Customized toolbar does not stick

Hi Dave -

I've been able to reproduce what you reported & will send it up the line. In
the meantime you might use Word's Help> Send Feedback feature to put a
little more oomph behind it:-)

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 1/19/08 12:57 PM, in article ee89682.-1.RemoveThis@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
"davebarnes@officeformac.com" wrote:

> I open Word 2008.
> I click on View/Customize toolbars.
> I select Reviewing (and uncheck Dock), click OK and the Reviewing Toolbar
> (track changes, etc.) appears.
> I quit Word.
> I relaunch Word.
> No Reviewing Toolbar.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> thanks,
> dave
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Hi Dave:

I believe this change is by design.

The Reviewing toolbar should display only if the document with focus
contains tracked changes or comments; of unless Track Changes is switched
ON.

In other words, it won't appear unless there is something in the document it
can be used for.

This is a general design change throughout the Word 2008 user interface:
many things will not appear unless the document and the selection are both
in a state where you could use them.

Cheers


On 20/01/08 3:57 AM, in article ee89682.-1 RemoveThis @webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
"davebarnes@officeformac.com" wrote:

> I open Word 2008.
> I click on View/Customize toolbars.
> I select Reviewing (and uncheck Dock), click OK and the Reviewing Toolbar
> (track changes, etc.) appears.
> I quit Word.
> I relaunch Word.
> No Reviewing Toolbar.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> thanks,
> dave

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 >> Stay informed about: Customized toolbar does not stick 

I have this problem too with the Reviewing toolbar in Word 2008 (Mac). But some commands under Review do NOT appear in the customize toolbar such as Track Changes. So adding them to the toolbar is not an option. This maybe designed in but if you want to initiate comments etc...for multiple documents having to go to customize toolbars over and over gets to be very annoying. If the review toolbar can be made to be persistent that would be a big help. There's no way to force Word to do this?

thanks
 >> Stay informed about: Customized toolbar does not stick 

There's really no way to force it to be persistent. However, Track
Changes *is* in Customize. But rather than look for it, just drag it
from the Reviewing toolbar to somewhere more convenient. Hold down
option while dragging and it will make a copy. To drag from one toolbar
to another, the Customize Toolbars dialog must be open.

If you have problems finding anything else you need say so. Adding the
reviewing features to a different or new toolbar is absolutely an option
that *will* work. General tutorial on customizing toolbars here:
http://word.mvps.org/Mac/CustomizeToolbars.html

Richard Gilmore <rgilmor wrote:
> I have this problem too with the Reviewing toolbar in Word 2008 (Mac). But some commands under Review do NOT appear in the customize toolbar such as Track Changes. So adding them to the toolbar is not an option. This maybe designed in but if you want to initiate comments etc...for multiple documents having to go to customize toolbars over and over gets to be very annoying. If the review toolbar can be made to be persistent that would be a big help. There's no way to force Word to do this?
>
> thanks
>
 >> Stay informed about: Customized toolbar does not stick 

That's a little weird but it works.

Thank you!

It's a big help

Richard


On 14/3/08 4:30 PM, in article euhCHJhhIHA.2304.TakeThisOut@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl, "Daiya
Mitchell" wrote:

> There's really no way to force it to be persistent. However, Track
> Changes *is* in Customize. But rather than look for it, just drag it
> from the Reviewing toolbar to somewhere more convenient. Hold down
> option while dragging and it will make a copy. To drag from one toolbar
> to another, the Customize Toolbars dialog must be open.
>
> If you have problems finding anything else you need say so. Adding the
> reviewing features to a different or new toolbar is absolutely an option
> that *will* work. General tutorial on customizing toolbars here:
> http://word.mvps.org/Mac/CustomizeToolbars.html
>
> Richard Gilmore <rgilmor wrote:
>> I have this problem too with the Reviewing toolbar in Word 2008 (Mac). But
>> some commands under Review do NOT appear in the customize toolbar such as
>> Track Changes. So adding them to the toolbar is not an option. This maybe
>> designed in but if you want to initiate comments etc...for multiple documents
>> having to go to customize toolbars over and over gets to be very annoying. If
>> the review toolbar can be made to be persistent that would be a big help.
>> There's no way to force Word to do this?
>>
>> thanks
>>
 >> Stay informed about: Customized toolbar does not stick