atw: Re: Macros in Word 2007

Howard, yes, you can put Font and Font Size on the QAT. As I said you
can put any command on the QAT.

I cant' see any reason you could not turn the QAT into an exact replica
of the Formatting or Standard toolbar in 2003 if you wanted too.

It is also worth looking at the list in the list of All Commands in the
Word Options dialog box. There are some really esoteric commands in
there - and you'll be surprised at some of things that Word can do that
you never knew that are buried in there - like Disassemble Picture which
I think turns an inline shape into a free floating graphic? 

Cheers, Mark 

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From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Howard Silcock
Sent: Friday, 20 February 2009 3:34 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Macros in Word 2007

 

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-disappeara
nce-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 <mailto: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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