publisher format menu missing

[John]

I'm working on a friends computer that has publisher
2002, and she uses the format menu all the time and she
started publisher up today and the menu was gone, she has
the toolbar, and I added the menu options she needs but
she would like the menu back. Please help!

 

[Guest]

This just brings the the format menu options to the
toolbar, I want the actual menu back. Thanks for the idea
though.

 

[Mary Sauer]

All toolbars can be floated, is this what you mean? Create a textbox, click inside
the text box, this will activate the format toolbar, grab the toolbar and drag to the
workspace.

 

[Guest]

I know they can be floated, I don't want to bring the
format toolbar into the workspace. I'm just trying to
bring the actual format MENU back, it should go
"File Edit View Insert Format Tools..." Ect. The
Format is missing from the menu, and I can't find anyway
to bring it back.

-----Original Message-----
All toolbars can be floated, is this what you mean? Create a textbox, click inside
the text box, this will activate the format toolbar,

grab the toolbar and drag to the

 

[Brian Kvalheim - [MSFT MVP]]

Hi (e-mail address removed)
([email protected]),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| I know they can be floated, I don't want to bring the
|| format toolbar into the workspace. I'm just trying to
|| bring the actual format MENU back, it should go
|| "File Edit View Insert Format Tools..." Ect. The
|| Format is missing from the menu, and I can't find anyway
|| to bring it back.

What happens if you go to Tools > Customize > Toolbars Tab > Highlight
Formatting and click on Reset?
--
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Microsoft Publisher MVP
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This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

 

[Ed Bennett]

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I'm just trying to
bring the actual format MENU back, it should go
"File Edit View Insert Format Tools..." Ect. The
Format is missing from the menu, and I can't find anyway
to bring it back.

Try this:
Right-click your toolbar, click Customize.
Go to Commands, and down to Built-in Menus
Drag "Format >" from the pane on the right on to your toolbar (if you want
it to go back where it starts off, Publisher ships with the Format menu
between Insert and Tools)

 

[Guest]

Try this:
Right-click your toolbar, click Customize.
Go to Commands, and down to Built-in Menus
Drag "Format >" from the pane on the right on to your toolbar (if you want
it to go back where it starts off, Publisher ships with the Format menu
between Insert and Tools)

Mine doesn't seem to have Built-in Menus, but it does
have format on the left pane marked "categories", so I
guess the question turns to how do I get built-in menus
on the left pane. I think your on the right track.

 

[Guest]

What happens if you go to Tools > Customize > Toolbars
Tab > Highlight

Formatting and click on Reset?

Nothing happens, it stays the same.

 

[Mary Sauer]

You can put a menu on the left, simply drag it there, much the same way you do on
your desktop with the quick launch toolbar.

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
You can put a menu on the left, simply drag it there, much the same way you do on
your desktop with the quick launch toolbar.

Hrm.... That sort of confused me. You can't drag anything
from the left pane. I guess I'm not sure what your saying.

 

[Ed Bennett]

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Mine doesn't seem to have Built-in Menus, but it does
have format on the left pane marked "categories", so I
guess the question turns to how do I get built-in menus
on the left pane. I think your on the right track.

I apologise - the feature I was describing is a Publisher 2003 feature.

If you want to re-build your Format menu, you can use the "New Menu" option,
and then the following menu items on it:

Font...
Character Spacing...
Line Spacing...
Indents and Lists...
Tabs...
Drop Cap...
--- ("Begin a Group" on the next command)
Horizontal Rules...
---
Wizard For This Object...
Color Schemes...
Font Schemes...
Background...
Styles and Formatting...
Object...

You will need to create a new "New Menu" for AutoFit Text (call it "AutoFit
Te&xt", to get the _ under the x), and add "None", "Best Fit", and "Shrink
Text On Overflow".

Hope this helps!