eilie said:
does anyone know how to fix the strange disappearance of the format
palatte on office for mac? it opens entirely off the screen and i'm
unable to click on it to move it to an area where it is visible. how did it
get there in the first place? strange!
thanks, eilie
Sometimes this happens when the screen resolution has been changed.
Try switching to a higher resolution, and if the title bar can be
grabbed, move it to the middle of the screen, then switch resolution
back.
Assuming you've done the above, to get a really recalcitrant
formatting palette back under control, type OPT-F11 to enter the
Visual Basic Editor. Type CMD-G to open the Immediate window. Type
or paste
Commandbars("Formatting Palette").Top = 100
and hit return. Then type or paste
Commandbars("Formatting Palette").Left = 100
and hit return. Type OPT-F11 to return to XL.
The palette will now be near the top left of your screen and you can
reposition it as necessary.
FWIW, you could have found this advice in the archives:
http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search?q=group:*mac.office*
I'd recommend you also make sure you've applied all the updaters
found at
Mactopia downloads:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/download/default.asp
(run repair disk permissions after updating:
OS 10.2.x: Run the Disk Utility (in the ./Applications/Utilities
folder). From the First Aid tab, click "Repair Disk Permissions".
OS 10.1.5: Run Repair Privileges (same folder, or download from
Apple:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106900
it probably has nothing to do with your problem, but it prevents a
host of others.)
