop it on the menu line. This has been uncomplicated in the
past, but now it will not stick. If I close Word and then reopen, it is
gone. After re-applying 'work' to the menu bar, all the docs are still
listed there. Close word, reopen, and it's gone again. What's up with that??

Thanks in advance,

Eddie in Colorado Springs

"Student Runs Over Driver's Ed Teacher" -- AP headline
 
Do you by any chance have Acrobat 7 installed?

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

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Suzanne said:
Do you by any chance have Acrobat 7 installed?
Click to expand...

Uh-oh...yes, I do. Is that what's up? I tried all the things previously
recommended without change.

Eddie in Colorado Springs

"You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive."
 
Edwin,

Yes apparently so. According to Beth Melton:

We've recently learned that their new add-in for Word is preventing
modifications to Normal.dot from being saved.


Either uninstall the add-in or after making your modifications hold
Shift and then click File/Close All in order to manually save
Normal.dot.

Graham Mayor also offers:

I'm still using Acrobat 6, so cannot confirm this works with the
problematic
7, but have you tried loading the add-in only when it is required, by
calling it from a folder other than the start-up folder - see the
method
described at the end of
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm.
 
Greg said:
Edwin,

Yes apparently so. According to Beth Melton:

We've recently learned that their new add-in for Word is preventing
modifications to Normal.dot from being saved.


Either uninstall the add-in or after making your modifications hold
Shift and then click File/Close All in order to manually save
Normal.dot.

Graham Mayor also offers:

I'm still using Acrobat 6, so cannot confirm this works with the
problematic
7, but have you tried loading the add-in only when it is required, by
calling it from a folder other than the start-up folder - see the
method
described at the end of
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm.
Click to expand...


Well...

1. There is no option to uninstall any add-ins when looking at add/remove
programs>Acrobat 7>change/modify

2. There is nothing listed in 'Templates/Add-ins'

3. Making the changes and then 'Shift>Left click Close' makes no difference

4. I can find no PDFMaker.dot on my system

5. I disabled the 'Speed Launcher', but that didn't make any differencer,
either.


I guess the next step would be to uninstall Acrobat 7??
 
Possibly Beth meant File | Save All?

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.
 
Suzanne said:
Possibly Beth meant File | Save All?
Click to expand...

Well, I don't have a 'Save All' option. I tried opening 'normal.dot', making
the changes and saving it, but that didn't work either. But thanks for the
reply anyway. I guess I'll try to uninstall Acrobat 7 over the weekend, see
if I can save the changes and reinstall it.

Eddie in Colorado Springs

"Win err 00B - Push error; Removing Files to Make Room for Advertisement."
 
You will have Save All on the File menu if you press Shift while clicking on
it.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.
 
Acrobat 7 uses a new method for making the PDFMaker available to Office
apps. You don't need to uninstall Acrobat itself but you do need to edit the
Windows registery.

You need to find the key

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Word\Addins\PDFMaker.OfficeAddin]

and change the subkey called "LoadBehavior" from a value of 3 to 0.
 
Suzanne said:
You will have Save All on the File menu if you press Shift while
clicking on it.
Click to expand...
You are correct, and I got a dialogue box that 'normal.dot' was going to be
changed, but the changes didn't stick. Darnit!!!
 
Rick said:
Acrobat 7 uses a new method for making the PDFMaker available to
Office apps. You don't need to uninstall Acrobat itself but you do
need to edit the Windows registery.

You need to find the key

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Word\Addins\PDFMaker.OfficeAddin]

and change the subkey called "LoadBehavior" from a value of 3 to 0.
Click to expand...
GREAT SCOTT!!! IT WORKED!!

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!

Eddie in Colorado Springs

"Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my hard drive???"
 
Rick

Thanks for that tip: at least there is a reasonable workaround for the
Acrobat 7 problem.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

: Acrobat 7 uses a new method for making the PDFMaker available to Office
: apps. You don't need to uninstall Acrobat itself but you do need to edit
the
: Windows registery.
:
: You need to find the key
:
:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Word\Addins\PDFMaker.OfficeAddin]
:
: and change the subkey called "LoadBehavior" from a value of 3 to 0.
:
:
: : > Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
: >> Possibly Beth meant File | Save All?
: >>
: >>
: >> : >>> Greg wrote:
: >>>> Edwin,
: >>>>
: >>>> Yes apparently so. According to Beth Melton:
: >>>>
: >>>> We've recently learned that their new add-in for Word is preventing
: >>>> modifications to Normal.dot from being saved.
: >>>>
: >>>>
: >>>> Either uninstall the add-in or after making your modifications hold
: >>>> Shift and then click File/Close All in order to manually save
: >>>> Normal.dot.
: >>>>
: >>>> Graham Mayor also offers:
: >>>>
: >>>> I'm still using Acrobat 6, so cannot confirm this works with the
: >>>> problematic
: >>>> 7, but have you tried loading the add-in only when it is required,
: >>>> by calling it from a folder other than the start-up folder - see the
: >>>> method
: >>>> described at the end of
: >>>> http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm.
: >>>
: >>>
: >>> Well...
: >>>
: >>> 1. There is no option to uninstall any add-ins when looking at
: >>> add/remove programs>Acrobat 7>change/modify
: >>>
: >>> 2. There is nothing listed in 'Templates/Add-ins'
: >>>
: >>> 3. Making the changes and then 'Shift>Left click Close' makes no
: >>> difference
: >>>
: >>> 4. I can find no PDFMaker.dot on my system
: >>>
: >>> 5. I disabled the 'Speed Launcher', but that didn't make any
: >>> differencer, either.
: >>>
: >>>
: >>> I guess the next step would be to uninstall Acrobat 7??
: >
: > Well, I don't have a 'Save All' option. I tried opening 'normal.dot',
: > making
: > the changes and saving it, but that didn't work either. But thanks for
the
: > reply anyway. I guess I'll try to uninstall Acrobat 7 over the weekend,
: > see
: > if I can save the changes and reinstall it.
: >
: > Eddie in Colorado Springs
: >
: > "Win err 00B - Push error; Removing Files to Make Room for
Advertisement."
: >
:
:
 
Not having Acrobat 7 to check, does this prevent the add-in from loading?
And if it does, then how do you re-load it in order to use the macros the
add-in contains, without which Acrobat only provides a shadow of its
available power to produce pdf's from Word.

Does Acrobat 7 still use a dot file add-in? If it does, then the method I
described at http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm
should, in theory, allow greater control of whether the add-in macros are
available or not.


--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>


Acrobat 7 uses a new method for making the PDFMaker available to
Office
apps. You don't need to uninstall Acrobat itself but you do need to
edit the Windows registery.

You need to find the key

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Word\Addins\PDFMaker.OfficeAdd
in]

and change the subkey called "LoadBehavior" from a value of 3 to 0.


F. Edwin Felty said:
Well, I don't have a 'Save All' option. I tried opening 'normal.dot',
making
the changes and saving it, but that didn't work either. But thanks
for the reply anyway. I guess I'll try to uninstall Acrobat 7 over
the weekend,
see
if I can save the changes and reinstall it.

Eddie in Colorado Springs

"Win err 00B - Push error; Removing Files to Make Room for
Advertisement."
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Acrobat 7 doesn't use a .dot file. If you want to create a PDF from within
Word, you can still print to Distiller (the printer is now called "Adobe
PDF"). As for the PDFMaker and its macros, I suppose you could rig something
through VB. But as far as I'm concerned, any addin that can completely
cripple functionality by its mere presence is a dangerous addin and should
NOT be loaded at all, ever. So for me, until Adobe recognizes and fixes this
problem, the LoadBehavior will remain a 0.


Not having Acrobat 7 to check, does this prevent the add-in from loading?
And if it does, then how do you re-load it in order to use the macros the
add-in contains, without which Acrobat only provides a shadow of its
available power to produce pdf's from Word.

Does Acrobat 7 still use a dot file add-in? If it does, then the method I
described at http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm
should, in theory, allow greater control of whether the add-in macros are
available or not.


--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>


Acrobat 7 uses a new method for making the PDFMaker available to
Office
apps. You don't need to uninstall Acrobat itself but you do need to
edit the Windows registery.

You need to find the key

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Word\Addins\PDFMaker.OfficeAdd
in]

and change the subkey called "LoadBehavior" from a value of 3 to 0.


F. Edwin Felty said:
Well, I don't have a 'Save All' option. I tried opening 'normal.dot',
making
the changes and saving it, but that didn't work either. But thanks
for the reply anyway. I guess I'll try to uninstall Acrobat 7 over
the weekend,
see
if I can save the changes and reinstall it.

Eddie in Colorado Springs

"Win err 00B - Push error; Removing Files to Make Room for
Advertisement."
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Shooting in the dark here, as I am using Acrobat 6, however I agree with
your comments.

Historically Acrobat add-ins have caused as many problems as they have
solved, but they have been necessary to provide full functionality from
Word. To this end the ability to load the add-in when required was a simple
task when using a DOT add-in. Using a COM add-in presents greater
complications.

It was always possible to print to Distiller, but this then often meant that
further work through Acrobat was necessary to complete the file. Let's hope
that Adobe will fix the problem. Until then, I will happily stick to version
6 :)


--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>


Acrobat 7 doesn't use a .dot file. If you want to create a PDF from
within Word, you can still print to Distiller (the printer is now
called "Adobe PDF"). As for the PDFMaker and its macros, I suppose
you could rig something through VB. But as far as I'm concerned, any
addin that can completely cripple functionality by its mere presence
is a dangerous addin and should NOT be loaded at all, ever. So for
me, until Adobe recognizes and fixes this problem, the LoadBehavior
will remain a 0.


Not having Acrobat 7 to check, does this prevent the add-in from
loading? And if it does, then how do you re-load it in order to use
the macros the add-in contains, without which Acrobat only provides a
shadow of its available power to produce pdf's from Word.

Does Acrobat 7 still use a dot file add-in? If it does, then the
method I described at
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm should, in
theory, allow greater control of whether the add-in macros are
available or not.


Acrobat 7 uses a new method for making the PDFMaker available to
Office
apps. You don't need to uninstall Acrobat itself but you do need to
edit the Windows registery.

You need to find the key
Click to expand...
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Word\Addins\PDFMaker.OfficeAdd
in]

and change the subkey called "LoadBehavior" from a value of 3 to 0.


F. Edwin Felty said:
Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Possibly Beth meant File | Save All?


Greg wrote:
Edwin,

Yes apparently so. According to Beth Melton:

We've recently learned that their new add-in for Word is
preventing modifications to Normal.dot from being saved.


Either uninstall the add-in or after making your modifications
hold
Shift and then click File/Close All in order to manually save
Normal.dot.

Graham Mayor also offers:

I'm still using Acrobat 6, so cannot confirm this works with the
problematic
7, but have you tried loading the add-in only when it is
required, by calling it from a folder other than the start-up
folder - see the method
described at the end of
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm.


Well...

1. There is no option to uninstall any add-ins when looking at
add/remove programs>Acrobat 7>change/modify

2. There is nothing listed in 'Templates/Add-ins'

3. Making the changes and then 'Shift>Left click Close' makes no
difference

4. I can find no PDFMaker.dot on my system

5. I disabled the 'Speed Launcher', but that didn't make any
differencer, either.


I guess the next step would be to uninstall Acrobat 7??

Well, I don't have a 'Save All' option. I tried opening
'normal.dot', making
the changes and saving it, but that didn't work either. But thanks
for the reply anyway. I guess I'll try to uninstall Acrobat 7 over
the weekend,
see
if I can save the changes and reinstall it.

Eddie in Colorado Springs

"Win err 00B - Push error; Removing Files to Make Room for
Advertisement."
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Adobe fix the problem? This probably is their idea of FIX.

Terry

: Shooting in the dark here, as I am using Acrobat 6, however I agree with
: your comments.
:
: Historically Acrobat add-ins have caused as many problems as they have
: solved, but they have been necessary to provide full functionality from
: Word. To this end the ability to load the add-in when required was a
simple
: task when using a DOT add-in. Using a COM add-in presents greater
: complications.
:
: It was always possible to print to Distiller, but this then often meant
that
: further work through Acrobat was necessary to complete the file. Let's
hope
: that Adobe will fix the problem. Until then, I will happily stick to
version
: 6 :)
:
:
: --
: <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
: Graham Mayor - Word MVP
:
: My web site www.gmayor.com
:
: <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
:
:
:
: Rick wrote:
: > Acrobat 7 doesn't use a .dot file. If you want to create a PDF from
: > within Word, you can still print to Distiller (the printer is now
: > called "Adobe PDF"). As for the PDFMaker and its macros, I suppose
: > you could rig something through VB. But as far as I'm concerned, any
: > addin that can completely cripple functionality by its mere presence
: > is a dangerous addin and should NOT be loaded at all, ever. So for
: > me, until Adobe recognizes and fixes this problem, the LoadBehavior
: > will remain a 0.
: >
: >
: > : > Not having Acrobat 7 to check, does this prevent the add-in from
: > loading? And if it does, then how do you re-load it in order to use
: > the macros the add-in contains, without which Acrobat only provides a
: > shadow of its available power to produce pdf's from Word.
: >
: > Does Acrobat 7 still use a dot file add-in? If it does, then the
: > method I described at
: > http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm should, in
: > theory, allow greater control of whether the add-in macros are
: > available or not.
: >
: >
: >
: > Rick wrote:
: >> Acrobat 7 uses a new method for making the PDFMaker available to
: >> Office
: >> apps. You don't need to uninstall Acrobat itself but you do need to
: >> edit the Windows registery.
: >>
: >> You need to find the key
: >>
: >>
: >
:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Word\Addins\PDFMaker.OfficeAdd
: > in]
: >>
: >> and change the subkey called "LoadBehavior" from a value of 3 to 0.
: >>
: >>
: >> : >>> Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
: >>>> Possibly Beth meant File | Save All?
: >>>>
: >>>>
: >>>> : >>>>> Greg wrote:
: >>>>>> Edwin,
: >>>>>>
: >>>>>> Yes apparently so. According to Beth Melton:
: >>>>>>
: >>>>>> We've recently learned that their new add-in for Word is
: >>>>>> preventing modifications to Normal.dot from being saved.
: >>>>>>
: >>>>>>
: >>>>>> Either uninstall the add-in or after making your modifications
: >>>>>> hold
: >>>>>> Shift and then click File/Close All in order to manually save
: >>>>>> Normal.dot.
: >>>>>>
: >>>>>> Graham Mayor also offers:
: >>>>>>
: >>>>>> I'm still using Acrobat 6, so cannot confirm this works with the
: >>>>>> problematic
: >>>>>> 7, but have you tried loading the add-in only when it is
: >>>>>> required, by calling it from a folder other than the start-up
: >>>>>> folder - see the method
: >>>>>> described at the end of
: >>>>>> http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm.
: >>>>>
: >>>>>
: >>>>> Well...
: >>>>>
: >>>>> 1. There is no option to uninstall any add-ins when looking at
: >>>>> add/remove programs>Acrobat 7>change/modify
: >>>>>
: >>>>> 2. There is nothing listed in 'Templates/Add-ins'
: >>>>>
: >>>>> 3. Making the changes and then 'Shift>Left click Close' makes no
: >>>>> difference
: >>>>>
: >>>>> 4. I can find no PDFMaker.dot on my system
: >>>>>
: >>>>> 5. I disabled the 'Speed Launcher', but that didn't make any
: >>>>> differencer, either.
: >>>>>
: >>>>>
: >>>>> I guess the next step would be to uninstall Acrobat 7??
: >>>
: >>> Well, I don't have a 'Save All' option. I tried opening
: >>> 'normal.dot', making
: >>> the changes and saving it, but that didn't work either. But thanks
: >>> for the reply anyway. I guess I'll try to uninstall Acrobat 7 over
: >>> the weekend,
: >>> see
: >>> if I can save the changes and reinstall it.
: >>>
: >>> Eddie in Colorado Springs
: >>>
: >>> "Win err 00B - Push error; Removing Files to Make Room for
: >>> Advertisement."
:
:
 
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