Word cut & paste

[Peter in New Zealand]

Using Office 2000, and when I do a number of cut & pastes in Word one after
the other a little floating window pops up and shows each one. Being a
somewhat old fashioned guy I prefer to just have one thing at a time going
through the clipboard. I always close the little window to get it out of the
way, but is there a way to turn it off permanently? I am sure there must be,
but for the life of me I cannot find anything. Many thanks.

 

[Terry Farrell]

Just press ESC to make it go away.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I think there's an option not to show it; there certainly is in Word 2003,
but I'm not sure if the process is the same in Word 2000. FWIW, in Word
2003, at the bottom of the Office Clipboard task pane, there's an Options
button with options that can be deselected to prevent the thing from *ever*
popping up, being displayed on the Taskbar, etc.

 

[Terry Farrell]

In W2007, on the Home Ribbon, Clipboard group, click on the group selection
arrow which opens the Office Clipboard Pane - usually anchored to the left
of the Window. Click the Options button at the bottom of the Pane.

Terry

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Terry, the OP has Word 2000.

 

[Peter in New Zealand]

Terry, the OP has Word 2000.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

It's a cheeky wee beggar. Seems it's actually a toolbar that only pops up
when there is stuff on the clipboard. I thought I could dock it and then at
least it would be out of the way, but the setting doesn't stick. Next time I
start Word it's gone, only to pop up once more when I cut or copy, not as a
docked toolbar, but as a floating one once more. And somehow it seems to
cleverly know precisely where I am wanting to work and cunningly appears
right in the way. Ah, the cleverness of modern software. At times when I'm
working fact it's a bit like playing Pacman! (Well, I exadurate a little -
but o-n-l-y a little.)

Yes, I know I can close it with ESC, but as I do that every time t he moment
it pops up I thought I could save myself a minor inconvenience. Guess I'll
just live with it, but I do appreciate the responses and offered ideas.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Don't give up yet! There must be a way to suppress the bugger! I found a KB
article that gives VBA to make it visible when it's not ("WD2000: Clipboard
Toolbar Does Not Remain Visible" at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=224750), so there must be a way to do the
reverse.

Ah, wait--requires a Registry edit. See
http://www.liutilities.com/products/registrybooster/tweaklibrary/tweaks/10816/
or http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;207438.

 

[Peter in New Zealand]

Hi Suzanne. Your suggested registry edit works perfectly! I have used Word
2000 for years and wish I had known of this a long time ago. Never mind, as
you so wisely point out, there's got to be a way. I am most grateful for
your help and support.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Sometimes you just have to be stubborn. <g>

 

[Peter in New Zealand]

Stubborn is such an ugly word - I suggest "dedicated" as a substitute.
(smile)

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I think "determined" is the word you're looking for.