Toolbars Moving Around :-(

Toolbars Moving Around :-(

Word XP.  I have several customized toolbars in customized templates.  The toolbars have started to move around.  I move them
back, edit, close, reopen, and they've moved around again.  This is no good.  

I do NOT have the options checked for show most recently used commands.  


Lady Dungeness
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date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:49:48 -0700 author: unknown

Re: Toolbars Moving Around :-(

Hi Lady

LadyDungeness@Fish.Net wrote:
> Word XP.  I have several customized toolbars in customized templates.  The toolbars have started to move around.  I move them
> back, edit, close, reopen, and they've moved around again.  This is no good.  
> 
> I do NOT have the options checked for show most recently used commands.  

a likely explanation is code running, i.e. in custom Add-Ins, that 
messes up your toolbar positioning.

For a start, try deselecting all Add-Ins in Tools | Template and 
Add-Ins, then restart Word. Do you still encounter these problems?

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date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:34:24 +0200 author: Robert M. Franz (RMF)

Re: Toolbars Moving Around :-(

I checked -- there are NO add-ins.  I looked in the D&S folders and in the "templates & add-ins" dialog.  Is there another
place?  I thought I had an adobe v5 pdf writer someplace, but I cannot find it.  

These messed up toolbars and find/replace dialogs are driving me crazy!  

Lady Dungeness
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On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:49:48 -0700, LadyDungeness@Fish.Net wrote:

>Word XP.  I have several customized toolbars in customized templates.  The toolbars have started to move around.  I move them
>back, edit, close, reopen, and they've moved around again.  This is no good.  
>
>I do NOT have the options checked for show most recently used commands.  
>
>
>Lady Dungeness
>Out of Danger until September
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date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:34:19 -0700 author: unknown

Re: Toolbars Moving Around :-(

wrote in message 
news:340i549maaq1p6de70f6qkgbdvlfhqfs1u@4ax.com...
>I checked -- there are NO add-ins.  I looked in the D&S folders and in the 
>"templates & add-ins" dialog.  Is there another
> place?  I thought I had an adobe v5 pdf writer someplace, but I cannot 
> find it.
>
> These messed up toolbars and find/replace dialogs are driving me crazy!

Do you happen to have Adobe Acrobat installed? It is famous for messing up 
toolbars.


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date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:15:02 +0100 author: Jonathan West

Re: Toolbars Moving Around :-(

Yes, v. 5.  I've had it installed for several years, along with Word XP, and they have been playing nicely together.  Once I
started making some customized templates, though, all H*** broke loose.  I cannot find the adobe PDF add-in.  If I could, I
would move it out of the folder until I need it again.  

Can you help?

Lady Dungeness
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On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:15:02 +0100, "Jonathan West"  wrote:

>
> wrote in message 
>news:340i549maaq1p6de70f6qkgbdvlfhqfs1u@4ax.com...
>>I checked -- there are NO add-ins.  I looked in the D&S folders and in the 
>>"templates & add-ins" dialog.  Is there another
>> place?  I thought I had an adobe v5 pdf writer someplace, but I cannot 
>> find it.
>>
>> These messed up toolbars and find/replace dialogs are driving me crazy!
>
>Do you happen to have Adobe Acrobat installed? It is famous for messing up 
>toolbars.

date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:18:57 -0700 author: unknown

Re: Toolbars Moving Around :-(

wrote in message 
news:iaki545h3eavb5il4kos3495s19cjmi6pg@4ax.com...
> Yes, v. 5.  I've had it installed for several years, along with Word XP, 
> and they have been playing nicely together.  Once I
> started making some customized templates, though, all H*** broke loose.  I 
> cannot find the adobe PDF add-in.

That sounds very much like our old friend!

>  If I could, I
> would move it out of the folder until I need it again.
>
> Can you help?
>

The Adobe PDFMaker addin is notorious for this - even if it is no longer in 
operation, the crud it leaves behind causes trouble.

Go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\STARTUP

If there are files names "PDFMaker.dot" or similar, close Word, and then 
move them out of that folder.

The chances are also quite high that normal.dot has got corrupted, so a 
fresh copy of that is probably a good idea. Navigate to your user templates 
folder (probably C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Microsoft\Templates, 
where <username> is the name you use to log on.) Rename normal.dot to 
oldnormal.dot. This way, any corruption in the toolbars and add-ins is no 
longer going to affect everything you do, but you can still get at any VBA 
code in the old normal.dot if you need to.

Now restart Word and see if things start behaving better. If problems 
continue, post back here with a more detailed description of precisely what 
happens.


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date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:21:15 +0100 author: Jonathan West

Re: Toolbars Moving Around :-(

Something's wrong.  My C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\STARTUP folder is Empty.  I have printed to adobe, so the
add-in must be somewhere.  

Query:  You said the add-in is no longer used.  ??? I have Word XP and Adobe Acrobat v5.  I think I have to use it, don't I?


Lady Dungeness
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On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:21:15 +0100, "Jonathan West"  wrote:

>
> wrote in message 
>news:iaki545h3eavb5il4kos3495s19cjmi6pg@4ax.com...
>> Yes, v. 5.  I've had it installed for several years, along with Word XP, 
>> and they have been playing nicely together.  Once I
>> started making some customized templates, though, all H*** broke loose.  I 
>> cannot find the adobe PDF add-in.
>
>That sounds very much like our old friend!
>
>>  If I could, I
>> would move it out of the folder until I need it again.
>>
>> Can you help?
>>
>
>The Adobe PDFMaker addin is notorious for this - even if it is no longer in 
>operation, the crud it leaves behind causes trouble.
>
>Go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\STARTUP
>
>If there are files names "PDFMaker.dot" or similar, close Word, and then 
>move them out of that folder.
>
>The chances are also quite high that normal.dot has got corrupted, so a 
>fresh copy of that is probably a good idea. Navigate to your user templates 
>folder (probably C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Microsoft\Templates, 
>where <username> is the name you use to log on.) Rename normal.dot to 
>oldnormal.dot. This way, any corruption in the toolbars and add-ins is no 
>longer going to affect everything you do, but you can still get at any VBA 
>code in the old normal.dot if you need to.
>
>Now restart Word and see if things start behaving better. If problems 
>continue, post back here with a more detailed description of precisely what 
>happens.

date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:33:08 -0700 author: unknown