toolbar question

[rob]

I am using Powerpoint for Macintosh, Os X.2

If I recall correctly, there used to be "File" and "insert" items
on my main toolbar, at the top of the screen, but they have
mysteriously disappeared. I have tried to replace them in the
"Customize" menu under "Tools" but I don't understand the rather
minimal instructions included with the on-board "Powerpoint Help"
menu. Has anyone else experience disappearing menu items?

I tried reinstalling the program from this disk but this did not help.

Thank you! Big presentation tomorrow! Help!

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Rob,

I'm working blind here....but try

Right click (I said I was working blind) any toolbar....choose
"customize"...on the toolbar tab click "reset"

That should set your menus back to how they normally are

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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[Jim Gordon]

Hi TAJ and Rob,

You're really close, TAJ, but Rob might get to reset only a single button if
he control-clicks on a toolbar. The menu does not respond to control-click
(right-click to Windows folks).

Rob would be better off using Tools > Customize. On the Toolbars tab with
Menus selected click the Reset button.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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[TAJ Simmons]

Jim,

Rob would be better off using Tools > Customize. On the Toolbars tab with
Menus selected click the Reset button.

That's really funny I started typing the response with
"Tools>Customise>etc", then changed it to 'right click any toolbar' figuring
that's a quicker way!.

Cheers
TAJ

 

[Mickey Stevens]

Actually, it works alright if you Control-click one of the group separators
on a toolbar, or if you click any blank space in the Formatting Palette. It
just doesn't work if you Control-click elsewhere in a toolbar (like a
button).