atw: Re: Macros in Word 2007

Split it up?  Macros under addins- convert some of the others to 
macros rather than commands - added bonus of error trapping.
S

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On Thu Feb 19 22:34:14 CST 2009, Howard Silcock 
<howard.silcock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Maybe I'm jumping the gun - I thought I was being sensible and 
> trying to get
> myself prepared.
> 
> I've just done a quick audit of my toolbar: it has 60 macros, 5 
> favourite
> fonts, 13 favourite styles, 27 symbols and 3 built-in commands. 
> So you can
> see why I needed the folder hierachy.
> 
> Can you put fonts on the QAT?
> 
> Howard
> 
> 2009/2/20 Christine Kent <christine_kent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
>>  With 2007, don't jump the gun.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> As others have said, your toolbars are still there, just one 
>> layer deeper.
>> They are not "more difficult" to access, just one step further 
>> away.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> This means you can continue to use them, but the nuisance value 
>> of one more
>> step will encourage you to think about alternatives.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Moving to 2007 needs to be looked at as an change to a new 
>> product, and
>> treated with the respect that you would treat the change to a 
>> new product.
>> There are lots of new functions that will replace the need for 
>> some of the
>> old functions you currently have on your toolbars.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> You will do some of it with the Quick Access Toolbar, which can 
>> be defined
>> at Normal Template, Template and document level, giving a high 
>> level of
>> control over what you get to display on that single toolbar.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Then you have the much enhanced control over styles supplied by 
>> the Styles
>> Task Pane which is much more powerful than anything that has 
>> come before,
>> and additional display options provided by the Styles Gallery.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> You can also do some pretty amazing things with Building Blocks 
>> which are a
>> significant evolution from the old auto-text.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Over time, you will adapt to these new functions and gradually 
>> your use of
>> the old toolbars will diminish if not be replaced altogether.  
>> In summary,
>> eventually you will NOT WANT to RECREATE what you had before, so 
>> don't waste
>> time up front trying.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Look at the link below for instructions.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> http://christinekent.blogspot.com/2009/01/myths-and-fears-and-disappearance-of.html
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Christine
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> *From:* austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
>> austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Howard Silcock
>> *Sent:* Friday, 20 February 2009 12:30 PM
>> *To:* austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Subject:* atw: Re: Macros in Word 2007
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks to those who responded. It's good to know about the 
>> Add-ins tab. I
>> got one of my colleagues who is part of a pilot group for the 
>> installation
>> to open my template and we couldn't see the toolbar - but I 
>> didn't know to
>> look there.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> However, it looks as if I'll need to do a bit of work to 
>> recreate anything
>> like I currently have.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Howard
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 2009/2/20 Kofler, Mark <Mark.Kofler@xxxxxx>
>> 
>> As far as I can tell you cannot organise commands on the Quick 
>> Access
>> toolbar into folders. However you can add *any* Word command to 
>> the Quick
>> Access toolbar. There is also a tab called Add-ins on the ribbon 
>> which may
>> be what you are looking for. When we upgraded to 2007, our 
>> custom toolbars
>> ended up displayed on this tab. To see the Add-ins installed 
>> click the
>> Microsoft Office Button , click Word Options, and then click 
>> Add-Ins.
>> 
>> Also the on-line help has good information on this.
>> 
>> There is also a Developer tab where macros templates etc can be 
>> accessed.
>> This is not displayed by default however:
>> 
>> Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options.
>> 
>> Click Popular, and then select the Show Developer tab in the 
>> Ribbon check
>> box.
>> 
>> IMHO, the new Word 2003 interface is far superior to the old one 
>> and does a
>> very good job of preventing "toolbar creep".
>> 
>> Cheers, Mark
>> 
>> *Mark Kofler*
>> CA
>> Senior Technical Writer
>> Tel:      +61 3 84165757
>>            +61 3 84165600
>> Fax:     +61 3 84165810
>> Mobile: +61 401375219
>> Mark.Kofler@xxxxxx
>> http://www.ca.com <Mark.Kofler@xxxxxx>
>> 
>> *From:* austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
>> austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Howard Silcock
>> 
>> 
>> *Sent:* Friday, 20 February 2009 11:02 AM
>> 
>> *To:* austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Subject:* atw: Macros in Word 2007
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> We are rapidly approaching our move to Office 2007 in my 
>> workplace and I'm
>> starting to think about how my own set-up is going to transfer 
>> to the new
>> environment.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Over the years I've developed quite a library of macros and in 
>> my Office
>> 2003 set-up I've created my own custom toolbar with about 20 
>> folders. Each
>> folder serves as a 'menu' of commands - some are built-in 
>> commands, some
>> frequently used styles, fonts, etc, but many are my own macros. 
>> In fact, in
>> some cases, these items are grouped into subfolders and even 
>> subsubfolders.
>> My question is whether I'm going to be able to recreate 
>> something similar in
>> Word 2007, since as far as I now it doesn't even use toolbars.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The obvious place to start would seem to be the Quick Access 
>> Toolbar, but
>> does it allow you to group commands into folders?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Has anyone else played with this kind of problem?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Howard
>> 
>> 
>> 
>

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