How to save a customized command button?

svendsen · External Since: Aug 02, 2007 Posts: 2

Hi All:

I`ve created a customized command button onto the standard toolbar (to the
right of the Help button) and assigned several macro buttons to this command
button.
However, somehow my Normal.dot file seems to have become corrupt
(file->close actually saves the file without asking first).
I believe I need to rename my current Normal.dot file to another name and
open Word again for it to create a new (and hopefully clean) Normal.dot.
I`ve saved my macros to a notepad text file, but I do not know how to
save/extract this toolbar customization from my old Normal.dot to bring it
into the new Normal.dot file - is this possibel? If so, how is this done?
TIA, JS

Graham Mayor · External Since: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 4677

When you have renamed normal.dot, open it in Word and use Alt+Drag to move
any customised buttoms to their required location in the new one.
It is better to create custom toolbars rather than modify the standard ones,
then moving them to a different template is much simpler, using the
organizer. Create a new toolbar in your new normal.dot and drag the button
to that toolbar.
See also http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm then
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm

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svendsen wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> I`ve created a customized command button onto the standard toolbar
> (to the right of the Help button) and assigned several macro buttons
> to this command button.
> However, somehow my Normal.dot file seems to have become corrupt
> (file->close actually saves the file without asking first).
> I believe I need to rename my current Normal.dot file to another name
> and open Word again for it to create a new (and hopefully clean)
> Normal.dot. I`ve saved my macros to a notepad text file, but I do not
> know how to save/extract this toolbar customization from my old
> Normal.dot to bring it into the new Normal.dot file - is this
> possibel? If so, how is this done? TIA, JS

svendsen · External Since: Aug 02, 2007 Posts: 2

Hi Graham - thank you very much for replying.
I agree that it's better to create a custom toolbar than a new adding a
Command to an existing toolbar, however when I create a new toolbar I cannot
get it to stay on the same row as the normal toolbar (I loose viewing space
because it needs 2 rows). Is there a way to keep the new toolbar on the same
row as the normal toolbar (e.g., to the right of Help button) like in other
applications/version?
Again, thanks a lot - JS

"Graham Mayor" <gmayor DeleteThis @REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote in message
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> When you have renamed normal.dot, open it in Word and use Alt+Drag to move
> any customised buttoms to their required location in the new one.
> It is better to create custom toolbars rather than modify the standard
> ones, then moving them to a different template is much simpler, using the
> organizer. Create a new toolbar in your new normal.dot and drag the button
> to that toolbar.
> See also http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm then
> http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm
>
> --
> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
>
> My web site www.gmayor.com
> Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>
> svendsen wrote:
>> Hi All:
>>
>> I`ve created a customized command button onto the standard toolbar
>> (to the right of the Help button) and assigned several macro buttons
>> to this command button.
>> However, somehow my Normal.dot file seems to have become corrupt
>> (file->close actually saves the file without asking first).
>> I believe I need to rename my current Normal.dot file to another name
>> and open Word again for it to create a new (and hopefully clean)
>> Normal.dot. I`ve saved my macros to a notepad text file, but I do not
>> know how to save/extract this toolbar customization from my old
>> Normal.dot to bring it into the new Normal.dot file - is this
>> possibel? If so, how is this done? TIA, JS
>
>