[X-Newbies] Resetting Word menus (was:<no subject>)

[Sue Rodriguez]

Thanks, Paul, At the moment I am running Office X but I will  be getting
Office 2004 soon.  I will try this in the meantime.  It is really annoying.

Thanks again, Sue  

> Hi Sue,
> 
> On 30/04/2005, at 9:57 AM, Sue Rodriguez wrote:
> 
>>  I have done something with my Microsoft Word program.  The menu line
>> (the top line with the blue apple) only shows ³Word²  ³Format²
>>  ³Toolbars² and ³Tools.²  For some reason, ³File,¹ ³Edit,² and ³View²
>> have disappeared.  I am sure that it is some silly thing that I did,
>> but I can¹t seem to correct it.  If there is anyone on the list who
>> knows how to correct this, I would appreciate their suggestions.  
> 
> What version of Word do you have, Sue? If it's 2004, then have a look
> under the Tools menu for Customise-> Customise Toolbars/Menus. In here,
> see if you have a Toolbar called Menu Bar. If you do, highlight that
> and click Reset, then click ok to the confirmation. Once you hop out of
> the customise window your menus should be back to normal.
> 
> If that doesn't work (or the command isn't available) you could try
> quitting Word, and removing or renaming your Normal template. This is
> where the menu preferences (among others) are stored. You'll find it
> here:
> 
> ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Normal
> 
> [~ denotes your home directory, ie. MacintoshHD/Users/<yourUserName>]
> 
> Finally re-launch Word and it'll create a factory fresh Normal template
> with the default settings.
> 
> HTH, and cheers,
> 
> Paul.
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