Left End Of Standard Toolbar Off Screen

[James D. Priest]

I'm using a new MacBook and a large cinema display screen. In switching
between the two screens, the left end of the standard toolbar (by which
you can grab and pull the toolbar) got off the screen to the left. Now
I can't see the left end of the toolbar or move the toolbar around
because I can't grab anything, whether it's on the large screen or the
small one. Any suggestions? Thanks very much.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Hi James,

Option 1: switch your display resolution to something crazy temporarily,
which will likely bring the left end back into view.

Option 2: This link tells you how to bring back the Formatting Palette. Use
the same instructions, but where the code says "Formatting Palette", use
"Standard" instead.
http://www.mcgimpsey.com/macoffice/office/formattingpalettegone.html

 

[Clive Huggan]

Hello James,

This might interest you, now you have your toolbar back! ;-)

I find that one disadvantage of a second screen is that you have to make a
lot of mouse movements to reach the toolbars on the PowerBook screen while
you're working on a document on the second screen. To overcome that in Word,
I created a second set of toolbars identical to those on my PowerBook once I
had shaken down the toolbars and buttons I needed.

Word always positions the second set correctly ‹ for example, the LCD
display I hook up next to my PowerBook in one office is a 17-inch, and at
the other office (connected to the same PowerBook, which I carry between
offices) is a 20-inch screen. The toolbars open up correctly at the top and
bottom of the screen every time.

After positioning the duplicated toolbars on the second screen, I recorded
two simple macros ‹ each on a new toolbar comprising one button. The first
of these one-button toolbars (titled ³Show tbar2²) opens the second set of
toolbars (that is, makes them visible), closes itself and opens the other
one-button toolbar (titled ³Hide tbar2²). And vice versa.

Food for thought?

More information is in some notes on the way I use Word for the Mac, titled
"Bend Word to Your Will", which are available as a free download from the
Word MVPs' website (http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html).

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the US and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

When you get around to positioning toolbars by Macro, please note that the
horizontal and vertical positioning parameters do not all work. The "Row"
parameter, particularly, is simply ignored. It's a bug, and it wasn't worth
fixing it.

Cheers

Hello James,

This might interest you, now you have your toolbar back! ;-)

I find that one disadvantage of a second screen is that you have to make a
lot of mouse movements to reach the toolbars on the PowerBook screen while
you're working on a document on the second screen. To overcome that in Word,
I created a second set of toolbars identical to those on my PowerBook once I
had shaken down the toolbars and buttons I needed.

Word always positions the second set correctly ‹ for example, the LCD
display I hook up next to my PowerBook in one office is a 17-inch, and at
the other office (connected to the same PowerBook, which I carry between
offices) is a 20-inch screen. The toolbars open up correctly at the top and
bottom of the screen every time.

After positioning the duplicated toolbars on the second screen, I recorded
two simple macros ‹ each on a new toolbar comprising one button. The first
of these one-button toolbars (titled ³Show tbar2²) opens the second set of
toolbars (that is, makes them visible), closes itself and opens the other
one-button toolbar (titled ³Hide tbar2²). And vice versa.

Food for thought?

More information is in some notes on the way I use Word for the Mac, titled
"Bend Word to Your Will", which are available as a free download from the
Word MVPs' website (http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html).

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the US and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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Technical Writer.
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[Clive Huggan]

Agreed, John.

But just in case anyone is wondering, that isn't applicable here -- the
toolbars are just positioned manually the first time, and place themselves
subsequently without intervention (human or macro). I only used a macro to
hide/show the second set of toolbars, i.e. the ones on the second screen.
That can also be done manually, of course.

Cheers,

Clive
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[James D. Priest]

Agreed, John.

But just in case anyone is wondering, that isn't applicable here -- the
toolbars are just positioned manually the first time, and place themselves
subsequently without intervention (human or macro). I only used a macro to
hide/show the second set of toolbars, i.e. the ones on the second screen.
That can also be done manually, of course.

Cheers,

Clive
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Actually, I was able to grab the toolbar at the bottom, I think in
between buttons, and pull the left end back onto the screen.

Best,
James Priest

 

[Clive Huggan]

Actually, I was able to grab the toolbar at the bottom, I think in
between buttons, and pull the left end back onto the screen.

Best,
James Priest

Thanks, James!

Clive
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[Daiya Mitchell]

Actually, I was able to grab the toolbar at the bottom, I think in
between buttons, and pull the left end back onto the screen.

Aha, new discovery! It's not between buttons, I don't think. My quick check
showed that if I grab any toolbar divider, the toolbar can be moved around
by that.

So dividers and left end to move toolbars. Very handy to know. Thanks,
James.

 

[Clive Huggan]

Aha, new discovery! It's not between buttons, I don't think. My quick check
showed that if I grab any toolbar divider, the toolbar can be moved around
by that.

So dividers and left end to move toolbars. Very handy to know. Thanks,
James.

And below pop-down menus on the toolbars (but not below buttons).

Clive
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