You can reset the toolbars to default by resetting the registry entry that
controls them. This also resets tools options and the autoformat
settings - See
http://www.gmayor.com/my_toolbars_are_missing.htm or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
Web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word



MikeyD wrote:
I did know that it was destructive, but I did not realize that it was
still operative, because it happened when I was trying to get it to
work on the Task Pane entries. I had tried to click it on an
undeleted file name to see if the hyphen would work there, but all
it did is open the file. I then closed the Task Pane and then tried
to reopen it to see if the entry had been erased from the Task Pane.
What got erased is the Task Pane enry in the View menu. I have in
fact restored, but the Task Pane button is still missing from the
short View menu. It is there only on the Toolbars flyout sub-menu. I
have been unsuccessful trying to get it back onto the main View menu.
I cannot get your suggestion to work. It will not move the Task Pane
onto the short View menu. In a different user accouint on this
machine the Task Pane is on both the shorter View menu and in the
Toolbars sub-menu flyout in the View menu. I'm not trying to put it
on the menu bar, just onto the View menu itself (where it will appear
twice, once under View and also under ViewToolbars).

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

I will amend my web page to comment on the task pane. I guess I need
to add greater emphasis to the fact that it is a *destructive*
cursor? To get the required menu entry back, select tools
customize commands view and drag the Task Pane entry back to the
menu.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




MikeyD wrote:
Thanks Graham. The Ctrl + Alt + hyphen approach worked on a
selective basis as you suggested.

For your further information, and the benefit of anyone else viewing
this exchange, the entries for a deleted file were erased from both
the File menu and the Task Pane when the "fat" hyphen was placed
over the entry in just the File menu. However, the opposite
approach did
not work, i.e., trying to delete the entry from the Task Pane
generated an error message to the effect that Word could not find
the file. The entry was erased subsequently by erasing it from the
File menu. The File menu closes after the fat hyphen treatment and
the erasure can be verified by clicking on File again. The Task
Pane has
to be closed and reopened to verify the deletion of the entry there.

I tested the approach with a file that had not been deleted to see
if clicking the fat hyphen on the Task Pane entry would work. I
could
not get it to do so, because the hyphen reverted to an arrow when I
placed it over the entry and the file opened. Meanwhile, I
accidentally eliminated the "Task Pane" entry from the View menu
whilst experimenting with this technique. I am going to try a system
restore. If that does not work, Graham, how do I get that menu
choice back?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

See http://www.gmayor.com/clear_recently_used_file_list.htm which
explains how to clear the list of either just one entry or the lot.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




MikeyD wrote:
Does anyone know if it is possible to edit the MRU file list in
Word? Here's the point: I know that it is possible to shut off the
MRU
feature entirely or alter the number of entries it retains. But is
it possible to delete [or edit] entries (from both the File menu
and the Task Pane) to prevent the inclusion of files that I have
manually deleted from the My Documents folder [or correctly link
to docs I
have moved from their original locations to sub-folders]? Deleting
the shortcuts in Documents and Settings\User\Application
Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent does not work. I've tried that.

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