Get Rid of Proprietary Toolbars
The Problem:
Since I installed Adobe Acrobat, Word always displays an Acrobat toolbar when I start it. I can hide the toolbar, but it always comes back.
The Solution:
This toolbar, which is called PDFMaker, is part of the PDFMaker.dot template that Acrobat automatically installs on the assumption that you want to be able to create PDF documents (documents in Adobe's Portable Document Format) at any moment from Word. If you do want to create PDFs, the toolbar is handy; otherwise, it's an annoyance.
To remove this template, you must first unload the PDFMaker.dot add-in. Choose Tools 
Templates and Add-Ins, click the PDFMaker.dot add-in, and note its location in the "Full path" readout. If it's in the Startup subfolder of your Office folder, exit Word, open a Windows Explorer window to that folder, and move PDFMaker.dot to a different folder. Otherwise, select PDFMaker.dot and click the Remove button. When (if) you need to create a PDF, reload the PDFMaker.dot add-in. Choose Tools Templates and Add-Ins, and either check the box for PDFMaker.dot or click the Add button, navigate to and select the template, and click OK. Then click the OK button to close the Templates and Add-ins dialog box.
Tip: Other applications may install their own menus or toolbars. These are usually part of a global template that you can unload if you so choose.