Disabling persistent mail merge toolbar in Word 2

[judgehopkins]

Microsoft Word XP opens, displaying the mail merge toolbar which I do not want.

I go to tools/customize/toolbars and uncheck the toolbar, but the next time I start Word, it appears again.

Is there a way to disable the mail merge toolbar in Word XP?

Thanks....

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[Dreamboat]

Find and rename normal.dot. For more information on normal.dot and troubleshooting Word:

http://www.theofficeexperts.com/word.htm

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[judgehopkins]

Thanks for the tip.

This happens on the many computers that I have on the network.

Thus, it appears that this is a Microsoft problem, right?

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[Dreamboat]

Not at all. Is everyone sharing the same normal.dot?

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[judgehopkins]

No; Word is on each computer, not on the server....

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[fumei]

The default normal.dot setting is MailMerge toolbar is not visible.

Clearing (deleting) normal.dot should correct it back to default.

If it does not, then something else is incorrect. That may take effort to determine.

However, if you just want to explicitly make it not be visible, put the following into an AutoExec() in normal.dot.

If CommandBars("Mail Merge").Visible = True Then
CommandBars("Mail Merge").Visible = False
End If

Anne is right though - recreating normal.dot SHOULD fix it.

Gerry

 

[judgehopkins]

Recreating normal.dot did not do anything.

As I suspected, this is just another Microsoft Miracle...you can't get rid of that Mail Merge Toolbar!

Thanks y'all for your attempts; I appreciate it!

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[judgehopkins]

Here is another method that does seem to work in Word 2003: Click tools/customize/toolbars. Deselect mail merge. Click reset. A dialog box pops up labeled Reset Toolbar. It says Reset changes for 'Mail Merge' toolbar for:. There is a dropdown box; be sure to select Normal or Normal.dot. (For reasons unknown to me, the names of the normal document template is shown differently on different machines). Click OK. Click close.

I am giving both y'all a star for putting me on the right track....

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[Dreamboat]

(For reasons unknown to me, the names of the normal document template is shown differently on different machines)

It's a Windows setting, judge, as to whether you want to view file extensions.

Double-click My Computer.
From the menu: Tools-Folder options, View tab.
You'll see the setting for hiding file extensions for known file types (or similar phrasing).
Thanks for the star!

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