Well, I looked last night and added a new toolbar to Outlook (I know you said Word 2003) and was able to close Outlook and open without issue, even after a reboot.
Now, in Word 2007, there is what's called the "ribbon" rather than the toolbar. I could not find out how to add a whole new one. I could edit, but nothing new. I spent some good time on this...
I think someone who is running Word 2003 will need to help as 2007 is kind of different.
Someone help Christian out please....
Brian S. Tucker
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