WD2000: Reviewing Toolbar Not Displayed with New Document

• Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

After you display the Reviewing toolbar (on the View menu, point to Toolbars and then click to select Reviewing), when you create a new document, the Reviewing toolbar no longer appears.

NOTE: If you quit Word with the Reviewing toolbar displayed, when you restart Word, the Reviewing toolbar is automatically displayed.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, you can create a macro and assign it to a toolbar button to easily display the Reviewing toolbar.

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Sub ShowReviewingToolbar()
   Dim cbClip As CommandBar
   Set cbClip = CommandBars("Reviewing")
   With cbClip
      If Not .Visible Then
         .Visible = True           ' Show toolbar.
         .Position = msoBarTop     ' Dock at top of application.
         .RowIndex = msoBarRowLast ' Dock below other toolbars.
      End If
   End With
End Sub  

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

To Add the ShowReviewingToolbar Macro to Word

1. Start Word with a new blank document.



2. On the Tools menu, point to Macros and click Macros.



3. In the Macros dialog box, do the following steps:



1. In the Macro name box, type ShowReviewingToolbar.



2. Change the Macros in box to Normal.dot (global template).



3. Click Create.



4. In the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor, you should see the insertion point (blinking cursor) in the code window similar to the following example:




Sub ShowReviewingToolbar()
'
' ShowReviewingToolbar Macro
' Macro created <date> by <username>
'

End Sub 

5. On the blank line immediately above the End Sub, type the macro example listed in the "Workaround" section of this article. Your completed macro should look similar to the following example:




Sub ShowReviewingToolbar()
'
' ShowReviewingToolbar Macro
' Macro created <date> by <username>
'
   Dim cbClip As CommandBar
   Set cbClip = CommandBars("Reviewing")
   With cbClip
      If Not .Visible Then
         .Visible = True           ' Show toolbar.
         .Position = msoBarTop     ' Dock at top of application.
         .RowIndex = msoBarRowLast ' Dock below other toolbars.
      End If
   End With
End Sub 

6. On the File menu, click Close and Return to Microsoft Word.

Q212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

To Add the ShowReviewingToolbar Macro to a Toolbar Button

1. On the Tools menu, click Customize.



2. On the Commands tab, under Categories, click to select Macros.



3. On the Commands tab, under Commands, click to select the ShowReviewingToolbar macro.
   
   NOTE: The ShowReviewingToolbar macro may appear similar to the following example:




Normal.NewMacros.ShowReviewingToolbar

4. Hold the mouse button down on the ShowReviewingToolbar macro. Then drag the macro to any toolbar. When you drag the macro to a toolbar, a bold vertical line appears on the toolbar where the button will be located. After you choose the location for the toolbar button, release the mouse button. The ShowReviewingToolbar macro button appears on the toolbar.



5. In the Customize dialog box, click Close.

Changes have been made that affect the global template, Normal.dot. Do you want to save those changes?

Q191178 WD2000: How to Create Custom Toolbars, Toolbar Buttons

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Keywords          : kbdta wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: July 1, 1999