Standard toolbar missing in Word

[suziemou]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

How do I get my standard toolbar back in Word? It used to be docked at the top of each doc. But it mysteriously disappeared. Yet when I go to 'View' and then 'toolbars', both standard and formatting toolbars are checked. If I uncheck the standard and then re-check it again, the toolbar suddenly appears in the active Word doc. However, I need to do this for each new or existing Word doc I open. It's driving me crazy! Can somebody please help me??? When I googled, I came across some instructions for an old version of Word for PC's re registry file. But I am reluctant to try this, especially since my tech knowledge is limited. Many thanks in advance.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

How do I get my standard toolbar back in Word? It used to be docked at the
top of each doc. But it mysteriously disappeared. Yet when I go to 'View' and
then 'toolbars', both standard and formatting toolbars are checked. If I
uncheck the standard and then re-check it again, the toolbar suddenly appears
in the active Word doc. However, I need to do this for each new or existing
Word doc I open. It's driving me crazy! Can somebody please help me??? When I
googled, I came across some instructions for an old version of Word for PC's
re registry file. But I am reluctant to try this, especially since my tech
knowledge is limited. Many thanks in advance.

You probably closed Word with the toolbar hidden, so that setting got
saved in Word preferences.

A quicker way to display the toolbar is to use the toolbar control at
the top-right corner of the document window (the clear chicklet).

To reset the prefs, try creating a new doc, displaying the toolbar,
entering a few characters, then quit Word (choosing the Don't Save
option). When you next open Word, the toolbar should appear.

 

[Sue]

Version: 2008 > Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) > Processor:

Intel > > How do I get my standard toolbar back in Word? It used to be
docked at the > top of each doc. But it mysteriously disappeared. Yet
when I go to 'View' and > then 'toolbars', both standard and formatting
toolbars are checked. If I > uncheck the standard and then re-check it
again, the toolbar suddenly appears > in the active Word doc. However,
I need to do this for each new or existing > Word doc I open. It's driving
me crazy! Can somebody please help me??? When I > googled, I came across
some instructions for an old version of Word for PC's > re registry file.
But I am reluctant to try this, especially since my tech > knowledge is
limited. Many thanks in advance.





You probably closed Word with the toolbar hidden, so that setting got
saved in Word preferences.





A quicker way to display the toolbar is to use the toolbar control at
the top-right corner of the document window (the clear chicklet).





To reset the prefs, try creating a new doc, displaying the toolbar, entering
a few characters, then quit Word (choosing the Don't Save option). When
you next open Word, the toolbar should appear.




Thank you, this just happened to me and your fix worked! I'm also happy to know about the "chicklet."

 

[Hayley_K]

This fix didn't work for me. Does anyone have any other ideas? I can't seem to adjust toolbar settings in preferences. This is really frusterating to have to uncheck and recheck standard tool bar every time I open a new document!

 

[Hayley_K]

OK, I just answered my own question. You have to click the oval shaped thing in the top right of the window (on the same level as the document title). I know that this was previously described as a chicklet in this chain, however, that word didn't mean anything to me, and I thought I was missing this "chicklet" so I'd recommend to the MVP's to describe it as the oval shape.

 

[Clive Huggan]

Thanks for the feedback, Hayley!

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
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