After some research it appears that menu customizations do not persist to other machines because the configuration is saved to a pcb file on the local machine. I DO NOT want to get into the business of replacing pcb files on machines consuming this app. I will be distributing this solution to a very large sales force. This is why I am committed to finding a simple UI for launching my user form and why I want to stay away from updating files on other machines.

As a developer, I must admit that I am perplexed over the possiblility there may be no practicle way to provide a button or menu item which stays with the saved ppt file and allows users to simply launch a user form.