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| Thread ID: 62060 | 2005-09-25 19:38:00 | Word 2000 Problem | willbry (1555) | Press F1 |
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| 390802 | 2005-09-25 19:38:00 | I have re-installed Word 2000 and find at the top of any new document there is no "File" menu at the top left.The ones visible are:Edit-Insert-Format-Tools-Table-Window-Help Of course I can't set up a page, do a print preview etc without it.Where has it gone? |
willbry (1555) | ||
| 390803 | 2005-09-25 19:57:00 | HAD THAT happen on someones pc before........ah........think if you right clik the toolbar you'll get a menu try the 'customise' option to add a menu item.......you MAY be able to cure it this way... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 390804 | 2005-09-25 21:59:00 | Tools - Customise - Toolbars - Reset | godfather (25) | ||
| 390805 | 2005-09-25 22:29:00 | Thank you both. I found it in "Built-In Menus" and dragged it on to the toolbar. Just a small thing. Can you re-order them along that horizintal axis? I'm so used to "File" being on the extreme left. Now it's at the extreme right after "Help" Doesn't really matter but I'll shift iti f I can. | willbry (1555) | ||
| 390806 | 2005-09-26 04:19:00 | Try this command: Without running Word, go to Start -> Run. Type in winword /a Press OK This command resets the Normal Template and should get your File menu option back. I use this quite a bit to fix template problems. |
DRHILL (3490) | ||
| 390807 | 2005-09-26 04:22:00 | You should be able to drag around your toolbars. If it is XP, make sure you have right-clicked on the tool bar and selected unlock toolbar first. Look for the little vertical bars on the toolbar which cause the cursor to turn into a double headed arrow when you hover over it. Click, hold and drag those around to the desired position. | Jen (38) | ||
| 390808 | 2005-09-26 06:31:00 | Thanks DRHILL & Jen but no joy I'm afraid. Regarding typing <winword/a> into "Run", I get the error message which says in essence that Windows can't find "winword/a" With your suggestion Jen, when I R Click in the toolbar area I get a complete list of all the available toolbars plus customise, but nowhere any option to unlock the toolbars. How do I do this ? Actually I'm not too worried but if I can move them I will. Incidentally in this forum by right clicking the top tool bar I do see a check mark for locking the toolbar but it's not available in a word document {By the way it is XP I'm with] |
willbry (1555) | ||
| 390809 | 2005-09-26 06:41:00 | When there is a "/" in a command, it indicates that the next character is an option. There must be a space after the command word and before the "/". The command interpreter isn't smart enough to reccognise the option without the space. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 390810 | 2005-09-26 06:57:00 | You may have a Word document starting by default. Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\<<YOUR NAME>>\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP and see if theres any files in there. If so, delete or move the files. Also look for a startup folder wherever you installed office eg C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\STARTUP and delete/move any files in there. Next delete the existing Normal.dot template. Close Word if open then using Windows find search for Normal.dot and delete any you find. Dont worry, when Word starts it rebuilds the normal.dot file if not already present. hth |
Parry (5696) | ||
| 390811 | 2005-09-27 05:55:00 | Thank you all for your help. I'm sure I'll sort it now. Much appreciated | willbry (1555) | ||
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