atw: Re: Macros in Word 2007

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 

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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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