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Word - Missing tabs in ribbon
Hi!
I'm new to this community. I have added a couple of new tabs and buttons with macros to my Word 365 ribbon, but they keep dissapearing when I re-start Word. The macros are there but the tabs and buttons are not. Any suggestion how can I solve this issue? Thank you very much!
Your recorded macros are stored, by default, in your Normal.dotm template. (That is likely not the best place to store them. Organizing your macros by Beth Melton, Word MVP
Ribbon customization is stored in a separate file: Word.CustomUI.
You can back these up using Export/Import.
I prefer actually modifying the ribbon using XML, but that requires more time. It makes for a much more durable, flexible, portable, and shareable ribbon modification. Customize the Office
Ribbon (It doesn't take rocket science) by Greg Maxey In my opinion it is worth learning.
Are you, by chance, in a corporate environment with an IT department?
You may want to, instead, add your macros to your Quick Access Toolbar.
Modifying the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) in Microsoft Word
Such modifications should be stored in the same template that holds the macros.
Thank you!
I had come upo with the idea of storing my macros in different templates according to projects, but that didn't work. I'll try customizing the ribbon as you suggest, but I'm afraid it will take some time, since I've never done it. The reference you gave me will be very useful, thanks again.
I'm actually a teacher, and those macros I made are for editing papers and marking exercises.
Keep in mind that far easier to do in the regular user interface is to put your macros on the Quick Access Toolbar.
- These should be stored in the same template that holds the macros.
- This can and should be somewhere other than the Normal Template.
- The template holding the macros and QAT modifications can be loaded as a Global Template by putting it in your Word Startup Folder.
- Modifying the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) in Microsoft Word
Doing this is a bit of work but requires nowhere near the time it takes to learn XML ribbon editing. Remember that you can put the QAT under your Ribbon (Windows) and can customize the icons.
You can also add Keyboard Shortcuts to your macros. Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts in Microsoft Word 2007-2021 (365)
