How to Customize Microsoft Office Manager

Last reviewed: September 16, 1996
Article ID: Q124335

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Office for Windows, version 4.2

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This article contains a list of resources you can use to customize Microsoft Office Manager (MOM). The following information points to procedures in Office Help and to other Knowledge Base articles that describe how to do the following:

Move, Add, Edit, or Remove a MOM toolbar button
Move, Add, Edit, or Remove a MOM menu item
Change the working directory for a MOM toolbar or menu item
Change the registered location of an application

Keep the Title Screen from Being Displayed When You Start Office

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MOVING, ADDING, EDITING, OR REMOVING A MOM TOOLBAR BUTTON

To move, add, edit, or remove a MOM toolbar item

From the Office menu, choose Cue Cards.
Choose View Cue Cards On Using and Customizing Office Manager.
Choose Customize The Office Manager Toolbar.
Follow the appropriate Cue Card procedure.

MOVING, ADDING, EDITING, OR REMOVING A MOM MENU ITEM

To move, add, edit, or remove a MOM menu item

From the Office menu, choose Cue Cards.
Choose the View Cue Cards On Using And Customizing Office Manager.
Choose Customize The Office Menu.
Follow the appropriate Cue Card procedure.

CHANGING THE WORKING DIRECTORY FOR A MOM TOOLBAR BUTTON OR MENU ITEM

You can change the working directory for MOM toolbar buttons and menu items. In addition, you can change the Working Directory setting for Office applications in Program Manager. Because each of these items can have its own working directory, and because these settings are independent, it is important to change the working directory in all places.

NOTE: Some applications (such as Word 6.0 and Microsoft Excel 5.0) have a setting in their respective INI files that will override the working directory settings in both MOM and Program Manager.

For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q110731
   TITLE     : Office: Changing the Working Directory for an Office Program

For more information about the working directory and what it does, do the following:

Choose the Search button in Office Help and type the following:
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      Working Directory
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Select the Add Program topic, and choose Go To.
Choose the Working Directory topic.

CHANGING THE REGISTERED LOCATION OF AN APPLICATION

Although you can see the registered location of an Office component in the Edit Program Item dialog box (from the Office menu, choose Customize, and then choose the Edit button), you cannot change the registered location for an application from MOM.

To ensure correct registration of Office applications, run the Office Setup program and choose the Remove/Add button to remove or add Office components.

For more information about problems with REG.DAT entries, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID:Q122964
   TITLE     :How to Rebuild the Reg.Date File and Re-Register Applications

KEEPING THE TITLE SCREEN FROM BEING DISPLAYED WHEN YOU START OFFICE

To keep the title screen from being displayed when you start Office, do the following:

From the Office menu, choose Customize.
In the Customize box, select the View tab.
Clear the Show Title Screen At Startup check box.

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Last reviewed: September 16, 1996
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