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Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
So as most drivers can't be bothered to use their rear view mirror or signal
lights, let's remove them. Then we won't expect the idiot in front either to signal or know that you are behind. And it would make more profit for the vehicle manufacturers. Terry Farrell "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message ... Not that this excuses it, but according to MS data, only a fraction of users customized Office. They think the changes will be better for the majority of users, and for new users in the future. I hate it too, but that was the thought process. Patrick Schmid (a OneNote MVP) has a Ribbon Customizer utility for trial and purchase, with a free Starter edition. http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribbon...izer/index.php Larry wrote: So you can't have your own customized toolbars displayed by default, you'd first have to open the Add-ins tab of the ribbon to get to those toolbars??? This is unbelievable. MS has simply turned Word into a different application. People have a way of working, including customizations that they may have taken years developing and are very accustomed to, and now all that must be junked and we must start over at a kindergarten level. This is truly horrific. This is the fruit of the Gates cult of innovation for the sake of innovation. Innovation is the god, and they don't care about the actual impact of these innovations on actual users. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message ... Macros can be added to the QAT, but not a drop down menu of the type you would be thinking about. Any toolbars that you had created will end up in the Add-Ins tab of the ribbon. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Larry" wrote in message ... Sorry for asking this. I don't have Word 2007 in front of me at the moment. Maybe the question wiill be useful for others. With that Quick Access Toolbar, is it possible to put drop down menus on it and populate those menus with our own commands and macros? If yes, then what happens with the accelleroate keys. Let's say I want to create a menu called Window, to make up for the Window menu that Word 2007 has eliminated, and put in that menu certain macros and command, just as I have in my current Word 97. And let's say I make "W" the accelerator key for that menu. Will the Alt+W for that menu be blocked by the Alt+W that is used to open the View tab in the ribbon? What if the ribbon is minimized? In that case would Alt+W work to open my customized menu? If menus and macros cannot be added to the QAT, is it still possible in Word 2007 to create your own customized toolbars with your own menus? |
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Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
And why not hide the pedals behind the carpet, and change the steering wheel
for a joystick so that all that driving experience is wasted and you have to learn to drive all over again The only thing that would shift this leviathan would be if the take up of 2007 was minuscule. Let's see what the corporates make of it, when faced with the retraining bill. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Terry Farrell wrote: So as most drivers can't be bothered to use their rear view mirror or signal lights, let's remove them. Then we won't expect the idiot in front either to signal or know that you are behind. And it would make more profit for the vehicle manufacturers. Terry Farrell "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message ... Not that this excuses it, but according to MS data, only a fraction of users customized Office. They think the changes will be better for the majority of users, and for new users in the future. I hate it too, but that was the thought process. Patrick Schmid (a OneNote MVP) has a Ribbon Customizer utility for trial and purchase, with a free Starter edition. http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribbon...izer/index.php Larry wrote: So you can't have your own customized toolbars displayed by default, you'd first have to open the Add-ins tab of the ribbon to get to those toolbars??? This is unbelievable. MS has simply turned Word into a different application. People have a way of working, including customizations that they may have taken years developing and are very accustomed to, and now all that must be junked and we must start over at a kindergarten level. This is truly horrific. This is the fruit of the Gates cult of innovation for the sake of innovation. Innovation is the god, and they don't care about the actual impact of these innovations on actual users. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message ... Macros can be added to the QAT, but not a drop down menu of the type you would be thinking about. Any toolbars that you had created will end up in the Add-Ins tab of the ribbon. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Larry" wrote in message ... Sorry for asking this. I don't have Word 2007 in front of me at the moment. Maybe the question wiill be useful for others. With that Quick Access Toolbar, is it possible to put drop down menus on it and populate those menus with our own commands and macros? If yes, then what happens with the accelleroate keys. Let's say I want to create a menu called Window, to make up for the Window menu that Word 2007 has eliminated, and put in that menu certain macros and command, just as I have in my current Word 97. And let's say I make "W" the accelerator key for that menu. Will the Alt+W for that menu be blocked by the Alt+W that is used to open the View tab in the ribbon? What if the ribbon is minimized? In that case would Alt+W work to open my customized menu? If menus and macros cannot be added to the QAT, is it still possible in Word 2007 to create your own customized toolbars with your own menus? |
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I agree that there was a lot of effort on the part of the programming folks
to make it look different. But, I ask how does this create a better letter in Word? I understand that there are a few added functions in Excel, but for how many users? The improvements in Outlook have escaped me. Plenty of keyboard shortcuts removed. I was given my copy of Office 2007 at the Launch event in January. I'm so glad that I didn't spend good money on it. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... And why not hide the pedals behind the carpet, and change the steering wheel for a joystick so that all that driving experience is wasted and you have to learn to drive all over again The only thing that would shift this leviathan would be if the take up of 2007 was minuscule. Let's see what the corporates make of it, when faced with the retraining bill. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Terry Farrell wrote: So as most drivers can't be bothered to use their rear view mirror or signal lights, let's remove them. Then we won't expect the idiot in front either to signal or know that you are behind. And it would make more profit for the vehicle manufacturers. Terry Farrell "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message ... Not that this excuses it, but according to MS data, only a fraction of users customized Office. They think the changes will be better for the majority of users, and for new users in the future. I hate it too, but that was the thought process. Patrick Schmid (a OneNote MVP) has a Ribbon Customizer utility for trial and purchase, with a free Starter edition. http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribbon...izer/index.php Larry wrote: So you can't have your own customized toolbars displayed by default, you'd first have to open the Add-ins tab of the ribbon to get to those toolbars??? This is unbelievable. MS has simply turned Word into a different application. People have a way of working, including customizations that they may have taken years developing and are very accustomed to, and now all that must be junked and we must start over at a kindergarten level. This is truly horrific. This is the fruit of the Gates cult of innovation for the sake of innovation. Innovation is the god, and they don't care about the actual impact of these innovations on actual users. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message ... Macros can be added to the QAT, but not a drop down menu of the type you would be thinking about. Any toolbars that you had created will end up in the Add-Ins tab of the ribbon. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Larry" wrote in message ... Sorry for asking this. I don't have Word 2007 in front of me at the moment. Maybe the question wiill be useful for others. With that Quick Access Toolbar, is it possible to put drop down menus on it and populate those menus with our own commands and macros? If yes, then what happens with the accelleroate keys. Let's say I want to create a menu called Window, to make up for the Window menu that Word 2007 has eliminated, and put in that menu certain macros and command, just as I have in my current Word 97. And let's say I make "W" the accelerator key for that menu. Will the Alt+W for that menu be blocked by the Alt+W that is used to open the View tab in the ribbon? What if the ribbon is minimized? In that case would Alt+W work to open my customized menu? If menus and macros cannot be added to the QAT, is it still possible in Word 2007 to create your own customized toolbars with your own menus? |
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