Add Method (Microsoft Word)

In Microsoft Word, the Temporary argument of the Add method (CommandBarControls object) is always ignored. Therefore, when you add a control button to a menu bar on a command bar, it remains in the Normal.dot template regardless of whether you set the Temporary argument to True. To remove an unnecessary menu item from the Normal.dot template, you can use one of the following methods.

1. Delete Normal.dot. This requires Word to recreate the Normal default template, which also removes any other changes that may have been made to the Normal template, such as toolbars. Because all Word documents rely on the Normal template, you will need to delete the template manually rather than programmatically.
2. Reset command bars. You can create a procedure to reset all command bars or only a specified command bar. This example resets all command bars, including menu bars and toolbars.

   Sub ResetAllCommandBars()
       Dim mnu As CommandBar
   
       'Error handler skips over custom toolbars,
       'which can't be reset
       On Error Resume Next
   
       For Each mnu In Application.CommandBars
           mnu.Reset
       Next mnu
   End Sub

   This example resets the items on only the menu bar instead of all toolbars in Word.

   Sub ResetMenuBar()
       Dim mnu As CommandBar
       For Each mnu In Application.CommandBars
           If mnu.Name = "Menu Bar" Then
               mnu.Reset
           End If
       Next mnu
   End Sub