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
>
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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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