File Menu button is now an icon

[TJthediver]

I succeeded in changing File Menu to the Excel Icon and have no idea how I
did it or how to get it back. The result is that a left click on that icon
will bring up the Restore Menu and a right click will bring up a seriously
abbreviated File menu. Two commands I use quite a bit are Set Print Area and
Clear Print Area and neither are present on this abbreviated menu.

Help!

 

[Dave Peterson]

It sounds like you're still using xl2003 or below (not xl2007 with the new
ribbon interface).

If that's true...

I'd try this first.

Rightclick on an empty spot on any of the toolbars.
Choose Customize (at the bottom)
Toolbars tab
Select worksheet menu bar
and click reset

And see if that helps.

 

[TJthediver]

Thank you for your response, Dave.

Yes. it's Office 2000.

Tried your suggestion and it had no effect. Eagerly looking for more
suggestions.

Prior to it changing to the icon, the Restore/Minimize/Maximize menu
repeatedly appeared in the upper left of the screen. I thought it was the
PC messing up. I tried Cntl+Alt+Del to exit Excel altogether and somewhere
in that process is when I noticed the icon vs the File menu.

 

[Dave Peterson]

It sounds to me like you just deleted the worksheet menu bar. (The excel icon
didn't really change behavior.)

So can you see the Edit|view|insert|Tools... options at the top of the screen?

If no, then go into that dialog once more and make sure that the "worksheet
menubar" is checked. Maybe you clicked Reset without noticing that it wasn't
selected.