[AccessD] OT - Menu bar missing in MS Word

Drew Wutka DWUTKA at marlow.com
Fri Feb 28 11:21:01 CST 2003


Just a quick tip.  Some viruses are known to cause problems similar to this
in Word.  (We had a wonderful one hit, that disabled the Tool Menu.).  So I
would make sure they have antivirus stuff on.  

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: John Clark [mailto:John.Clark at niagaracounty.com]
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 10:24 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT - Menu bar missing in MS Word


See?! As usual, the list comes to the rescue. I haven't figured it out
exactly yet...the PC is at a different site, and I am still
investigating it, but you've all given me quite a bit to check out. 

The only thing I can write off so far is that other toolbars are
showing up, and by right-clicking them and going into the customize
toolbars area, I can see that the built in menu bar...the one that is
missing...is checked as being on.

I had found the reset, I am going to try that first. I'll let you know
how it turns out.

Thanks, again!

John

>>> Bryan_Carbonnell at cbc.ca 02/28/03 10:54AM >>>
John,

Here is the best trobleshooting tips for Word I have ever seen.

http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=wrd&Number=197827


I know Phil from several places and he knows his stuff.

I would suspect that there is a problem with the Normal.DOT file
because you shouldn't be able to turn off the menu bar, except through
code.

Having jsut said that go into the VBE (ALT+F11), in the immediate
window type:

CommandBars("Menu Bar").Enabled = True

and see if that brings it back.

If not, read and follow the steps listed in the post above.

Bryan Carbonnell
bryan_carbonnell at cbc.ca 

>>> John.Clark at niagaracounty.com 28-Feb-03 10:17:15 AM >>>
I apologize for this OT, but I just know somebody here will have the
answer. And, I cannot find it on the MS Knowledgebase.

We have a user in our Probation department that has completely lost
her
menu bar in MS Word. I cannot recreate the problem, and I have never
seen it before. This is the "main menu" bar...the one with "File",
"Edit", etc.

At first I thought she accidentally moved it by dragging it from its
usual location, and that it was just "nearly hidden" elsewhere on her
screen, but we have verified that it is gone.

I am not a technician anymore, but because I was my boss came to
me...I
was the go-to person for Office...and I told him I would look into it.

Thanks for any help that you are able to give!

John W Clark

BTW...it is Office 97


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