Hey Bob,
The problem I'm facing is that I have no option when rightclicking the box
to show or hide the only options I get when right clicking anywhere is to
turn off all the other stuff like formatting, standard, autotext, etc.
I am starting from a fresh and updated from Microsoft install without any
other addins, addons, etc.
Btw, I don't have any of those entries in my registries.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\C ommon\Toolbars\Settings
Settings is the last folder and it only has one entry.
Thx for reply though
"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
Hi Suzanne,
Not to worry 
While the 'ask a question' box is an Office wide feature, you can use the same technique in Word, Excel and
Powerpoint to turn it off individually in each app. If you have right clicked on the 'Ask a Question' box and then left clicked the
'Show...' choice that appears, while Word's Tools=Customize dialog is open when you close the Tools=Customize dialog then the
'question' box will not be visible.
If you the reopen the Tools=Customize dialog the 'question box' will be visible when the dialog is opened and you can right click
it and again select 'Show...' the dialog box should stay visible when closing the Tools=Customize dialog.
It is possible that this is another area where add-ins could cause interference, but the settings are saved in the registry.
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ...
I've just looked at the Word Help topic "Show or hide the Type a question
for help box." It says:
1. On the Tools menu, click Customize.
2. On the menu bar, right-click the Type a question for help box.
3. Select or deselect Show Ask A Question Box to show or hide it.
Note If you are hiding the Type a question for help box, it will still
display until after you close the Customize dialog box.
What this means is that you must have the Customize dialog open, but you're
not actually clicking anything *in* the Customize dialog. You're
right-clicking the "Type a question for help" box itself. You get a menu
with a single item: "Show Ask a Question Box." It has a check mark beside
it. Presumably if you click on it, you will remove the box, but, having
already read the replies posted here by other MVPs, I'm loath to experiment
with it, since there doesn't seem to be any easy way to get it back. I take
it that you can't just right-click on the menu bar to get this option?
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
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"spysmily1" wrote in message
...
I can't seem to get any help on removing this box from either excel, word,
or
outlook. I have read other post that just recite the same stuff about
right clicking and unchecking the show the box. I don't have this box and
never have had it. I have many others. I have tried the suggestion that I
had
googled for in which the MVP said to go to Customize then in the Toolbar
tab
select Menu Bar and then click properties. The problem there is that I
have
no properties to click. All I have is reset or keyboard on the bottom. To
the
right I have New, Rename, Delete and Reset, but no properties at all. I am
using Office 2003