[Itsaplane]

I've lost the vertical and horizontal scroll bars in Word (Office 2007) --
and can't see how to get them back.

[Jay Freedman]

On Fri, 4 May 2007 15:10:02 -0700, Itsaplane
wrote:

I've lost the vertical and horizontal scroll bars in Word (Office 2007) --
and can't see how to get them back.

Click the Office button and choose Word Options at the bottom of the
menu. Click the Advanced tab, scroll down to the Display category, and
make sure the boxes for "Show horizontal scroll bar" and "Show
vertical scroll bar" are checked.


I'd have no idea how they would get turned off without you knowing
about it.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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[Itsaplane]

Thanks Jay -- the fix worked. (Shouldn't this be in View, Show/Hide (in case
anyone at Microsoft is listening.)) Word crashed on me about the same time -
I'd guess that did it.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

On Fri, 4 May 2007 15:10:02 -0700, Itsaplane
wrote:

I've lost the vertical and horizontal scroll bars in Word (Office 2007) --
and can't see how to get them back.

Click the Office button and choose Word Options at the bottom of the
menu. Click the Advanced tab, scroll down to the Display category, and
make sure the boxes for "Show horizontal scroll bar" and "Show
vertical scroll bar" are checked.


I'd have no idea how they would get turned off without you knowing
about it.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

[Rob Kraft]

Thanks for the response. My vertical scroll bar vanished a few days ago. I
had no crashes in word or any other product. My guess is that some specific
document I opened caused the change. This explanation helped me resolve the
problem.

"Itsaplane" wrote:

Thanks Jay -- the fix worked. (Shouldn't this be in View, Show/Hide (in case
anyone at Microsoft is listening.)) Word crashed on me about the same time -
I'd guess that did it.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

On Fri, 4 May 2007 15:10:02 -0700, Itsaplane
wrote:

I've lost the vertical and horizontal scroll bars in Word (Office 2007) --
and can't see how to get them back.

Click the Office button and choose Word Options at the bottom of the
menu. Click the Advanced tab, scroll down to the Display category, and
make sure the boxes for "Show horizontal scroll bar" and "Show
vertical scroll bar" are checked.


I'd have no idea how they would get turned off without you knowing
about it.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

[jayne]

My scroll bars disappear ALL the time! I would say at least 50% of the time
and it's a real pain in the neck. I have no idea why this happens. It never
happens on my computer at work; only on the one at home. There are no other
problems or computer crashes or anything. The document simply opens with the
scroll bars turned off. It seems to happen more often when I've opened a
document that was part of an email message. Seems I recall seeing something
somewhere that addressed this, but I don't recall where or what it said.
Does anyone know why this happens? I'm wondering if some add-in I've
installed is interfering. Any ideas anyone??

Jayne Baer

"Rob Kraft" wrote:

Thanks for the response. My vertical scroll bar vanished a few days ago. I
had no crashes in word or any other product. My guess is that some specific
document I opened caused the change. This explanation helped me resolve the
problem.

"Itsaplane" wrote:

Thanks Jay -- the fix worked. (Shouldn't this be in View, Show/Hide (in case
anyone at Microsoft is listening.)) Word crashed on me about the same time -
I'd guess that did it.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

On Fri, 4 May 2007 15:10:02 -0700, Itsaplane
wrote:

I've lost the vertical and horizontal scroll bars in Word (Office 2007) --
and can't see how to get them back.

Click the Office button and choose Word Options at the bottom of the
menu. Click the Advanced tab, scroll down to the Display category, and
make sure the boxes for "Show horizontal scroll bar" and "Show
vertical scroll bar" are checked.


I'd have no idea how they would get turned off without you knowing
about it.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

[Jay Freedman]

If it's intermittent and you can't figure out what the common factor is, it's
going to be very hard to diagnose.

When you open a document and the scroll bars are turned off, does it stay that
way if you repeatedly turn on the options, shut down Word, and reopen the same
document? In other words, can you associate particular documents with the bars
being turned off?

If not, then you may have to go through a fairly tedious set of experiments.
Remove one add-in, and use Word for a while. If the problem still happens,
restore that add-in and remove a different one. (Keep notes so you know which
ones you've tried already.)

The view option settings are stored in a registry key (explained in
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...ySettings.htm). Sometimes it
may help to delete that key and let Word build a new one.

On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 16:30:00 -0800, Jayne
wrote:

My scroll bars disappear ALL the time! I would say at least 50% of the time
and it's a real pain in the neck. I have no idea why this happens. It never
happens on my computer at work; only on the one at home. There are no other
problems or computer crashes or anything. The document simply opens with the
scroll bars turned off. It seems to happen more often when I've opened a
document that was part of an email message. Seems I recall seeing something
somewhere that addressed this, but I don't recall where or what it said.
Does anyone know why this happens? I'm wondering if some add-in I've
installed is interfering. Any ideas anyone??

Jayne Baer

"Rob Kraft" wrote:

Thanks for the response. My vertical scroll bar vanished a few days ago. I
had no crashes in word or any other product. My guess is that some specific
document I opened caused the change. This explanation helped me resolve the
problem.

"Itsaplane" wrote:

Thanks Jay -- the fix worked. (Shouldn't this be in View, Show/Hide (in case
anyone at Microsoft is listening.)) Word crashed on me about the same time -
I'd guess that did it.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

On Fri, 4 May 2007 15:10:02 -0700, Itsaplane
wrote:

I've lost the vertical and horizontal scroll bars in Word (Office 2007) --
and can't see how to get them back.

Click the Office button and choose Word Options at the bottom of the
menu. Click the Advanced tab, scroll down to the Display category, and
make sure the boxes for "Show horizontal scroll bar" and "Show
vertical scroll bar" are checked.


I'd have no idea how they would get turned off without you knowing
about it.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.

[Graham Mayor]

Is this Word 2003? Word 2003 particularly has a bad habit of losing random
settings stored in the registry. You can faff about resetting the registry
and it may work but the problem is likely to return. The best bet is to
force the settings that change for each document using AutoNew and AutoOpen
macros. You'll find some examples and a description of how to apply them at
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
The lines required to fix this issue are

With ActiveWindow
.DisplayHorizontalScrollBar = True
.DisplayVerticalScrollBar = True
End With


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Jayne wrote:
My scroll bars disappear ALL the time! I would say at least 50% of
the time and it's a real pain in the neck. I have no idea why this
happens. It never happens on my computer at work; only on the one at
home. There are no other problems or computer crashes or anything.
The document simply opens with the scroll bars turned off. It seems
to happen more often when I've opened a document that was part of an
email message. Seems I recall seeing something somewhere that
addressed this, but I don't recall where or what it said. Does anyone
know why this happens? I'm wondering if some add-in I've installed
is interfering. Any ideas anyone??

Jayne Baer

"Rob Kraft" wrote:

Thanks for the response. My vertical scroll bar vanished a few days
ago. I had no crashes in word or any other product. My guess is
that some specific document I opened caused the change. This
explanation helped me resolve the problem.

"Itsaplane" wrote:

Thanks Jay -- the fix worked. (Shouldn't this be in View,
Show/Hide (in case anyone at Microsoft is listening.)) Word
crashed on me about the same time - I'd guess that did it.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

On Fri, 4 May 2007 15:10:02 -0700, Itsaplane
wrote:

I've lost the vertical and horizontal scroll bars in Word (Office
2007) -- and can't see how to get them back.

Click the Office button and choose Word Options at the bottom of
the menu. Click the Advanced tab, scroll down to the Display
category, and make sure the boxes for "Show horizontal scroll bar"
and "Show vertical scroll bar" are checked.


I'd have no idea how they would get turned off without you knowing
about it.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

[Cathy Bennett]

THIS WORKED - easy fix for a little frustrating problem!
THANK YOU from CathyB

"Itsaplane" wrote:

Thanks Jay -- the fix worked. (Shouldn't this be in View, Show/Hide (in case
anyone at Microsoft is listening.)) Word crashed on me about the same time -
I'd guess that did it.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

On Fri, 4 May 2007 15:10:02 -0700, Itsaplane
wrote:

I've lost the vertical and horizontal scroll bars in Word (Office 2007) --
and can't see how to get them back.

Click the Office button and choose Word Options at the bottom of the
menu. Click the Advanced tab, scroll down to the Display category, and
make sure the boxes for "Show horizontal scroll bar" and "Show
vertical scroll bar" are checked.


I'd have no idea how they would get turned off without you knowing
about it.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.