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"My Standard" toolbar

Word comes standard with a Standard toolbar.

This toolbar contains a broad spectrum of commonly used commands, but I've never known anyone for whom the controls are optimum. Some people modify their Standard toolbar to suit. This has the advantage of being simple, but the Standard toolbar is stored in the Normal template. Since that template is fairly susceptible to corruption, that makes the modified toolbar is lost if the Normal template has to be deleted. Therefore I create a replacement "My Standard" toolbar in a global template (also known as an add-in):

I prefer to create the "My Standard" toolbar in code. This ensures that the toolbar is created fresh each time Word is opened or the macro is run. Any customizations that are done within each session aren't saved.

The first section deletes any other "My Standard" toolbar:

    Public Sub StandardBar_Setup()
        On Error Resume Next
        CommandBars("My Standard").Delete
        On Error GoTo 0

The next section creates the toolbar, and places it in the top dock. Setting the .Visible property to False speeds the creation of the toolbar. Setting the Temporary property to True ensures that the toolbar is destroyed when Word closes, rather than being stored in the Normal template.

        With CommandBars.Add( _
                        Name:="My Standard", _
                        Position:=msoBarTop, _
                        Menubar:=False, _
                        temporary:=True)
            .Visible = False
            .Enabled = True
            .Height = 28
            .Width = 720
            .RowIndex = msoBarRowFirst

Now the controls are added.

            With .Controls
                .Add Type:=msoControlButton, ID:=2188  'Mail Recipient
                .Add(Type:=msoControlButton, ID:=247).BeginGroup = True    'Page Setup
                .Add Type:=msoControlButton, ID:=2521  'Print
                .Add Type:=msoControlButton, ID:=109   'Print Preview
                .Add Type:=msoControlSplitDropdown, ID:=128    'Undo
                .Add Type:=msoControlSplitDropdown, ID:=129    'Redo
                .Add Type:=msoControlButton, ID:=108   'Format Painter
                .Add Type:=msoControlButton, ID:=125   'Date
                .Add Type:=msoControlButton, ID:=126   'Time
                .Add Type:=msoControlButton, ID:=288   'View Field Codes
                .Add Type:=msoControlButton, ID:=308   'Symbol
                .Add Type:=msoControlButton, ID:=916   'Tables & Borders Toolbar
                .Add Type:=msoControlButton, ID:=204   'Drawing Toolbar
                .Add Type:=msoControlButton, ID:=8219  'Dictionary
                .Add Type:=msoControlButton, ID:=3485  'AutoText
                .Add(Type:=msoControlButton, ID:=758).FaceId = 777 'Bookmark
                .Add Type:=msoControlButton, ID:=119   'Show All
                .Add Type:=msoControlButton, ID:=6        'Fit to Window
                .Add Type:=msoControlButton, ID:=5         'One Page
                .Add Type:=msoControlComboBox, ID:=1733   'Zoom
                .Add Type:=msoControlButton, ID:=984   'Search Word Help
            End With

Finally, the toolbar is made visible, locked in place and the built-in toolbar hidden and disabled:

            .Visible = True
            .Protection = msoBarNoMove
        End With
        With CommandBars("Standard")
            .Visible = False
            .Enabled = True
        End With
    End Sub

This page last updated on Thursday, 20 May 2004.

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