VB Editor view out of whack (Word 2003)

[Kamran]

One day I maximized the Project Explorer or something, and ever since then,
my VB editor window has been out of whack. You know how normally the Project
Explorer is on the left and the editor is on the right, with a divider
between them? Now it's either one or the other. The best I can seem to do
is tile them vertically and manually adjust their widths to look kind of
normal. What can I do to return this to normal?? Thanks.

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?S2FtcmFu?=,

One day I maximized the Project Explorer or something, and ever since then,
my VB editor window has been out of whack. You know how normally the Project
Explorer is on the left and the editor is on the right, with a divider
between them? Now it's either one or the other. The best I can seem to do
is tile them vertically and manually adjust their widths to look kind of
normal. What can I do to return this to normal??

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "it's either one or the other". If
there are only two windows and they're docked vertically (next to one another),
then one is going to be on the left and the other on the right. The code window
has to be maximized for it to automatically fill the available screen area.

In a default installation, there's also the Property window (bottom left). Do
you have that displayed?

The VB Editor can be a bit finicky about docking the windows, but if I have all
three visible I can usually get it done.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Kamran]

Hi Cindy, thanks for responding.
What I mean by "one or the other" is that when I maximize either of them,
they take up the whole screen. They won't dock vertically like they used to
with the explorer taking up about a quarter of the screen on the left, and
the code window on the right. I end up having to stretch them out manually
into the correct positions. The Properties window seems to be fine; it pops
up as a small window that I can just move where I need it to be.

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?S2FtcmFu?=,

What I mean by "one or the other" is that when I maximize either of them,
they take up the whole screen. They won't dock vertically like they used to
with the explorer taking up about a quarter of the screen on the left, and
the code window on the right. I end up having to stretch them out manually
into the correct positions. The Properties window seems to be fine; it pops
up as a small window that I can just move where I need it to be.

In that case, the Properties window isn't docked, either.

What happens if you double-click the "title bar" of the Properties window?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Kamran]

No, it isn't docked -- when I double-click it maximizes and takes up the
whole screen.

Also, I'm wondering why my name is showing up as "?Utf-8?B?S2FtcmFu?" in
this thread. I tried different encodings and none of them help (but anyway,
that's a secondary issue).

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi Kamran,

Also, I'm wondering why my name is showing up as "?Utf-8?B?S2FtcmFu?" in
this thread. I tried different encodings and none of them help (but anyway,
that's a secondary issue).

That's my newsreader. The web interface for the newsgroups passes Unicode,
and my newsreader doesn't handle that too well. If you don't sign your
message, I probably won't notice whether you have a real name so that I can
edit things manually.

No, it isn't docked -- when I double-click it maximizes and takes up the
whole screen.

OK. And when you drag that or the Project window way over to the right they
don't "dock"? Do they just go off the screen?

I suspect it could be a problem with a Registry key
under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\VBA\6.0\Command

You can try backing up the entire section, then deleting it. See if Office
can recreate the settings when you start up the VBA Editor next. Or then
try a repair install.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Kamran]

Yeah, it's really weird. The Properties window docks on the right when you
drag it over there, but the other ones just do their own thing. I still have
to position them manually. I try your suggestion with the Registry. Thanks
for your suggestions.

 

[Kamran]

You'll be glad to know that did it!! Problem solved. Who would ever know?
(BTW, the registry key name is "Common" instead of "Command").
Thanks again.

 

[Cindy M.]

You'll be glad to know that did it!! Problem solved. Who would ever know?

(BTW, the registry key name is "Common" instead of "Command").

Thanks for reporting back

Cindy Meister