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Mac Forum / Applications / PowerPoint / August 2007I've lost my PowerPoint Formatting Toolbar
I loved the access to the formatting toolbar (not the formatting palette) but I think one day I moved it too far up under the menu bar and poof; its gone. Even when I go under view and re-click the formatting toolbar I can't seem to get it back. I really miss my font color, sizing, etc. Any suggestions? First make sure it isn't just hiiding somewhere on screen - You may have to move the standard toolbar to get to it. If it can't be found the first thing to try is from the Customize Menus/Toolbars dialog. On the Toolbars page click the name of the Formatting Toolbar then click Reset. Post back if that doesn't do it.  SignatureHTH |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac >I loved the access to the formatting toolbar (not the formatting > palette) but I think one day I moved it too far up under the menu bar > and poof; its gone. Even when I go under view and re-click the > formatting toolbar I can't seem to get it back. > I really miss my font color, sizing, etc. Any suggestions? > First make sure it isn't just hiiding somewhere on screen - You may have to > move the standard toolbar to get to it. If it can't be found the first thing [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > formatting toolbar I can't seem to get it back. > > I really miss my font color, sizing, etc. Any suggestions? Sorry, that didn't work - it was a good try though. Any other suggestions? One other contrivance before minor surgery :-) Go to Apple Menu> System Preferences> Display & set your monitor resolution up several notches. That may cause the errant bar to become visible so you can move it to the middle of the screen. Assuming it works, reset your resolution to the normal mode & you should still be able to manipulate the bar as desired. If that _still_ doesn't produce the pesky critter, try launching Word while pressing the Shift key - Does the Formatting Toolbar appear? That will provide some insight on how to proceed. Post back with your results. SignatureHTH |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac >> First make sure it isn't just hiiding somewhere on screen - You may have >> to [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Sorry, that didn't work - it was a good try though. Any other > suggestions? > If that _still_ doesn't produce the pesky critter, try launching Word... Sorry - I meant PowerPoint - just came from another group & the cranial transmission hadn't yet switched gears:-) SignatureRegards |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On Aug 17, 10:12 am, "CyberTaz" <typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet> wrote: > > If that _still_ doesn't produce the pesky critter, try launching Word... > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Bob Jones > [MVP] Office:Mac I've tried both ideas; no go. I tried launching Word with the shift key held as you suggested and saw the formatting toolbars then I tried to do this with PowerPoint where my problem is and could not see the formatting toolbar (just the standard and the formatting palette.) Do you think I should uninstall Microsoft Office and then reinstall? PS - thanks for all your suggestions on this matter Absolutely not - reinstalling apps rarely fixes anything because the apps themselves rarely go sour :-) Go to the page shown below & follow the instructions for Damaged Preferences & Settings - except that you don't need to be concerned about the Font Cache in this situation. Regards |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 8/18/07 8:37 AM, in article 1187440639.356045.304150@z24g2000prh.googlegroups.com, "mlynde" > On Aug 17, 10:12 am, "CyberTaz" <typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > you think I should uninstall Microsoft Office and then reinstall? > PS - thanks for all your suggestions on this matter > Absolutely not - reinstalling apps rarely fixes anything because the apps > themselves rarely go sour :-) [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > you think I should uninstall Microsoft Office and then reinstall? > > PS - thanks for all your suggestions on this matter O.K. It sounds like a good idea but I can't "see" the pages you linked re: Damaged Preferences and Settings. Could you resend them to me please? Thank you You couldn't "see" the link because I didn't include it - another Senior Moment during which Command+V seems to have escaped my attention:-) http://word.mvps.org/Mac/DamagedPrefs.html Perhaps you'll be better able to see it this time! Regards |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 8/19/07 7:19 AM, in article 1187522399.568010.6610@q3g2000prf.googlegroups.com, "mlynde" >> Absolutely not - reinstalling apps rarely fixes anything because the apps >> themselves rarely go sour :-) [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > re: Damaged Preferences and Settings. Could you resend them to me > please? Thank you PS - I should also have added that you'll actually be looking for files that contain "PowerPoint" in place of "Word" and there's another in the Preferences folder itself by the name of: com.microsoft.PowerPoint.plist I referred you to the page because of the location & procedural information. If there's no problem with other Office apps there's probably no reason to test the file that contains "Office" either - unless the fix still fails. Regards |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 8/19/07 8:46 AM, in article C2EDB3DB.29BE8%onlygeneraltaz1@com.cast.net, > You couldn't "see" the link because I didn't include it - another Senior > Moment during which Command+V seems to have escaped my attention:-) [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] >> re: Damaged Preferences and Settings. Could you resend them to me >> please? Thank you > I loved the access to the formatting toolbar (not the formatting > palette) but I think one day I moved it too far up under the menu bar > and poof; its gone. Even when I go under view and re-click the > formatting toolbar I can't seem to get it back. > I really miss my font color, sizing, etc. Any suggestions? This little bit of VBA should sort it out for you. It'll move the formatting bar to someplace visible (if not, try slightly higher numbers): Sub ComeBackComeBack() With Application.CommandBars("Formatting") .Position = msoBarFloating .Left = 100 .Top = 100 End With End Sub If you don't quite know what to do with VBA code, have a look here: How do I use VBA code in PowerPoint? http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00033.htm The instrux are a bit WindowsCentric but should get you there. ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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