Editing Customized Toolbar - Word 2010

[Frost]

We have a customized toolbar that contains Quick Forms which are broken down by department. Each department has a drop down arrow with four or five documents. It was set-up prior to converting to 2010 and the person that created it is no longer here.

I'd like to know how to add a document to one of the drop down departments.

I can get as far as File, Help, Options, Quick Access Toolbar then under Choose commands from, I can locate my custom Tools Tab and see the list of what's current in there but I don't know how to add a new document.

Thanks,


Frost

[gmaxey]

Frost,

Unless you still have access to the Word 2003 you are pretty much out of luck, unless you are willing to dig into VBA and find the commandbar that the former employee created and edit it with VBA.

I suggest you abandon the old .dot template containing that command bar and learn how or hire someone to create a ribbon dynamic menu for you. This way all you have to do is add/edit/or remove templates from the targeted directories and the menu update automatically.

http://gregmaxey.com/word_tip_pages/...u_control.html

[Charles Kenyon]

I agree with Greg. The skill of modifying the Ribbon is arcane and will take some work. It is worth doing.

In the meantime, though, you can create a Global Template that has modifications to the QAT and share that.
Modifying the QAT and Ribbon in Microsoft Word
That takes less skill (and is not as flexible).

Note, you probably do not want to be opening documents but rather creating new documents based on templates. You would be wanting to open existing documents if you are making and saving changes to some kind of log or joint project. If you are using form documents, you want to have new documents based on templates.
Templates in Microsoft Word