Suppressing the Reviewing Toolbar on E-mailed Workbooks

Summary: If you get tired of the Reviewing toolbar popping up whenever you open a workbook you received via e-mail. You'll love the information in this tip. Add the provided macro, and you can turn the toolbar off just as soon as it appears. (This tip works with Microsoft Excel 2002, and Excel 2003.)

If you are using Excel 2002 or Excel 2003 and you e-mail a workbook to someone, then when they open the workbook, Excel automatically displays the Reviewing toolbar. If you receive workbooks from other people via e-mail, and you get tired of the Reviewing toolbar always being displayed, there is little you can do to force it to stay hidden.

You can use a macro to temporarily disable the Reviewing toolbar, but it won't permanently disable it. The following macro will perform the temporary suppression:

Sub SuppressReviewingToolbar()
    Application.CommandBars("Reviewing").Enabled = False
End Sub

You can add this to a module in your personal.xls so it is always available and, if desired, create a keyboard shortcut to it or assign it to a toolbar button. That way you can quickly close the toolbar whenever it pops up.

ExcelTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Excel training. This tip (2309) applies to Microsoft Excel versions: 2002 | 2003

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