I am left handed and using a tablet PC. When I view a document in MS Word, I
would like the vertical scroll bar to appear on the left hand side where I
can access it more easily with my left hand. Can that be done? Thanks.

Hi R.,

If in Word 2003:
Tools=>Options=>View
[ ] Left Scroll Bar

If in Word 2007
Office Button=>Word Options=>Advanced=>Display
[ ] Left Scroll Bar

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<<"rfast10430" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:A451E633-33D6-49D0-B5B6-(E-Mail Removed)...
I am left handed and using a tablet PC. When I view a document in MS Word, I
would like the vertical scroll bar to appear on the left hand side where I
can access it more easily with my left hand. Can that be done? Thanks.>>
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

"Left scroll bar" is not available in the View Options in my version of Word
2003. I suspect this may be one of those options that become available if
you have a right-to-left language enabled.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote
in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi R.,
>
> If in Word 2003:
> Tools=>Options=>View
> [ ] Left Scroll Bar
>
> If in Word 2007
> Office Button=>Word Options=>Advanced=>Display
> [ ] Left Scroll Bar
>
> ===========
> <<"rfast10430" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:A451E633-33D6-49D0-B5B6-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am left handed and using a tablet PC. When I view a document in MS
> Word, I
> would like the vertical scroll bar to appear on the left hand side where I
> can access it more easily with my left hand. Can that be done? Thanks.>>
> --
>
> Bob Buckland ?:-)
> MS Office System Products MVP
>
> *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
>
>
>

Thanks to you both. I checked and my version of Word 2007 didn't have that
option either but when I installed support for right-to-left languages, the
option appeared where Bob described and worked perfectly. :-)

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> "Left scroll bar" is not available in the View Options in my version of Word
> 2003. I suspect this may be one of those options that become available if
> you have a right-to-left language enabled.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "Bob Buckland ?:-)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote
> in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi R.,
> >
> > If in Word 2003:
> > Tools=>Options=>View
> > [ ] Left Scroll Bar
> >
> > If in Word 2007
> > Office Button=>Word Options=>Advanced=>Display
> > [ ] Left Scroll Bar
> >
> > ===========
> > <<"rfast10430" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:A451E633-33D6-49D0-B5B6-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I am left handed and using a tablet PC. When I view a document in MS
> > Word, I
> > would like the vertical scroll bar to appear on the left hand side where I
> > can access it more easily with my left hand. Can that be done? Thanks.>>
> > --
> >
> > Bob Buckland ?:-)
> > MS Office System Products MVP
> >
> > *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

Hi Suzanne,

Ahh, correct. And it doesn't hold if you later remove the Right to Left (RTL) language choice using the Office Language Settings
tool.

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<<"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:O$(E-Mail Removed)...
"Left scroll bar" is not available in the View Options in my version of Word
2003. I suspect this may be one of those options that become available if
you have a right-to-left language enabled.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill >>

--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

[reasonableman]

in Word 2010
File --> Options --> Advanced --> Under Display uncheck Left scroll bar.