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.
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> 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.
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> This means you can continue to use them, but the nuisance value of one more
> step will encourage you to think about alternatives.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> You can also do some pretty amazing things with Building Blocks which are a
> significant evolution from the old auto-text.
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> 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.
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> Look at the link below for instructions.
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> http://christinekent.blogspot.com/2009/01/myths-and-fears-and-disappearance-of.html
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> Christine
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> *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
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> 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.
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> However, it looks as if I'll need to do a bit of work to recreate anything
> like I currently have.
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> Howard
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> 2009/2/20 Kofler, Mark <Mark.Kofler@xxxxxx>
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> 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.
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> Also the on-line help has good information on this.
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> There is also a Developer tab where macros templates etc can be accessed.
> This is not displayed by default however:
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> Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options.
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> Click Popular, and then select the Show Developer tab in the Ribbon check
> box.
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> IMHO, the new Word 2003 interface is far superior to the old one and does a
> very good job of preventing "toolbar creep".
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> Cheers, Mark
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> *Mark Kofler*
> CA
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> Mark.Kofler@xxxxxx
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> *From:* austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Howard Silcock
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> *Sent:* Friday, 20 February 2009 11:02 AM
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> *To:* austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* atw: Macros in Word 2007
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> The obvious place to start would seem to be the Quick Access Toolbar, but
> does it allow you to group commands into folders?
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> Has anyone else played with this kind of problem?
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> Howard
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