I am having exactly the same problem, but in Excel. In Word the program freezes when i try to activate the drawing toolbar.
Type OPT-F11 to enter the Visual Basic Editor. Type CMD-G to open the
Immediate Window. In the Immediate Window, type or paste the following,
one line at a time, ending each by pressing Return:
Commandbars("Standard").Reset
Commandbars("Standard").Enabled = True
Commandbars("Standard").Visible = True
Cheers
On 3/05/08 9:19 AM, in article ee9a692.-1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
> Version: 2004
> Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
>
> Standard toolbar for word not appearing on my desktop despite it showing as
> active in the menu display.

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I cant get my excel toolbar despite it being not marked hidden.
How do I get it back please :angry: :angry:
CyberTaz - 05 May 2008 15:44 GMT
What version of Excel? If 2008, the first thing to check is the oval button
at the right end of the document title bar. It's an OS X "feature" that
shows/hides the toolbars docked within the window. Also, if there is no
window open the docked toolbars don't display at all.
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
On 5/5/08 10:36 AM, in article ee9a692.2@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
> I cant get my excel toolbar despite it being not marked hidden.
>
> How do I get it back please :angry: :angry:
christinet@officeformac.com - 05 May 2008 15:52 GMT
Thank you for your prompt reply that made me feel a tad stupid.....I'm fully operational now....thank you
Christine
> What version of Excel? If 2008, the first thing to check is the oval button
> at the right end of the document title bar. It's an OS X "feature" that
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> >
> > How do I get it back please :angry: :angry:
CyberTaz - 05 May 2008 18:43 GMT
No reason to feel stupid - most including myself got snookered by the same
unidentified button. Only difference is I'm adventurous enough to click
anything that looks clickable as well as half of what doesn't:-)
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
On 5/5/08 10:52 AM, in article ee9a692.4@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
> Thank you for your prompt reply that made me feel a tad stupid.....I'm fully
> operational now....thank you
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>>>
>>> How do I get it back please :angry: :angry:
John McGhie - 06 May 2008 09:59 GMT
Yeah, don't feel stupid. The only way I found out about the idiotic thing
was that Bob told me...
On 6/05/08 3:43 AM, in article C444BF66.29AE2%onlygeneraltaz1@com.cast.net,
> No reason to feel stupid - most including myself got snookered by the same
> unidentified button. Only difference is I'm adventurous enough to click
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>>>>
>>>> How do I get it back please :angry: :angry:

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You absolute star! I had this problem too and was hunting all over the place in preferences and settings. It was driving me insane and now it's fixed. It's all shiny and pretty again and I'm happy. Thank you x
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> What version of Excel? If 2008, the first thing to check is the oval button
> at the right end of the document title bar. It's an OS X "feature" that
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> :grin: :grin: