Re: pdf toolbar keeps disappearing

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From: Dianah (flickers_at_shaw.ca)
Date: 03/21/04

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    By the way ... what's the alternative to using Word as the word processing
    for Outlook. Not that others don't exist (don't mean that), but Word is the
    only one I have. I like having control of how the message displays and that
    I can paste images or print screens into it. (I often end up helping people
    with their pc problems, so this is very useful for me - putting together
    print screens with instructions).

    "Graham Mayor" <gmayor@NOSPAMmvps.org> wrote in message
    news:eUcBRS2DEHA.3088@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
    Provided the add-in is still present (in templates & add-ins), the macro
    should put the toolbar back in the listing and activate it. 

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Dianah wrote:
> Wow, thanks Graham ... I'll try it later.  Gotta fly off to sing in
> choir. I'll let you know.
> PS ... the toolbar disappears from the toolbar listing after it
> disappears. Your note is interesting.
> Will read more closely later.  Thanks.
>
> "Graham Mayor" <gmayor@NOSPAMmvps.org> wrote in message
> news:ejJZUL0DEHA.2628@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> The quickest workaround would be not to use Word as your Outlook
> e-mail editor!
>
> Word should not be altering normal.dot without your permission - set
> tools > options > save to prompt you to save normal.dot.
>
> You could always replace the toolbar using a macro attached to a
> toolbar:
>
> Public Sub ToggleAdobeToolbar()
> Dim i As Long
>   For i = 1 To Application.CommandBars.Count
>     If InStr(UCase(Application.CommandBars(i).Name), _
>     "PDFMAKER") > 0 Then
>        With Application.CommandBars(i)
>             .Enabled = Not .Enabled
>         End With
>     End If
>   Next i
> End Sub
>
> should work for all Acrobat versions - see
> http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
>
>
> Dianah wrote:
>> Hi Suzanne,
>> Thanks for your comments.  By the way ... the pdfmaker.dot was
>> already in the template directory, interestingly enough.
>>
>> However, it would appear that the mysterious pdfmaker toolbar
>> disappearance problem is related to using Outlook for my email.  As
>> soon as I use outlook to create an email, then open regular Word, the
>> toolbar disappears.  Closing outlook and word, then deleting
>> normal.dot does the trick (unless I open Outlook and create an email
>> before I start word).  So, to make this as painless as possible.
>> I've put a shortcut to the template directory.  I access it
>> regularly, delete normal.dot and carry on.  It's tedious and
>> frustrating, but it's the quickest workaround that I can find.
>>
>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:e6EX9AQDEHA.684@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> The user templates folder is *not* where you put add-ins that you
>> want to load at startup. Those you have to put in the Startup folder.
>> Find the path for that on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options.
>>
>>
>> "Dianah" <flickers@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>> news:Ofrg$XLDEHA.3796@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi Graham,
>>> Word 2002
>>> Just got in ... and loaded up that document to make changes ...no
>>> pdfmaker toolbar ... arghhh.   Launching pdfmaker.dot didn't help
>>> this time.  I had not deleted normal.dot yesterday, but I just did
>>> and that seems to have worked.  I hope it holds for next time.  This
>>> is so rediculous.
>>>
>>> By the way, this is where I found the template directory is for
>>> office 2002: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application
>>> Data\Microsoft\Templates Diana
>>>
>>> "Graham Mayor" <gmayor@DELETECAPSmvps.org> wrote in message
>>> news:%23Lfzir%23CEHA.3584@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> roger wrote:
>>>> Hi Diana,
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 19:31:18 -0700, "Dianah" <flickers@shaw.ca>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have the opposite problem to some people.  I want that pdf
>>>>> toolbar and it keeps disappearing.
>>>>> Any way to get it back.  It's checked off in the addin's.  If I
>>>>> reinstall Acrobat everytime it disappears, it will reappear.  When
>>>>> I reboot, and startup word, it disappears again.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> If you're using Windows XP, try to move the file PDFmaker.dot which
>>>> is in X:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\STARTUP (Where X
>>>> is your system drive) to
>>>> X:\Documents and Settings\<User name>\Program
>>>> data\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP
>>>>
>>>>  What version of Acrobat are you using? If 5.0, there's an update
>>>> to correct some bugs.
>>>>
>>>> Also try going to Word > ? > About Microsoft Office Word > Disabled
>>>> elements and check if pdfmaker is there, if so, uncheck it.
>>>>
>>>> Eventually you might locate the normal.dot template and rename it
>>>> to normal.bak. Word will recreate it the first time it starts.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck
>>>
>>> I don't think we established the Office version. The path you quote
>>> is for Office 2003. Note the add-in is intended to go in the Office
>>> folder so that it is available across the Office apps and not just
>>> in Word. It needs to go in the correct Office startup folder for the
>>> Office version. There should be no difference in performance between
>>> the correct office startup folder and the Word startup folder beyond
>>> the limitation just mentioned.
>>>
>>> Normal.dot shouldn't be an issue here as the Acrobat add-in is
>>> pervasive in the way that it dominates the workspace. Unless of
>>> course someone has been experimenting with macros to disable the
>>> toolbar - such as those at
>>> http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm
>>>
>>> --
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>>>      Graham Mayor -  Word MVP
>>>
>>>       Web site www.gmayor.com
>>>   Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word
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