the Incredibly Shrinking Word Program........?

[Guest]

has anyone ever encountered this before......

a few weeks ago, my word program would not let me fast-save documents
anymore. the option does not exist on my file menu any longer. to save, i had
to close the document, and when prompted whether i wanted to save changes, i
would say yes

now, i cannot even close a document anymore, since that option has
disappeared from my file menu as well. thus, to close it or save it, i have
to exit the program.

i am waiting for the exit option to disappear from my file menu next. this
is getting ridiculous

in addition, i am no longer able to insert symbols. the symbol option has
disappeared from my insert menu.

what do you think is happening, and what can i do about it?

thanks, sincerely, in advance for all your help

baffled in los angeles

 

[Jezebel]

Word (like other Office apps) hides menu options that you don't use. To
redisplay them, click the double-arrow at the bottom of the menu, or simply
keep the menu open for a few seconds. Somewhere there's an option to turn
this feature off completely, but I can't remember where.

 

[Margaret Aldis]

The option for turning off the adaptive menus feature is Tools > Customize >
Options and check "Show full menus".

However, I rather doubt it's adaptive menus at work here, since the OT
obviously uses these items regularly. I would guess rather it might be the
"Big Minus" cursor. If you accidentally use Alt-Ctrl-Hyphen you get a cursor
that displays as a black bar and will delete the next menu item you try to
select. Often seems to happen when people try for an em dash (Alt-Ctrl-Minus
[Num-] ).

 

[Jay Freedman]

To restore the missing commands, see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/RestoreMenuCmd.htm.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

The option for turning off the adaptive menus feature is Tools > Customize >
Options and check "Show full menus".

However, I rather doubt it's adaptive menus at work here, since the OT
obviously uses these items regularly. I would guess rather it might be the
"Big Minus" cursor. If you accidentally use Alt-Ctrl-Hyphen you get a cursor
that displays as a black bar and will delete the next menu item you try to
select. Often seems to happen when people try for an em dash (Alt-Ctrl-Minus
[Num-] ).

--
Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP
Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk

Word (like other Office apps) hides menu options that you don't use. To
redisplay them, click the double-arrow at the bottom of the menu, or
simply keep the menu open for a few seconds. Somewhere there's an option
to turn this feature off completely, but I can't remember where.

 

[Guest]

thanks, but i was already aware of that feature

options such as "save" and "close" etc. are ones i use all the time, thus
they never really went away, such as you are describing

when i say they "disappeared" i mean they literally disappeared and are
nowhere to be found

 

[Guest]

thanks. this is possible. i use em-dash all the time. i have also encountered
the big black bar you describe. do you know how i get the menu options back?
thank you very much

The option for turning off the adaptive menus feature is Tools > Customize >
Options and check "Show full menus".

However, I rather doubt it's adaptive menus at work here, since the OT
obviously uses these items regularly. I would guess rather it might be the
"Big Minus" cursor. If you accidentally use Alt-Ctrl-Hyphen you get a cursor
that displays as a black bar and will delete the next menu item you try to
select. Often seems to happen when people try for an em dash (Alt-Ctrl-Minus
[Num-] ).

--
Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP
Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk

Word (like other Office apps) hides menu options that you don't use. To
redisplay them, click the double-arrow at the bottom of the menu, or
simply keep the menu open for a few seconds. Somewhere there's an option
to turn this feature off completely, but I can't remember where.

 

[Guest]

thank you
thank you
thank you



peace and good karma to everyone...

no longer baffled, in los angeles

To restore the missing commands, see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/RestoreMenuCmd.htm.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

The option for turning off the adaptive menus feature is Tools > Customize >
Options and check "Show full menus".

However, I rather doubt it's adaptive menus at work here, since the OT
obviously uses these items regularly. I would guess rather it might be the
"Big Minus" cursor. If you accidentally use Alt-Ctrl-Hyphen you get a cursor
that displays as a black bar and will delete the next menu item you try to
select. Often seems to happen when people try for an em dash (Alt-Ctrl-Minus
[Num-] ).

--
Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP
Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk

Word (like other Office apps) hides menu options that you don't use. To
redisplay them, click the double-arrow at the bottom of the menu, or
simply keep the menu open for a few seconds. Somewhere there's an option
to turn this feature off completely, but I can't remember where.




has anyone ever encountered this before......

a few weeks ago, my word program would not let me fast-save documents
anymore. the option does not exist on my file menu any longer. to save, i
had
to close the document, and when prompted whether i wanted to save
changes, i
would say yes

now, i cannot even close a document anymore, since that option has
disappeared from my file menu as well. thus, to close it or save it, i
have
to exit the program.

i am waiting for the exit option to disappear from my file menu next.
this
is getting ridiculous

in addition, i am no longer able to insert symbols. the symbol option has
disappeared from my insert menu.

what do you think is happening, and what can i do about it?

thanks, sincerely, in advance for all your help

baffled in los angeles

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

And for more about the "destructive cursor," see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/LostSymbol.htm

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

To restore the missing commands, see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/RestoreMenuCmd.htm.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

The option for turning off the adaptive menus feature is Tools > Customize >
Options and check "Show full menus".

However, I rather doubt it's adaptive menus at work here, since the OT
obviously uses these items regularly. I would guess rather it might be the
"Big Minus" cursor. If you accidentally use Alt-Ctrl-Hyphen you get a cursor
that displays as a black bar and will delete the next menu item you try to
select. Often seems to happen when people try for an em dash (Alt-Ctrl-Minus
[Num-] ).

--
Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP
Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk

Word (like other Office apps) hides menu options that you don't use. To
redisplay them, click the double-arrow at the bottom of the menu, or
simply keep the menu open for a few seconds. Somewhere there's an option
to turn this feature off completely, but I can't remember where.




has anyone ever encountered this before......

a few weeks ago, my word program would not let me fast-save documents
anymore. the option does not exist on my file menu any longer. to save, i
had
to close the document, and when prompted whether i wanted to save
changes, i
would say yes

now, i cannot even close a document anymore, since that option has
disappeared from my file menu as well. thus, to close it or save it, i
have
to exit the program.

i am waiting for the exit option to disappear from my file menu next.
this
is getting ridiculous

in addition, i am no longer able to insert symbols. the symbol option has
disappeared from my insert menu.

what do you think is happening, and what can i do about it?

thanks, sincerely, in advance for all your help

baffled in los angeles