I'm afraid I can't duplicate this and my Word 2000 is crashing (probably due
to a fairly complex setup) so I am going to be guessing - and am running out
of ideas.
Firstly, to set up a new user to test with, do the following
Press the (Windows) Start Button
Select "Control Panel"
Double click on "User Accounts"
Click on "Create a new account"
Enter a name for the account
Press "Next"
Select "Limited"
Press "Create Account"
Press the (Windows) Start Button again
Select "Log Off"
Select "Switch User"
Logon to your new user (it will take a few moments to initialise)
Start Word 2000 (this will also take a few moments to configure)
Check out the Clipboard and note what happens
Close Word 2000
Press the (Windows) Start Button
Select "Log Off"
Select "Log Off"
Log back on to the original user
Double click on the pcture for the user you just created
Select "Delete"
On the prompt "Do you want to keep files", Press "Delete Files"
On the "Are you sure" prompt, press "Delete Account"
Close the "User Accounts" window
Close the Control Panel.
Now, as this also happens in Excel, it seems like an Office, rather than a
Word setting. There is a registry key
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\C ommon\Toolbars". I don't
know whether there will be anything there of interest but cn you post here
what values are in that key? It may help, it may not.
Sounds like you don't know VBA so don't worry what I said about the
clipboard. There is a page somewhere on the word.mvps.org website with a
five minute quick guide to VBA, but I can't remember the address at the
moment; I'll try and find it for you - a little bedtime reading if nothing
else
I'll try and find and/or post some images from 2003 if I have some time
later.
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Enjoy,
Tony
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"Owl1" wrote in message
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Apology and Disclaimer: I want to apologize for the multiple postings,
although not a one is my fault! Maybe it's my dial-up service, but often
when
I try to post a reply, I get an error message from Microsoft apologizing
that
the post could not be sent and to try again. And so I did!! Not my fault,
period.
Tony,
Thank you very (underline very) for being willing to thinking and write
about this. I do (underlined) appreciate it a lot.
To answer your questions: First, I haven't used other Office programs
since
this problem with the Clipboard toolbar began happening, and I hadn't
thought
to try it in other programs. I just tried it in Excel 2000, and exactly
the
same thing happens the The toolbar appears docked and has to be dragged
with the mouse to float.
Your next question, about the Clipboard toolbar being docked in every Word
document I open: Yes, your interpretation is right: Once I have it
floating
in one document and then oopen another, it will be docked in that document
but is still floating in the first document.
I checked the registry as you instructed. There is no AcbControl in the
righthand pane next to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Co mmon\General
The last idea you had, to add a new userid to the computer: Sorry, I don't
know how to do this, and then wouldn't know how to remove that user after
the
test. If you think it's worth your time explaining how to do this, I'm
glad
to do it. I have Windows XP.
Intuitively it seemed like it would help to re-install Word 2000, and what
you said confirms this.
What you told me about Word 2003 is helpful. I've never used it, and
before
I install it would like to understand how Word 2003 offers a Clipboard.
If,
as you wrote, it's not possible to keep it visible all the time, I wonder
if
it would be worthwhile to install Word 2003 (for me, that is). Is there
any
webpage that easily comes to mind that shows what a Tast Pane will look
like?
(Please don't go to any trouble to find one if you don't happen to have it
on
the tip of your tongue!)
Yes, I do like PhotoDraw. It helped me to design a complex book cover that
I
couldn't have done otherwise (PhotoShop Elements was the only alternative
I
had).
Last, I don't know enough to know what "interacting with the Office
clipboard via VBA in Word 2000 by accessing the toolbar" means. If (and
only
if!) you're not too tired by all this, I'd be interested in knowing what
this
means.
I hope this posting will go through without multiple copies! Microsoft
needs
to repair something, IMHO.
Thanks again!