design mode tool thingee

[removing all headers and footers]

I get a "design mode" icon/bar in the middle of one text file every time I
bring it into Word 2003. And I cannot get rid of it by going to web tools on
the toolbar and clicking it off. It still comes up the next time. I also do
not see a place to get rid of it on the add-ins menu?

Is this hidden in my template somewhere? How do I get rid of it forever? I
never use this toobar.... thanks, Joe

 

[Jay Freedman]

I get a "design mode" icon/bar in the middle of one text file every time I
bring it into Word 2003. And I cannot get rid of it by going to web tools on
the toolbar and clicking it off. It still comes up the next time. I also do
not see a place to get rid of it on the add-ins menu?

Is this hidden in my template somewhere? How do I get rid of it forever? I
never use this toobar.... thanks, Joe

Usually it means there's a control from the Controls Toolbox in the file. Word
treats those controls the same as macros for the purposes of the macro security
mechanism.

Go to Tools > Macro > Security and set the level to Medium. When you open the
file and you're prompted whether to disable or enable macros, click the Enable
button.

The alternative is to find any controls (combo box, option buttons, etc.) and
delete them.

 

[removing all headers and footers]

Hi, thanks. That enables me to delete the little "design mode" toolbar from
the middle of my text in this file, but only for the time that I have the
file up and am working on it. The next time I bring that same file in, that
little annoying toolbar is always there.

It does not seem to be in my list of macros for that file, under macros. How
do I permanently get rid of that little toolbar nuisance? I can get rid of it
both ways, but only temporarily? Is there a hidden code in my text somewhere?

Joe

 

[Jay Freedman]

Use Save As to save the document as either an RTF file or an HTML file. Then
open the result and save it as a DOC file. That will remove any remaining bits
of the controls and/or macros.