Re: Word 2001 for Mac: Toolbars Lead to Dead Ends

From: Suzanne S. Barnhill (sbarnhill_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/22/04 

Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:36:02 -0500

Thanks for jumping in, Dayo. 

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Dayo Mitchell" <dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPAM.com.invalid> wrote in
message news:BD2586A6.371E0%dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPAM.com.invalid...
> Ron, check this link:
>
> http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/Word2001Menus.htm
>
> I'm really sorry you've been suffering this for three years. In general,
> when a Mac program messes up, deleting the prefs file (instructions in
link
> above) will fix a myriad of things.
>
> See here for gateway to Mac-specific ngs for help with Office problems.
> <http://www.microsoft.com/mac/community/community.aspx?pid=newsgroups>
> Do not, however, expect people to reply to you directly as they usually
> won't. You can use Google Groups to search newsgroups for your name as
> sender, if desperate.
>
> Hey Suzanne,
>
> MacWord 2001 has a missing menus problem just like WinWord!  :)  (though I
> haven't hit it yet, heavens knows why not)  I think half-menus are the
start
> of it.
>
> DM
>
>
> On 7/21/04 10:58 PM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
> > Let's get clear what you mean by a dead end. There are three types of
menu
> > items in Word for Windows; I'm guessing the conventions are the same in
> > Word:Mac.
> >
> > 1. Simple menu items: you click on them and something happens. An
example
> > would be View | Ruler. You click on that and the ruler becomes visible
(or
> > invisible). You can recognize these menu items by the fact that they are
> > simple commands with no punctuation following them.
> >
> > 2. Menus items that open submenus. You can recognize these by the >
arrow
> > after the command. An example would be View | Toolbars >. Click on that
and
> > a submenu opens.
> >
> > 3. Menus that open dialogs. These menu commands are followed by
ellipses. An
> > example would be View | Zoom...
> >
> > The menu items you list are a mixture of 2 and 3. Are you saying that
when
> > you click on these you do not get a submenu or dialog?
> >
> > -- 
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "Ron Prochot" <Ron Prochot@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:154BEBA0-19FE-4469-9DE4-F84966B03B80@microsoft.com...
> >> In microSoft Office for Mac 2001, Part of my menu options in Word seem
to
> > be missing.
> >>
> >> When I go into the top Menu of my Word application and select any of
the
> > following menu's I end up at a dead end.
> >>
> >> Case in point: When I select INSERT/BREAK > all I end up with is the
> > "BREAK >" option, there is nowhere further to go, example Page Break,
> > Section Break, etc. Similarly When trying to use the following tools I
can
> > go to INSERT/AUTOTEXT >; INSERT/PICTURE >; INSERT/HTML OBJECT >;
> > VIEW/TOOLBARS >; FILE/SEND TO >; TOOLS/TRACK CHANGES >; TOOLS/MACRO >;
> > TABLE/INSERT >; TABLE/DELETE >; TABLE/SELECT >; TABLE/AUTOFIT >. Each of
> > these menus result in a dead end. I am unable to insert Page Breaks,
Macros,
> > Columns, Rows, Toolbars, etc. when trying to access any of these tools.
This
> > has been the case since I installed MS Office 2001 for Mac about three
years
> > ago. I keep hoping I will stumble on the solution, but after three years
I
> > still haven't resolved the issue. (I am getting more flexibillity and
use
> > out of Word 6 on my older Mac (which I installed in '96), then I have
been
> > able to get out of Word:Mac 2001. What am I doing wrong? Why can I not
> > access these tools?
> >>
> >> Please reply to me directly as I may not know how to access this WEB
site
> > again.
> >>
> >> Thanks for any assistance.
> >>
> >> Ron P <rprochot@shaw.ca>
> >>
> >> My System:
> >>
> >> B&W PowerMac G3/400
> >> 1 GB RAM
> >> MAC OS 9.2.2 & MAC OSX 10.2.8
> >> (The problem also occurred with earlier versions of Mac OS, hence is
not a
> > factor of OS 9.2)
> >> MS Office for Mac 2001 with 9.04 Update Patch.
> >
>

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