I've lost the menu options across the top of my Word screen -

FILE, EDIT, VIEW etc

Does anyone know how I can get them back? I cannot access any of the menu
headings so I can't even go into TOOLS or anything to try to find them again.

~ Brer

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Brer" wrote in message
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I've lost the menu options across the top of my Word screen -

FILE, EDIT, VIEW etc

Does anyone know how I can get them back? I cannot access any of the menu
headings so I can't even go into TOOLS or anything to try to find them
again.

~ Brer

I've got a good one. I have the 'missing menu' problem. my tools and
help menus are not accessible but are visibly there. also the standard
toolbar is missing (save button/paste etc)

I tried the winword /a trick and it works wonderfully. i get all my
functionality back. BUT it fails to 'stick'. after closing that
specific winword session I try my regular word link and my
menus/toolbar are gone again.

I removed the offfice/11/word/data registry folder as well. it was
rebuilt but again it did not stay fixed. I did close outlook and
verify that winword.exe was not in running process to make sure my data
regedit changes took.

If Word works correctly when you start it with the /a switch, then the
problem is with (a) Normal.dot, (b) the Registry, or (c) an add-in. You seem
to have eliminated the Registry, so maybe it's time to look at the other two
(starting with add-ins, I'd say).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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I've got a good one. I have the 'missing menu' problem. my tools and
help menus are not accessible but are visibly there. also the standard
toolbar is missing (save button/paste etc)

I tried the winword /a trick and it works wonderfully. i get all my
functionality back. BUT it fails to 'stick'. after closing that
specific winword session I try my regular word link and my
menus/toolbar are gone again.

I removed the offfice/11/word/data registry folder as well. it was
rebuilt but again it did not stay fixed. I did close outlook and
verify that winword.exe was not in running process to make sure my data
regedit changes took.