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Word Clipboard Toolbar Always Docks Itself
I hope somebody can solve this. I use Word 2000 (9.0, 3821 SR-1) and use the
*floating* Clipboard toolbar a lot in my work. Somehow - I don't know how - the Clipboard toolbar now docks itself automatically, so that every time I close and reopen Word, and then press Ctrl-C twice to display the Clipboard toolbar, it appears docked above the formatting toolbar. I then have to drag it down beside my document to see and use its 12 cells. Since I have to do this again and again, this is getting old! I've tried Detect & Repair, and have scoured the internet for a solution, without luck. I found someone who told people how to get Word 2000 to dock its Clipboard toolbar *permanently* by going to Control Panel Accessibility Options and click on "Show extra keyboard help in program". That box isn't checked. I have tried installing a backup copy I made of Word's normal.dot, in case this has been corrupted, but this didn't help, either. Thanks very much for any suggestions! |
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Word Clipboard Toolbar Always Docks Itself
In the past several weeks, I've tried to solve this problem in other ways,
and am getting nowhere. Every single new document I open displays with the Clipboard toolbar in docked position, so once I drag it down so I can see the 12 cells and use it in one document, this doesn't carry over to other documents, already opened or not. I have to drag the Clipboard toolbar to undock it _in every single document_ to get it to float there. Since I use this feature many times every day, this is a real hassle. If anyone can help, I'd surely appreciate it! "Owl1" wrote: I hope somebody can solve this. I use Word 2000 (9.0, 3821 SR-1) and use the *floating* Clipboard toolbar a lot in my work. Somehow - I don't know how - the Clipboard toolbar now docks itself automatically, so that every time I close and reopen Word, and then press Ctrl-C twice to display the Clipboard toolbar, it appears docked above the formatting toolbar. I then have to drag it down beside my document to see and use its 12 cells. Since I have to do this again and again, this is getting old! I've tried Detect & Repair, and have scoured the internet for a solution, without luck. I found someone who told people how to get Word 2000 to dock its Clipboard toolbar *permanently* by going to Control Panel Accessibility Options and click on "Show extra keyboard help in program". That box isn't checked. I have tried installing a backup copy I made of Word's normal.dot, in case this has been corrupted, but this didn't help, either. Thanks very much for any suggestions! |
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Word Clipboard Toolbar Always Docks Itself
Word *should* remember where you last had the toolbar. Off the top of my
head, I believe details are stored in the Word Data key in the registry. Is this just a problem with the Clipboard toolbar, or do all toolbars behave in the same way? If it's all toolbars, then are you perhaps in a corporate environment where your settings may be overridden by over-enthusiastic techies? If it's just the one toolbar, I can think of no obvious reason, perhaps the data key is corrupt; it would be worth trying to rename it (and letting Word create a new one) to see if that solves the problem. -- Enjoy, Tony www.WordArticles.com "Owl1" wrote in message ... In the past several weeks, I've tried to solve this problem in other ways, and am getting nowhere. Every single new document I open displays with the Clipboard toolbar in docked position, so once I drag it down so I can see the 12 cells and use it in one document, this doesn't carry over to other documents, already opened or not. I have to drag the Clipboard toolbar to undock it _in every single document_ to get it to float there. Since I use this feature many times every day, this is a real hassle. If anyone can help, I'd surely appreciate it! "Owl1" wrote: I hope somebody can solve this. I use Word 2000 (9.0, 3821 SR-1) and use the *floating* Clipboard toolbar a lot in my work. Somehow - I don't know how - the Clipboard toolbar now docks itself automatically, so that every time I close and reopen Word, and then press Ctrl-C twice to display the Clipboard toolbar, it appears docked above the formatting toolbar. I then have to drag it down beside my document to see and use its 12 cells. Since I have to do this again and again, this is getting old! I've tried Detect & Repair, and have scoured the internet for a solution, without luck. I found someone who told people how to get Word 2000 to dock its Clipboard toolbar *permanently* by going to Control Panel Accessibility Options and click on "Show extra keyboard help in program". That box isn't checked. I have tried installing a backup copy I made of Word's normal.dot, in case this has been corrupted, but this didn't help, either. Thanks very much for any suggestions! |
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Word Clipboard Toolbar Always Docks Itself
Tony - Thanks very much for posting some suggestions. I'd really like to
solve this. The problem probably doesn't sound important to most people, but I'm a professional writer and use this feature a lot. Word is definitely *not* remembering that the Clipboard toolbar was floating when Word closes. I've tried many times to impress this on its memory, but no luck! None of the other Word toolbars has any problems. I'm not in a corporate environment and am the only user of this computer. Could you tell me how to check to see if the data key is corrupted, or how to force Word to create a new one? I'm not experienced *at all* with regedit! Many thanks for your help! |
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Take care in the Registry. If you're unsure about anything, don't do it.
Renaming keys and values, rather than deleting them, is non-destructive, and allows you to rename them back afterwards. I usually add a ! character to the end of the name - that way it stays in alphabetic order but is obvious to see. That is, though, just a suggestion and you can do as you wish. Navigate, using the left hand panel, to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Wo rd\Data In the right hand panel there should be 3 values: Default, Settings, and Toolbars. Select Toolbars and rename it (right click and select Rename, or press F2, Edit the name, and press Enter to commit) -- Enjoy, Tony www.WordArticles.com "Owl1" wrote in message ... Tony - Thanks very much for posting some suggestions. I'd really like to solve this. The problem probably doesn't sound important to most people, but I'm a professional writer and use this feature a lot. Word is definitely *not* remembering that the Clipboard toolbar was floating when Word closes. I've tried many times to impress this on its memory, but no luck! None of the other Word toolbars has any problems. I'm not in a corporate environment and am the only user of this computer. Could you tell me how to check to see if the data key is corrupted, or how to force Word to create a new one? I'm not experienced *at all* with regedit! Many thanks for your help! |
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Word Clipboard Toolbar Always Docks Itself
I followed your directions (very clear - thanks!): I navigated to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Wo rd\Data, renamed Toolbars to OldToolbars!, hit Enter, restarted the computer, opened Word, found that the Standard and Formatting Toolbars now showed up on one line, hit Ctrl-C twice, and there -- in front of God, me, and everyone! -- Word displayed the Clipboard toolbar _docked_, as usual! I dragged it so it would float, closed Word, re-opened Word, and it was again docked. You're good to offer some help, which I immensely appreciate. If you have any other ideas, I'll gladly try them. "Tony Jollans" wrote: Take care in the Registry. If you're unsure about anything, don't do it. Renaming keys and values, rather than deleting them, is non-destructive, and allows you to rename them back afterwards. I usually add a ! character to the end of the name - that way it stays in alphabetic order but is obvious to see. That is, though, just a suggestion and you can do as you wish. Navigate, using the left hand panel, to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Wo rd\Data In the right hand panel there should be 3 values: Default, Settings, and Toolbars. Select Toolbars and rename it (right click and select Rename, or press F2, Edit the name, and press Enter to commit) -- Enjoy, Tony www.WordArticles.com "Owl1" wrote in message ... Tony - Thanks very much for posting some suggestions. I'd really like to solve this. The problem probably doesn't sound important to most people, but I'm a professional writer and use this feature a lot. Word is definitely *not* remembering that the Clipboard toolbar was floating when Word closes. I've tried many times to impress this on its memory, but no luck! None of the other Word toolbars has any problems. I'm not in a corporate environment and am the only user of this computer. Could you tell me how to check to see if the data key is corrupted, or how to force Word to create a new one? I'm not experienced *at all* with regedit! Many thanks for your help! |
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