pages open behind menus and toolbars, rather than below them

[lizvandort]

Whenever I open a new page in Word it opens with the top of the page
at the top of the screen, so that the top part of the page is hidden
behind the menus and toolbars.

I then need to manually re-size each page (not easy when the top-left
red, orange and green buttons are hidden behind the toolbars) so that
the top of the page is situated below the toolbars.

I currently run Office 11.3.7 and this problem has been occurred ever
since upgraded to 11.3.6 a month or so back -
prior to this upgrade Word would automatically adjust the page so that
the top of the page was automartically below the toolbars.

This is driving me insane... cos every single document now has to be
re-sized manually.

Anyone else experiencing this too? or worked out a fix yet?

 

[Michel Bintener]

Your toolbars may have become undocked, i.e. Word treats them as floating
toolbars which are displayed on top of your document. To dock the toolbars
again, click on the grey area on the left side of each toolbar and move it
around until it snaps into place in the upper left corner of the screen.
Your document should then automatically be moved below the toolbar.

Whenever I open a new page in Word it opens with the top of the page
at the top of the screen, so that the top part of the page is hidden
behind the menus and toolbars.

I then need to manually re-size each page (not easy when the top-left
red, orange and green buttons are hidden behind the toolbars) so that
the top of the page is situated below the toolbars.

I currently run Office 11.3.7 and this problem has been occurred ever
since upgraded to 11.3.6 a month or so back -
prior to this upgrade Word would automatically adjust the page so that
the top of the page was automartically below the toolbars.

This is driving me insane... cos every single document now has to be
re-sized manually.

Anyone else experiencing this too? or worked out a fix yet?

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:Mac (Entourage & Word)

***Always reply to the newsgroup.***

 

[lizvandort]

Hooray! I fiddled around with them and it seems to have worked.
Thanks SO much!

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Hooray! I fiddled around with them and it seems to have worked.
Thanks SO much!

You can prevent the from becoming undocked using the techniques here:

http://www.mcgimpsey.com/macoffice/word/locktoolbars.html

 

[May]

But the trouble is, it's only a temporary remedy till the next time they get stuck like that. There's a built in flaw in the way Office is designed for the Mac. This NEVER happens in windows - the only compliment I've ever made to "that" technology!! Resizing your docs makes everything else move in tandem with the changes in the Win version.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Hooray! I fiddled around with them and it seems to have worked.
Thanks SO much!

 

[John McGhie]

Sorry, but you DO know that unless you log in, I haven't a clue what you are
talking about?

The volunteers helping in here are not looking at the website, it's too
slow. We look at a different server. Your post is connected properly only
if you log in.

I think you are talking about the toolbars becoming "undocked". If you are,
the only way that can happen is if YOU do it -- so it will never happen
again unless you do it on purpose

Under Mac OS X, "toolbars" are separate sheets, they are part of the
"Operating System", not part of the "Application Window". (That's a vast
over-simplification, but you know what I mean...) It's a different model of
user interface. One is not better than the other, they're just different --
you'll get used to it

Cheers

But the trouble is, it's only a temporary remedy till the next time they get
stuck like that. There's a built in flaw in the way Office is designed for the
Mac. This NEVER happens in windows - the only compliment I've ever made to
"that" technology!! Resizing your docs makes everything else move in tandem
with the changes in the Win version.

Hooray! I fiddled around with them and it seems to have worked.
Thanks SO much!

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