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    Hi,

    My office has a mix of Word 2003 and 2010 users, and I have a startup template that builds a forms menu in Word 2003 adding that menu to the main menu.  When I run the same template in Word 2010 (without any modification for 2010), it puts the menu on the Add-Ins tab instead of creating a new tab on the ribbon.  This is pretty good so far.

    But, is there a way, in the VBA code of the template macros to: 1) learn what version of Word is running the macro, and 2) direct the macro to construct the menu as a main tab on the ribbon instead of in the default Add-Ins location?

    Since the macro runs each time Word opens, and removes the existing menu before creating the new one( which might have new or modified selections on it), it does not seem to be an option to merely move the menu manually after it appears on the Add-Ins menu to a new tab by using ribbon customization, and I would also prefer not to have to detour into learning xml scripting to get this task done--but I will if it's really the easiest way.

    TIA,

    Peter

    Wednesday, February 22, 2012 5:01 PM

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    Hi,

    Please test following code, hope this helpful:

    '########################
    'Get the version of Word.
    '########################
    Public Function GetWordVersion() As String
    GetWordVersion = Application.Version
    End Function


    Sub Demo()
    Dim strWordVer As String

    strWordVer = GetWordVersion

    If strWordVer = "11.0" Then

    'Processing 1...
    ElseIf strWordVer = "14.0" Then

    'Processing 2...
    End If
    End Sub

    Note:  You need add macro code that have been designed for Word 2003 & 2010 to  "Processing1" & "Processing2"
    "11.0" = Word 2003
    "14.0" = Word 2010


    Best regards.

    William Zhou

    TechNet Community Support

    Monday, February 27, 2012 4:55 AM

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    Hi,

    Please test following code, hope this helpful:

    '########################
    'Get the version of Word.
    '########################
    Public Function GetWordVersion() As String
    GetWordVersion = Application.Version
    End Function


    Sub Demo()
    Dim strWordVer As String

    strWordVer = GetWordVersion

    If strWordVer = "11.0" Then

    'Processing 1...
    ElseIf strWordVer = "14.0" Then

    'Processing 2...
    End If
    End Sub

    Note:  You need add macro code that have been designed for Word 2003 & 2010 to  "Processing1" & "Processing2"
    "11.0" = Word 2003
    "14.0" = Word 2010


    Best regards.

    William Zhou

    TechNet Community Support

    Monday, February 27, 2012 4:55 AM
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    Thanks for the code.  I'll try it out.  I checked into Greg Maxey's website and found his tutorials on modifying the ribbon XML and macro coding.  Emboldened by all that good stuff,  I redid my 2003 menus and macros for 2010 this weekend and the results are quite satisfying.  So, I think it will not be too bad to develop in parallel until we get off of 2003 altogether.

    Thanks again.

    Monday, February 27, 2012 10:25 PM
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    Hi,
     
    As I have not heard from you for several days. I will go ahead and close this thread. If you have any questions, please feel free to reply to us and this thread will be re-opened.
     

    Best Regards.

    William Zhou

    TechNet Community Support

    Monday, March 5, 2012 3:06 AM