Mac Office 2008 (Word question)

I am wondering how/if it is possible to park the formatting palette (you know, the toolbar that lets you bold, underline, italicize fonts etc.) to the top of your Word document? Currently the only way I am able to do this is by the following:
View > Toolbars > Formatting > and than click the "Formatting Palette" logo, still under the "View" tab
What I would like to do is make this standard and automatic throughout all of my Word documents without having to individually select this option each and every time I open a new document.
Any suggestions?

Microsoft forums:
http://www.officeformac.com/productforums/

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