atw: Re: Macros in Word 2007

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 

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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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