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In Word XP when you are in Full Screen mode there is this little toolbar or
message box that says Full Screen / Close Full Screen. I read on a MVPS site a way of getting rid of it using a macro but either the directions weren't clear (imagine that on a Windows related help site!) or I just can't understand their English. Is there a simple way of doing this without using a macro? When they make it difficult for newbies (and we're all newbies at some point) they just stop so many people from enjoying their computer and taking it to the next level of customization. Pity. Suggestions? |
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![]() I understand your wish that Word were more customizable without macros. But unfortunately that's the way it is. Word has so many features, how would Word decide which things to make doable for newbies without a special macro to do it? There would have to be thousands and thousands of built-in commands. It wouldn't be workable. So the way it is, Word is extremely customizable, and each person does the customizations that he wants. If you want to disable a built-in toolbar you can only do that with a macro. It's not difficult. Here is a macro for this that I use myself. Where it says Sub is the beginning of the macro, where it says End Sub is the end of the macro. Now go to this page at the MVP site where it explains how to create a macro. You're going to learn how to open up the VBA code window and paste this macro into it. Then you will learn how to run this macro from the Macro dialog box, or, if you get more advanced, to place the command on a menu. http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Macros...eateAMacro.htm Sub FullScreenToolbarToggle() Dim msg1, msg2, Title msg1 = "Enable Full Screen toolbar." msg2 = "Disable Full Screen toolbar." Title = "Full Screen Toolbar Toggle" If CommandBars("Full Screen").Enabled = False Then If MsgBox(msg1, vbOKCancel, Title) = vbOK Then _ CommandBars("Full Screen").Enabled = True ElseIf CommandBars("Full Screen").Enabled = True Then If MsgBox(msg2, vbOKCancel, Title) = vbOK Then _ CommandBars("Full Screen").Enabled = False End If End Sub You want to customize the way Word operatesdisable the Full That guy. wrote: In Word XP when you are in Full Screen mode there is this little toolbar or message box that says Full Screen / Close Full Screen. I read on a MVPS site a way of getting rid of it using a macro but either the directions weren't clear (imagine that on a Windows related help site!) or I just can't understand their English. Is there a simple way of doing this without using a macro? When they make it difficult for newbies (and we're all newbies at some point) they just stop so many people from enjoying their computer and taking it to the next level of customization. Pity. Suggestions? |
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In Word XP when you are in Full Screen mode there is this little
toolbar or message box that says Full Screen / Close Full Screen. I understand your wish that Word were more customizable without macros. But unfortunately that's the way it is. Word has so many features, how would Word decide which things to make doable for newbies without a special macro to do it? There would have to be thousands and thousands of built-in commands. It wouldn't be workable. So the way it is, Word is extremely customizable, and each person does the customizations that he wants. If you want to disable a built-in toolbar you can only do that with a macro. It's not difficult. Here is a macro for this that I use myself. Where it says Sub is the beginning of the macro, where it says End Sub is the end of the macro. Now go to this page at the MVP site where it explains how to create a macro. You're going to learn how to open up the VBA code window and paste this macro into it. Then you will learn how to run this macro from the Macro dialog box, or, if you get more advanced, to place the command on a menu. http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Macros...eateAMacro.htm Sub FullScreenToolbarToggle() Dim msg1, msg2, Title msg1 = "Enable Full Screen toolbar." msg2 = "Disable Full Screen toolbar." Title = "Full Screen Toolbar Toggle" If CommandBars("Full Screen").Enabled = False Then If MsgBox(msg1, vbOKCancel, Title) = vbOK Then _ CommandBars("Full Screen").Enabled = True ElseIf CommandBars("Full Screen").Enabled = True Then If MsgBox(msg2, vbOKCancel, Title) = vbOK Then _ CommandBars("Full Screen").Enabled = False End If End Sub At http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/FullScreen.htm they have instructions for getting rid of this thing. This is what my macro looks like after trying to decipher the instructions above. Sub BanishFullScreenToolbar() ' CommandBars("Full Screen") .Enabled = False End Sub The toolbar is still there. Do I need to restart the computer or Word or something? Do I need to have no Word windows open at the time? Or did I not do the macro correctly? |
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If you have that apostrophe preceding the line that says CommandBars,
then the macro won't run. That apostrophe is called a comment mark. Any line that has that will not run. So just delete the apostophe and try again. The toolbar should disappear instantly. Sub BanishFullScreenToolbar() ' CommandBars("Full Screen") .Enabled = False End Sub I sent you my somewhat more complicated because it was the one I had. But it wasn't necessary. That one line of code is all you need. Larry "That guy." wrote in message ... In Word XP when you are in Full Screen mode there is this little toolbar or message box that says Full Screen / Close Full Screen. I understand your wish that Word were more customizable without macros. But unfortunately that's the way it is. Word has so many features, how would Word decide which things to make doable for newbies without a special macro to do it? There would have to be thousands and thousands of built-in commands. It wouldn't be workable. So the way it is, Word is extremely customizable, and each person does the customizations that he wants. If you want to disable a built-in toolbar you can only do that with a macro. It's not difficult. Here is a macro for this that I use myself. Where it says Sub is the beginning of the macro, where it says End Sub is the end of the macro. Now go to this page at the MVP site where it explains how to create a macro. You're going to learn how to open up the VBA code window and paste this macro into it. Then you will learn how to run this macro from the Macro dialog box, or, if you get more advanced, to place the command on a menu. http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Macros...eateAMacro.htm Sub FullScreenToolbarToggle() Dim msg1, msg2, Title msg1 = "Enable Full Screen toolbar." msg2 = "Disable Full Screen toolbar." Title = "Full Screen Toolbar Toggle" If CommandBars("Full Screen").Enabled = False Then If MsgBox(msg1, vbOKCancel, Title) = vbOK Then _ CommandBars("Full Screen").Enabled = True ElseIf CommandBars("Full Screen").Enabled = True Then If MsgBox(msg2, vbOKCancel, Title) = vbOK Then _ CommandBars("Full Screen").Enabled = False End If End Sub At http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/FullScreen.htm they have instructions for getting rid of this thing. This is what my macro looks like after trying to decipher the instructions above. Sub BanishFullScreenToolbar() ' CommandBars("Full Screen") .Enabled = False End Sub The toolbar is still there. Do I need to restart the computer or Word or something? Do I need to have no Word windows open at the time? Or did I not do the macro correctly? |
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This is what I have now.
Sub BanishFullScreenToolbar() CommandBars("Full Screen") .Enabled = False End Sub Doesn't work. The first line is highlighted in yellow. The second line is red. But before it was green after I moved it to the left after deleting the apostrophe. I wonder if they could possibly make this more cryptic and mysterious! ![]() If you have that apostrophe preceding the line that says CommandBars, then the macro won't run. That apostrophe is called a comment mark. Any line that has that will not run. So just delete the apostrophe and try again. The toolbar should disappear instantly. Sub BanishFullScreenToolbar() ' CommandBars("Full Screen") .Enabled = False End Sub I sent you my somewhat more complicated because it was the one I had. But it wasn't necessary. That one line of code is all you need. Larry "That guy." wrote in message ... In Word XP when you are in Full Screen mode there is this little toolbar or message box that says Full Screen / Close Full Screen. I understand your wish that Word were more customizable without macros. But unfortunately that's the way it is. Word has so many features, how would Word decide which things to make doable for newbies without a special macro to do it? There would have to be thousands and thousands of built-in commands. It wouldn't be workable. So the way it is, Word is extremely customizable, and each person does the customizations that he wants. If you want to disable a built-in toolbar you can only do that with a macro. It's not difficult. Here is a macro for this that I use myself. Where it says Sub is the beginning of the macro, where it says End Sub is the end of the macro. Now go to this page at the MVP site where it explains how to create a macro. You're going to learn how to open up the VBA code window and paste this macro into it. Then you will learn how to run this macro from the Macro dialog box, or, if you get more advanced, to place the command on a menu. http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Macros...eateAMacro.htm Sub FullScreenToolbarToggle() Dim msg1, msg2, Title msg1 = "Enable Full Screen toolbar." msg2 = "Disable Full Screen toolbar." Title = "Full Screen Toolbar Toggle" If CommandBars("Full Screen").Enabled = False Then If MsgBox(msg1, vbOKCancel, Title) = vbOK Then _ CommandBars("Full Screen").Enabled = True ElseIf CommandBars("Full Screen").Enabled = True Then If MsgBox(msg2, vbOKCancel, Title) = vbOK Then _ CommandBars("Full Screen").Enabled = False End If End Sub At http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/FullScreen.htm they have instructions for getting rid of this thing. This is what my macro looks like after trying to decipher the instructions above. Sub BanishFullScreenToolbar() ' CommandBars("Full Screen") .Enabled = False End Sub The toolbar is still there. Do I need to restart the computer or Word or something? Do I need to have no Word windows open at the time? Or did I not do the macro correctly? |
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Sad to say that you used to be able to dismiss it permanently prior to Word
XP. Seems that so many users complained that they had accidentally lost it by clicking the little X and were stuck in FSV so had to call Microsoft, being unable to read that the shortcut for exiting FSV (and Print Preview) is the Escape key! The punishment is that the rest of the 300 Million Word users who never used the FSV Toolbar and find it the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse now have to go to ridiculous lengths to dismiss a tiny little Toolbar that neither goes away or remains static when ordered! -- Terry Farrell - Word MVP http://word.mvps.org/ "That guy." wrote in message ... : In Word XP when you are in Full Screen mode there is this little toolbar or : message box that says Full Screen / Close Full Screen. I read on a MVPS : site a way of getting rid of it using a macro but either the directions : weren't clear (imagine that on a Windows related help site!) or I just can't : understand their English. Is there a simple way of doing this without using : a macro? When they make it difficult for newbies (and we're all newbies at : some point) they just stop so many people from enjoying their computer and : taking it to the next level of customization. Pity. Suggestions? : : |
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Extremely well said. Just wish you had happened to mention how to get rid
of it! Sad to say that you used to be able to dismiss it permanently prior to Word XP. Seems that so many users complained that they had accidentally lost it by clicking the little X and were stuck in FSV so had to call Microsoft, being unable to read that the shortcut for exiting FSV (and Print Preview) is the Escape key! The punishment is that the rest of the 300 Million Word users who never used the FSV Toolbar and find it the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse now have to go to ridiculous lengths to dismiss a tiny little Toolbar that neither goes away or remains static when ordered! : In Word XP when you are in Full Screen mode there is this little toolbar : or message box that says Full Screen / Close Full Screen. I read on a : MVPS site a way of getting rid of it using a macro but either the : directions weren't clear (imagine that on a Windows related help site!) or : I just can't understand their English. Is there a simple way of doing this : without using a macro? When they make it difficult for newbies (and : we're all newbies at some point) they just stop so many people from : enjoying their computer and taking it to the next level of customization. : Pity. Suggestions? |
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Because Larry posted the solution: VBA!
Terry "That guy." wrote in message ... : Extremely well said. Just wish you had happened to mention how to get rid : of it! : : Sad to say that you used to be able to dismiss it permanently prior to : Word : XP. Seems that so many users complained that they had accidentally lost it : by clicking the little X and were stuck in FSV so had to call Microsoft, : being unable to read that the shortcut for exiting FSV (and Print Preview) : is the Escape key! The punishment is that the rest of the 300 Million Word : users who never used the FSV Toolbar and find it the Fifth Horseman of the : Apocalypse now have to go to ridiculous lengths to dismiss a tiny little : Toolbar that neither goes away or remains static when ordered! : : : In Word XP when you are in Full Screen mode there is this little toolbar : : or message box that says Full Screen / Close Full Screen. I read on a : : MVPS site a way of getting rid of it using a macro but either the : : directions weren't clear (imagine that on a Windows related help site!) : or : : I just can't understand their English. Is there a simple way of doing : this : : without using a macro? When they make it difficult for newbies (and : : we're all newbies at some point) they just stop so many people from : : enjoying their computer and taking it to the next level of : customization. : : Pity. Suggestions? : : |
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