Toolbar handle off the screen

[Nigel]

Somehow, my Standard toolbar has been moved too far to the left, and
its 'handle' is off the screen, so I can't drag it back. How can I fix
this please?

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Hi Nigel,

Please always state your OS and Office/Word versions when posting. I'm
going to assume you're in OS X and Office/Word 2004.

Try the Window menu > Zoom Window command. If that doesn't work, try
changing your screen resolution (System Preferences> Displays) to see if you
can get a handle on the handle (sorry .

If that doesn't work, close Word and drag your Word preference file to the
desktop (~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/com.microsoft.Word.prefs.plist). A
new one will be created when you relaunch Word. If this works, you can
trash the old file and you will then have to recreate your preferences.

--
***Please always reply to the newsgroup!***

Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

Mac Word FAQ: <http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/index.htm>
Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org>

 

[Nigel]

Beth, thanks but none of those work. I don't have any Word.prefs in my
Library/Prefs.
I am using Word X for Mac Service Release 1, from Microsoft Office X,
on Powerbook G4 using OS X 10.3.5.
The same problem was reported by another user in the newsgroup back in
2003, and Jim Gordon wrote the reply with a subroutine below, but when
I tried it I got a 'syntax error' message.
Jim wrote:
In Word, go to the menu and choose Tools>Macro>Visual Basic Editor
In the Editor, choose Insert > Module
Copy the following subroutine and paste it into the module:
Sub DocTheToolBars()
'Position Property Example
'This example steps through the collection of command bars, docking
the
custom command bars at the bottom of the application window and
docking the
built-in command bars at the top of the window.
For Each bar In CommandBars
If bar.Visible = True Then
If bar.BuiltIn Then
bar.Position = msoBarTop
Else
bar.Position = msoBarBottom
End If
End If
Next
End Sub

Then, go to the menu again and choose File>Close and Return to
Microsoft
Word.
In Word's menu choose Tools>Macro>Macros
Select the Macro called DocTheToolBars and Run it.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Somehow, my Standard toolbar has been moved too far to the left, and
its 'handle' is off the screen, so I can't drag it back. How can I fix
this please?

Toolbars are stored in templates - in this case the Normal template.

Try, with Word closed, renaming Normal (found in the
~ocuments:Microsoft User Data folder), then reopening Word. If that
works, as it should, then if you have anything in the old Normal that
you want to save, use the Organizer. Otherwise trash the old Normal file.

If for some reason that doesn't work, type OPT-F11 to enter the Visual
Basic Editor, then type CMD-G to open the Immediate Window. Type or
paste the following lines, ending each with a Return:

CommandBars("Standard").Protection = msoBarNoProtect
CommandBars("Standard").Left = 1

If you want to ensure that the toolbar doesn't inadvertently move again,
type or paste this into the Immediate Window, followed by a Return:

CommandBars("Standard").Protection = msoBarNoMove

 

[Nigel]

Thanks JE
That (just about!) works. You didn't say what to do after writing the
two lines into Immediate, so I clicked 'Close & Return to MS Word'. I
seemed to have lost the Standard toolbar altogether! But moving the
Formatting toolbar I could just see the bottom of the Standard toolbar,
hidden behind the main Word toolbar strip at the top of the screen. I
was just able to get a hold on the handle and move it down. I guess
your instruction Left = 1 put the toolbar right at the top-left, rather
than just a little bit lower??
Nigel

 

[Nigel]

I forgot to say, re. your first option, which was renaming Normal, I
couldn't find that file where you said, but did find and rename a
Normal in Templates, but that didn't work.

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Beth, thanks but none of those work. I don't have any Word.prefs in my
Library/Prefs.

That's what you get for not stating your version of Word in the first place
. In Word X, the prefs file is called Settings (10) and it's here:

~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Word Settings (10)

However ... see J.E. McGimpsey's post if you haven't already. As he rightly
points out, it's the Normal template that's at fault, not the prefs file. I
was mistakenly thinking *menu* bar, not *tool* bar.

His post also gives you an appropriate VBA method for curing the problem.

--
***Please always reply to the newsgroup!***

Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

Mac Word FAQ: <http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/index.htm>
Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org>