Partially hidden Excel formula bar

[Eqbal00]

In Mac OS 10.5, Excel 2008 won't show a complete formula bar. The left side
is cut off. I've tried adjusting my display settings, deleting plist files,
and uninstalling/reinstalling Office 2008. IF I log in as another user, I get
a clear view of the whole formula bar.

Any help with this will be greatly appreciated.

Thx.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

In Mac OS 10.5, Excel 2008 won't show a complete formula bar. The left side
is cut off. I've tried adjusting my display settings, deleting plist files,
and uninstalling/reinstalling Office 2008. IF I log in as another user, I get
a clear view of the whole formula bar.

Any help with this will be greatly appreciated.

First, uninstalling/reinstalling is almost always a complete waste of
time. Applications don't corrupt that frequently, and unless you used
the Remove Office application to uninstall (which I assume you didn't),
uninstalling doesn't get rid of the source of the problem, the
preferences files.

It's important when you delete the .plist files that Office apps are
closed. If they're open, the corrupt settings will be retained in memory
and will be written back to the new .plist file when the app closes.

Try, with XL closed, deleting the

~:Libraryreferences:Microsoft:Office 2008:Excel Toolbars (12)

file.