Delete? Full Screen Message Box

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Using Word XP. When I go to Full Screen a message box appears - not in the
corner out of the way - no, no - that would be logical. Its smack in the middle
of the page - EVERY time I have to move this thing out of the way. Is there
a way to banish this thing forever? Is there 1 in a 100 people that want this
thing in the middle of the page when they have just elected to go to Full
Screen which would automatically mean they don't want clutter and crap on
the screen?
 
Next time the Full Screen toolbar is displayed, drag it
off the edge of the page and then see if it comes up again.
 
It does. Every time. It never remembers where it was
last placed.

| Next time the Full Screen toolbar is displayed, drag it
| off the edge of the page and then see if it comes up again.
 
If you don't want it to appear in the middle of your page, click on it and
drag it to the very top, far right, or far left and it will "dock" there.
If you want it gone entirely, click and drag it off the bottom of the page -
under the quick launch bar if you have that showing.

Now you can just use the ESC key to get back to "normal" view.
 
Mine never came back.
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It does. Every time. It never remembers where it was
last placed.

| Next time the Full Screen toolbar is displayed, drag it
| off the edge of the page and then see if it comes up again.
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Are you talking about resizing the document page? If its that, you can
choose the "Zoom" button without having to go through the View Menu.

Andre Da Costa
Jamaica W.I.
 
If you don't want it to appear in the middle of your page, click on it and
drag it to the very top, far right, or far left and it will "dock" there.
If you want it gone entirely, click and drag it off the bottom of the page -
under the quick launch bar if you have that showing.
Click to expand...

Is there no way of either getting rid of it entirely?
 
Is there no way of either getting rid of it entirely?

Well...if you drag it off the bottom of the screen it's gone. Invisible.
Can't see it. As though it never existed.
(Yet, yes....is still "there" hidden" behind the quick launch bar, as you
see we you drag the launch bar off the bottom of the screen.)
 
Is there no way of either getting rid of it entirely?
Well...if you drag it off the bottom of the screen it's gone. Invisible.
Can't see it. As though it never existed.
Click to expand...

My point was I don't want to have to drag it out of the way each time I open a
Word document (sometimes 50 times a day).
 
You can lose it with a macro

Sub Autoexec()
CommandBars("Full Screen").Enabled = False
End Sub

See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

If you are already using an autoexec macro add this line of code to the
existing macro.
If you decide you want it back again, delete the autoexec macro (or the line
of code) and from the immediate window of the macro editor type

CommandBars("Full Screen").Enabled = True


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Is there an URL (besides the one below which I didn't quite understand) that
explains how to input the Sub Autoexec() macro into Word? I did the
Tool/Macro/Macros? then what?
 
Frankly I don't see how I could have made the instructions clearer. The
macro used as an example in the link is a macro called UpDateAll - the one
you are installing is called Autoexec - make the name substitution in the
item '1' and follow the pictured instructions.

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You can lose it with a macro
Frankly I don't see how I could have made the instructions clearer. The
macro used as an example in the link is a macro called UpDateAll - the one
you are installing is called Autoexec - make the name substitution in the
item '1' and follow the pictured instructions.
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The problem is me. I've never created a Macro before. So in Word XP I click
Tools, Macro, Macros, then under Macro name I type Sub Autoexec() making sure
its for all templates and documents. When I click Create it says Invalid
Procedure Name. I've no idea where to input CommandBars("Full Screen").Enabled
= False, End Sub.....
 
The problem is me. I've never created a Macro before. So in Word XP
I click Tools, Macro, Macros, then under Macro name I type Sub
Autoexec() making sure its for all templates and documents. When I
click Create it says Invalid Procedure Name. I've no idea where to
input CommandBars("Full Screen").Enabled = False, End Sub.....
Click to expand...

The macroname you type in at tools > macro > macros is Autoexec - not Sub
Autoexec() - then click 'create'
The macro editor will add the 'sub' and the () and also End Sub.

You either select these inserted lines and paste the code over them or add
the line
CommandBars("Full Screen").Enabled = False
between the sub and the end sub lines thus:

Sub Autoexec()
CommandBars("Full Screen").Enabled = False
End Sub

Any extra descriptive lines beginning with an apostrophe and displayed in
green can be ignored.
Click the 'save' icon on the toolbar and close the macro editor. Restart
Word which will run the macro.

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