Organizer Cannot Copy Default Toolbars

ID: Q119126

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a
Microsoft Word for Macintosh, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

You cannot copy customized, default Word Toolbars from one template to another using the Organizer.

The default Toolbars that Word 6.0 for Windows provides are:

   Standard
   Formatting
   Borders
   Database
   Drawing
   Forms
   Microsoft
   Word for Windows 2.0

CAUSE

By design, the default toolbars that Word provides do not display in the Organizer. Even though you have customized a default toolbar, Word still considers this a default toolbar and will not provide a way for copying it between templates.

WORKAROUND

To copy a customized default toolbar to a different template using the Organizer, complete the following steps:

1. Open the template that contains the customized default toolbar.

2. From the View menu, choose Toolbars. Choose the New button to create a

   new toolbar. Type in a name for the new toolbar and choose the OK
   button. An empty, floating toolbar will appear on your screen, and the
   Customize dialog box will open.

3. Hold down CTRL+ALT as you click and drag each toolbar button you want to

   copy to the new toolbar. When finished, choose the Close button to
   return to your document.

4. From the File menu, choose Templates, and then choose the Organizer

   button. Select the Toolbars tab.

5. The template you are copying from should be open on one side of this

   dialog box; the template you are copying to should be open on the other
   side. If the template you are copying to is not open, first choose the
   Close button on either the left or right side to close the current
   template. This button will change to Open; choose this button. In the
   File Open dialog box, choose the template directory (usually,
   C:\WINWORD\TEMPLATE) and select Document Templates (*.DOT) in the List
   Files Of Type box. Select the desired template and choose the OK button.

6. Highlight the toolbar in the box under the template you are copying from

   and choose the Copy button. Choose OK to close the Organizer.

7. From the File menu, choose New; select your template that contains your

   new toolbar; and choose the OK button.

8. From the View menu, choose Toolbars. Clear the default toolbar that you

   will be replacing and check the custom toolbar that you want to use.
   Choose the OK button.

MORE INFORMATION

In Word 6.0 for Windows, you can customize all toolbars, including the default toolbars that Word provides. You can add, remove, or rearrange Toolbar buttons by choosing Customize from the Tools menu.

The Organizer provides a means of copying new or custom toolbars between templates. These toolbars appear on the Toolbars tab in the Organizer. Word provides three ways to access the Organizer:

From the File menu, choose Templates, then choose the Organizer button.
-or-
From the Format menu, choose Style, then choose the Organizer button.
-or-
From the Tools menu, choose Macro, then choose the Organizer button.

KBCategory: kbui kbusage KBSubcategory: Additional reference words: 6.0 6.0a move copy assign rename organizer word6 toolbar custom default standard winword macword

Version           : 6.0 6.0a
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 5, 1998