Document hidden behind toolbar

[Darlene]

If the document is hidden behind the toolbar that's you have to do is
to pull the Microsoft Word preferences

1. Go to hard drive/users/home/library/preferences and look for
com.microsoft.word.plist and drag it to the trash , then look for the
Micorosoft folder within this preferences and open it and look for
com.microsoft.word.prefs.plist and drag that to the trash as well.
2. Quit all Office applications
3. Launch Word and the document should not be hidden behind the toolbar

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Well, that's totally overkill, and means more trouble in resetting
preferences.

If you move the doc out of the way, then float the toolbar around until it
sinks into a "sweet spot", the toolbar will be docked and the document will
no longer slip under it.

 

[Beth Rosengard]

If the top of the doc is hidden by the toolbar, then you can't move the doc
out of the way .

All you have to do is move the toolbar down a little bit and then back up
into place ­ the "sweet spot" Daiya mentions. It will actually click in,
and as it does, the doc will return to its default position.

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[Clive Huggan]

Hello Beth,

I find that many documents that have moved themselves behind the toolbars do
not respond to moving a (the) toolbar slightly. That's why I'm delighted
that Bill ("Salmon Egg") came up with this on the original thread ("Document
behind the toolbars" -- which Darlene changed to this subject):

"Try the following. Click on the Finder background. That will get rid of the
tool bar while leaving the window showing. Although the window is grayed
out, the green resize button is still active. Click on the green button.

Bill"

As Bill says, if you click in the Finder to hide the Word menubar and
toolbars, you can move your mouse to any of the [greyed-out]
red/orange/yellow buttons at top left of the document. By clicking the green
"+" resize button, the document moves into its correct position.

How good is that! Thank you, Bill!

Cheers,
Clive Huggan
=============

If the top of the doc is hidden by the toolbar, then you can't move the doc
out of the way .

All you have to do is move the toolbar down a little bit and then back up
into place ­ the "sweet spot" Daiya mentions. It will actually click in,
and as it does, the doc will return to its default position.

Kevs' original post on the other thread was:

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Well, but ... I've never had the move-the-toolbar-down method fail. In fact
I just tried it again. If the Finder>resize button is easier for some, so
be it .

Beth

Hello Beth,

I find that many documents that have moved themselves behind the toolbars do
not respond to moving a (the) toolbar slightly. That's why I'm delighted
that Bill ("Salmon Egg") came up with this on the original thread ("Document
behind the toolbars" -- which Darlene changed to this subject):

"Try the following. Click on the Finder background. That will get rid of the
tool bar while leaving the window showing. Although the window is grayed
out, the green resize button is still active. Click on the green button.

Bill"

As Bill says, if you click in the Finder to hide the Word menubar and
toolbars, you can move your mouse to any of the [greyed-out]
red/orange/yellow buttons at top left of the document. By clicking the green
"+" resize button, the document moves into its correct position.

How good is that! Thank you, Bill!

Cheers,
Clive Huggan
=============

If the top of the doc is hidden by the toolbar, then you can't move the doc
out of the way .

All you have to do is move the toolbar down a little bit and then back up
into place ­ the "sweet spot" Daiya mentions. It will actually click in,
and as it does, the doc will return to its default position.

Kevs' original post on the other thread was:

An easy way to get my document that pops behind the toolbars. I think the
only thing you can grab is the top bar of the document which is now hidden
Kevs
OS 10.4.7
Office 2004

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi Clive:

I wish ...

Doesn't work in OS 10.3.9 -- the Word window goes out of focus and all of
its buttons are inactive.

Cheers

Hello Beth,

I find that many documents that have moved themselves behind the toolbars do
not respond to moving a (the) toolbar slightly. That's why I'm delighted
that Bill ("Salmon Egg") came up with this on the original thread ("Document
behind the toolbars" -- which Darlene changed to this subject):

"Try the following. Click on the Finder background. That will get rid of the
tool bar while leaving the window showing. Although the window is grayed
out, the green resize button is still active. Click on the green button.

Bill"

As Bill says, if you click in the Finder to hide the Word menubar and
toolbars, you can move your mouse to any of the [greyed-out]
red/orange/yellow buttons at top left of the document. By clicking the green
"+" resize button, the document moves into its correct position.

How good is that! Thank you, Bill!

Cheers,
Clive Huggan
=============

If the top of the doc is hidden by the toolbar, then you can't move the doc
out of the way .

All you have to do is move the toolbar down a little bit and then back up
into place ­ the "sweet spot" Daiya mentions. It will actually click in,
and as it does, the doc will return to its default position.

Kevs' original post on the other thread was:

An easy way to get my document that pops behind the toolbars. I think the
only thing you can grab is the top bar of the document which is now hidden
Kevs
OS 10.4.7
Office 2004

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[Kristina Conceicao]

I am running OS 10.3.9 and have had luck using the menu item Window:
Arrange All. This will only work if your toolbars are securely docked
in place, so be sure to dock them first.

HTH,

Kristina

Hi Clive:

I wish ...

Doesn't work in OS 10.3.9 -- the Word window goes out of focus and all of
its buttons are inactive.

Cheers

Hello Beth,

I find that many documents that have moved themselves behind the toolbars do
not respond to moving a (the) toolbar slightly. That's why I'm delighted
that Bill ("Salmon Egg") came up with this on the original thread ("Document
behind the toolbars" -- which Darlene changed to this subject):

"Try the following. Click on the Finder background. That will get rid of the
tool bar while leaving the window showing. Although the window is grayed
out, the green resize button is still active. Click on the green button.

Bill"

As Bill says, if you click in the Finder to hide the Word menubar and
toolbars, you can move your mouse to any of the [greyed-out]
red/orange/yellow buttons at top left of the document. By clicking the green
"+" resize button, the document moves into its correct position.

How good is that! Thank you, Bill!

Cheers,
Clive Huggan
=============

If the top of the doc is hidden by the toolbar, then you can't move the doc
out of the way .

All you have to do is move the toolbar down a little bit and then back up
into place ­ the "sweet spot" Daiya mentions. It will actually click in,
and as it does, the doc will return to its default position.

Kevs' original post on the other thread was:

An easy way to get my document that pops behind the toolbars. I think the
only thing you can grab is the top bar of the document which is now hidden
Kevs
OS 10.4.7
Office 2004

 

[Hugh Watkins]

Well, that's totally overkill, and means more trouble in resetting
preferences.

If you move the doc out of the way, then float the toolbar around until it
sinks into a "sweet spot", the toolbar will be docked and the document will
no longer slip under it.

temporarily change screen resolution to force a rewdraw

gather dispalys
in display preferences

Hugh W

 

[Clive Huggan]

Strange, isn't it? I have rarely, if ever, seen the "move toolbar slightly
and put it back" techniques work since moving from Word 2001 to Word 2004.
It was invariably the solution in Word 2001.

I confirmed Bill's solution before I posted. I'm using OS 10.4.3.

Curiouser and curiouser...

Clive
=======

Well, but ... I've never had the move-the-toolbar-down method fail. In fact
I just tried it again. If the Finder>resize button is easier for some, so
be it .

Beth

Hello Beth,

I find that many documents that have moved themselves behind the toolbars do
not respond to moving a (the) toolbar slightly. That's why I'm delighted
that Bill ("Salmon Egg") came up with this on the original thread ("Document
behind the toolbars" -- which Darlene changed to this subject):

"Try the following. Click on the Finder background. That will get rid of the
tool bar while leaving the window showing. Although the window is grayed
out, the green resize button is still active. Click on the green button.

Bill"

As Bill says, if you click in the Finder to hide the Word menubar and
toolbars, you can move your mouse to any of the [greyed-out]
red/orange/yellow buttons at top left of the document. By clicking the green
"+" resize button, the document moves into its correct position.

How good is that! Thank you, Bill!

Cheers,
Clive Huggan
=============

If the top of the doc is hidden by the toolbar, then you can't move the doc
out of the way .

All you have to do is move the toolbar down a little bit and then back up
into place ­ the "sweet spot" Daiya mentions. It will actually click in,
and as it does, the doc will return to its default position.

Kevs' original post on the other thread was:

An easy way to get my document that pops behind the toolbars. I think the
only thing you can grab is the top bar of the document which is now hidden
Kevs
OS 10.4.7
Office 2004

 

[Clive Huggan]

OS 10.4.3, Word 11.2.1: the Word window is grey until the mouse is over the
resize button (or one of the other two), when the button shows green and is
clickable. I tried it after Bill's post. Tried it again just now.

Odd.

Sounds like the other methods are best recommended if this only applies to
OS 10.4 onwards.

I also notice one can drag Finder windows around by their side/bottom
borders now. Not sure how long that has been around.

CH
====

Hi Clive:

I wish ...

Doesn't work in OS 10.3.9 -- the Word window goes out of focus and all of
its buttons are inactive.

Cheers

Hello Beth,

I find that many documents that have moved themselves behind the toolbars do
not respond to moving a (the) toolbar slightly. That's why I'm delighted
that Bill ("Salmon Egg") came up with this on the original thread ("Document
behind the toolbars" -- which Darlene changed to this subject):

"Try the following. Click on the Finder background. That will get rid of the
tool bar while leaving the window showing. Although the window is grayed
out, the green resize button is still active. Click on the green button.

Bill"

As Bill says, if you click in the Finder to hide the Word menubar and
toolbars, you can move your mouse to any of the [greyed-out]
red/orange/yellow buttons at top left of the document. By clicking the green
"+" resize button, the document moves into its correct position.

How good is that! Thank you, Bill!

Cheers,
Clive Huggan
=============

If the top of the doc is hidden by the toolbar, then you can't move the doc
out of the way .

All you have to do is move the toolbar down a little bit and then back up
into place ­ the "sweet spot" Daiya mentions. It will actually click in,
and as it does, the doc will return to its default position.

Kevs' original post on the other thread was:

An easy way to get my document that pops behind the toolbars. I think the
only thing you can grab is the top bar of the document which is now hidden
Kevs
OS 10.4.7
Office 2004

 

[kevs]

Thanks all:
Salmons method I find the best by far. Appreciate it
KEvs

OS 10.4.3, Word 11.2.1: the Word window is grey until the mouse is over the
resize button (or one of the other two), when the button shows green and is
clickable. I tried it after Bill's post. Tried it again just now.

Odd.

Sounds like the other methods are best recommended if this only applies to
OS 10.4 onwards.

I also notice one can drag Finder windows around by their side/bottom
borders now. Not sure how long that has been around.

CH
====

Hi Clive:

I wish ...

Doesn't work in OS 10.3.9 -- the Word window goes out of focus and all of
its buttons are inactive.

Cheers

Hello Beth,

I find that many documents that have moved themselves behind the toolbars do
not respond to moving a (the) toolbar slightly. That's why I'm delighted
that Bill ("Salmon Egg") came up with this on the original thread ("Document
behind the toolbars" -- which Darlene changed to this subject):

"Try the following. Click on the Finder background. That will get rid of the
tool bar while leaving the window showing. Although the window is grayed
out, the green resize button is still active. Click on the green button.

Bill"

As Bill says, if you click in the Finder to hide the Word menubar and
toolbars, you can move your mouse to any of the [greyed-out]
red/orange/yellow buttons at top left of the document. By clicking the green
"+" resize button, the document moves into its correct position.

How good is that! Thank you, Bill!

Cheers,
Clive Huggan
=============

On 25/10/06 9:50 AM, in article C163F4BC.3A2D3%[email protected],

If the top of the doc is hidden by the toolbar, then you can't move the doc
out of the way .

All you have to do is move the toolbar down a little bit and then back up
into place ­ the "sweet spot" Daiya mentions. It will actually click in,
and as it does, the doc will return to its default position.


Kevs' original post on the other thread was:

An easy way to get my document that pops behind the toolbars. I think the
only thing you can grab is the top bar of the document which is now hidden
Kevs
OS 10.4.7
Office 2004

OS 10.4.7
Office 2004

 

[Hugh Watkins]

OS 10.4.3, Word 11.2.1: the Word window is grey until the mouse is over the
resize button (or one of the other two), when the button shows green and is
clickable. I tried it after Bill's post. Tried it again just now.

Odd.

Sounds like the other methods are best recommended if this only applies to
OS 10.4 onwards.

I also notice one can drag Finder windows around by their side/bottom
borders now. Not sure how long that has been around.

if two screens since 9 inch mac days at least nine years
you can also move th menu bar up and down

and i keep my dock left vertical


Hugh W

http://hughw36.blogspot.com/

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Clive:

Sorry: That was my point: Works in 10.4, doesn't work in 10.3.

I know this because I'm sitting beside a shiny new Intel iMac with 10.4.4
loaded.

I'm in the Test Lab at Telstra BigBond testing cable modems in Vista and OS
X.

It's a helluva job, but someone's gotta do it...

Now: There's an issue with the PowerMac... Someone else is using it

Cheers

John McGhie

OS 10.4.3, Word 11.2.1: the Word window is grey until the mouse is over
the
resize button (or one of the other two), when the button shows green and
is
clickable. I tried it after Bill's post. Tried it again just now.

Odd.

Sounds like the other methods are best recommended if this only applies to
OS 10.4 onwards.

I also notice one can drag Finder windows around by their side/bottom
borders now. Not sure how long that has been around.

CH
====

Hi Clive:

I wish ...

Doesn't work in OS 10.3.9 -- the Word window goes out of focus and all of
its buttons are inactive.

Cheers

Hello Beth,

I find that many documents that have moved themselves behind the
toolbars do
not respond to moving a (the) toolbar slightly. That's why I'm delighted
that Bill ("Salmon Egg") came up with this on the original thread
("Document
behind the toolbars" -- which Darlene changed to this subject):

"Try the following. Click on the Finder background. That will get rid of
the
tool bar while leaving the window showing. Although the window is grayed
out, the green resize button is still active. Click on the green button.

Bill"

As Bill says, if you click in the Finder to hide the Word menubar and
toolbars, you can move your mouse to any of the [greyed-out]
red/orange/yellow buttons at top left of the document. By clicking the
green
"+" resize button, the document moves into its correct position.

How good is that! Thank you, Bill!

Cheers,
Clive Huggan
=============

On 25/10/06 9:50 AM, in article
C163F4BC.3A2D3%[email protected],

If the top of the doc is hidden by the toolbar, then you can't move the
doc
out of the way .

All you have to do is move the toolbar down a little bit and then back
up
into place ­ the "sweet spot" Daiya mentions. It will actually click
in,
and as it does, the doc will return to its default position.


Kevs' original post on the other thread was:

An easy way to get my document that pops behind the toolbars. I think
the
only thing you can grab is the top bar of the document which is now
hidden
Kevs
OS 10.4.7
Office 2004

 

[Clive Huggan]

if two screens since 9 inch mac days at least nine years
you can also move th menu bar up and down

Not sure what you mean here but my point was that in earlier versions of OS
X the ability to move windows around in the Finder by their bottom or side
edge was lost -- i.e., you could only drag them by the top. This capability
had previously been introduced somewhere around OS 7.6, if I recall
correctly.

CH
=====

 

[Clive Huggan]

Below.

CH
===

Well, to be pedantic,

A necessary quality in this field (as I tell certain of my otherwise
perfectly lovable family members, who have software problems but don't want
the detail of how to fix them).

you now get a choice. You can drag finder windows
by any of the metal bits. Metal look finder windows became an option in
Jaguar or Panther, I forget which. You can toggle the metal look with
cmd-opt-t.

I had forgotten that altogether...

I think metal is a waste of screen space, so I only turn it
on rarely, usually to remind me which computer's "documents" folder is
which. If only Finder would display the path all the time in each
window top bar. I love that path display on the bottom of the Finder
spotlight search window.

I'd second that...

PS. I forget who said it, but the 2 monitor trick of moving the menu
bar to the other one) to recover from the Word bug that jams windows
under the main menu bar is an excellent piece of slyness. I have
squirrelled that one away.

Ah, that's what Hugh meant; I couldn't understand the post. Clever (although
I have a second set of toolbars on my second screen).

CH
===

 

[Phillip Jones]

I've always been able to drag from side borders, or top, some where in
the gray area that doesn't have buttons or windows. in x.39 or 4.x

OS 10.4.3, Word 11.2.1: the Word window is grey until the mouse is over the
resize button (or one of the other two), when the button shows green and is
clickable. I tried it after Bill's post. Tried it again just now.

Odd.

Sounds like the other methods are best recommended if this only applies to
OS 10.4 onwards.

I also notice one can drag Finder windows around by their side/bottom
borders now. Not sure how long that has been around.

CH
====

Hi Clive:

I wish ...

Doesn't work in OS 10.3.9 -- the Word window goes out of focus and all of
its buttons are inactive.

Cheers

Hello Beth,

I find that many documents that have moved themselves behind the toolbars do
not respond to moving a (the) toolbar slightly. That's why I'm delighted
that Bill ("Salmon Egg") came up with this on the original thread ("Document
behind the toolbars" -- which Darlene changed to this subject):

"Try the following. Click on the Finder background. That will get rid of the
tool bar while leaving the window showing. Although the window is grayed
out, the green resize button is still active. Click on the green button.

Bill"

As Bill says, if you click in the Finder to hide the Word menubar and
toolbars, you can move your mouse to any of the [greyed-out]
red/orange/yellow buttons at top left of the document. By clicking the green
"+" resize button, the document moves into its correct position.

How good is that! Thank you, Bill!

Cheers,
Clive Huggan
=============

On 25/10/06 9:50 AM, in article C163F4BC.3A2D3%[email protected],

If the top of the doc is hidden by the toolbar, then you can't move the doc
out of the way .

All you have to do is move the toolbar down a little bit and then back up
into place ­ the "sweet spot" Daiya mentions. It will actually click in,
and as it does, the doc will return to its default position.

Kevs' original post on the other thread was:

An easy way to get my document that pops behind the toolbars. I think the
only thing you can grab is the top bar of the document which is now hidden
Kevs
OS 10.4.7
Office 2004

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Below.

CH
===



A necessary quality in this field (as I tell certain of my otherwise
perfectly lovable family members, who have software problems but don't want
the detail of how to fix them).


I had forgotten that altogether...


I'd second that...

Wasn't even aware you could turn off the metal look. Its been metal look
for me since OSX.2.8

Ah, that's what Hugh meant; I couldn't understand the post. Clever (although
I have a second set of toolbars on my second screen).

CH
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