[Owl1]

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!

[Owl1]

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!

[Tony Jollans]

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!

[Owl1]

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!

[Tony Jollans]

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!

[Owl1]

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!