Annoying Header Toolbar problem

[Skookum]

I am a recent Mac user though I have been using Office for Windows for
many years. I am having an annoying problem with the headers in Word.
When I open the header the toolbar for it comes up and lies exactly
across where I am trying to work. I have not been able to drag it to
the side and, of course, when you close it, so too does the header stop
being the active work area. Never had this happen when using Windows -
the toolbar could always be dragged about.

Thoughts?

 

[Elliott Roper]

I am a recent Mac user though I have been using Office for Windows for
many years. I am having an annoying problem with the headers in Word.
When I open the header the toolbar for it comes up and lies exactly
across where I am trying to work. I have not been able to drag it to
the side and, of course, when you close it, so too does the header stop
being the active work area. Never had this happen when using Windows -
the toolbar could always be dragged about.

Thoughts?

Welcome to the most brainless thing in the Mac OS X GUI. They ripped
off almost all the draggable decoration around windows.

Microsoft's Mac BU decided they could go one better. The header toolbar
can be dragged, but only by the tiny vertical grey bit on the extreme
left.

If you can't see it, post back, and somebody will offer a macro to
heave the thing into view. (In fact, I will - it is time I conquered VB
properly. I'll butcher one of the macros that have already been posted
for getting other palettes and toolbars back into view.)

 

[JE McGimpsey]

I am a recent Mac user though I have been using Office for Windows for
many years. I am having an annoying problem with the headers in Word.
When I open the header the toolbar for it comes up and lies exactly
across where I am trying to work. I have not been able to drag it to
the side and, of course, when you close it, so too does the header stop
being the active work area. Never had this happen when using Windows -
the toolbar could always be dragged about.

The Header and Footer toolbar can be dragged using the drag bar at the
toolbar's left side.

However, since I'm a control freak, I like making sure everything about
the environment is the way I like it. So I put something like these
macros in my startup global template to make sure the toolbar comes up
exactly where I want it (actually, I have about 80 procedures that do
everything from setting every toolbar location to setting every
preference and keyboard shortcut, to loading other add-ins, to setting
up automatic backup to a separate folder, to modifying the Visual Basic
Editor, to... etc).:

Public Sub AutoExec()
PositionToolbars
End Sub

Public Sub PositionToolbars()
With CommandBars("Header and Footer")
.Top = 300
.Left = 100
End With
End Sub

Adjust the .Top and .Left settings to suit your needs.

For more on global templates, see:

http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/GlobalTemplateContent.htm

You may need to hit refresh a couple of times if you use Safari.

 

[Shawn Larson [MSFT]]

The Header and Footer toolbar can be dragged using the drag bar at the
toolbar's left side.

However, since I'm a control freak, I like making sure everything about
the environment is the way I like it. So I put something like these
macros in my startup global template to make sure the toolbar comes up
exactly where I want it (actually, I have about 80 procedures that do
everything from setting every toolbar location to setting every
preference and keyboard shortcut, to loading other add-ins, to setting
up automatic backup to a separate folder, to modifying the Visual Basic
Editor, to... etc).:

Public Sub AutoExec()
PositionToolbars
End Sub

Public Sub PositionToolbars()
With CommandBars("Header and Footer")
.Top = 300
.Left = 100
End With
End Sub

Adjust the .Top and .Left settings to suit your needs.

For more on global templates, see:

http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/GlobalTemplateContent.htm

You may need to hit refresh a couple of times if you use Safari.

Another option for working with Headers and Footers is enabling the Header
and Footer pane. You¹ll find this by
* Word menu, Preferences, View
* Check Header and Footer pane, OK

With this preference enabled, regardless of what view you are in (Normal,
Outline, Page Layout, etc.) a separate pane will display at the bottom of
the screen.

HTH,
Shawn Larson
M
Mac Word Test

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