Technical Support Note 16

Modifying the Toolbar in MS Word

Issue:

After installing the Sign-It! macro in MS Word the user desires to move the position of the Sign-It! Toolbar icon, or due to multiple installs there may be duplicate Sign-It! icons.

Solution:

Word provides the ability to edit any of the toolbars. The following are some brief instructions, you may also consult the Word documentation for further details.

The Sign-It! macro and toolbar modifications are stored in the Normal.dot template file which is used as the basis for any new (blank) document.

1. Load the Normal.dot file by clicking on the File menu and selecting Open. In the file dialog change the Files of Type to Document Templates and change the path the location of your Word template files (e.g. for Word 95, C:\MSOffice\Template) and choose the Normal.dot file.
2. Now that the Normal.dot file is loaded any changes made to the toolbars, macros, menus, etc. will be stored in the Normal.dot file and available anytime a new blank document is created.
3. To edit the toolbar, click on the View menu and select Toolbars. Click on the Customize button in the Toolbars dialog.
4. Now you can make any changes you desire to the toolbar. You can move toolbar icons by clicking on the icon and dragging the icon to the new position. To delete an icon click on the icon and drag the icon outside the toolbars and release, the icon is deleted.
5. When edits are complete click on the Close button in the customize toolbar dialog.
6. Close Word and restart Word. The new toolbar should now appear.