Toolbars in Office Applications

[shannon]

I am continually removing toolbars I don't want/need displayed in
numerous Office applications. For example, I have Adobe Acrobat
installed along with the PDF printer/distiller since I need it.
However, I do not need the mini-toolbar that constantly adds itself to
Word, Excel, Outlook, etc. Additionally, MS constantly puts the
Reviewing toolbar up - something I never use.

I have tried turning off the toolbars and resaving the default so they
don't display with luck. I have looked through the options and
customize dialog boxes and haven't been able to find anything to turn
them off either. I have also looked in Adobe thinking that this
particular toolbar is being called from the Adobe product.

I'm at my wits end because it just annoys the heck out of me that
numerous toolbars that I don't need/use display EVERY time I open the
window taking away screen real estate and wasting my time having to
remove the toolbars. If I am working in one document and go check my
email and come back to the document, the toolbars have reappeared.

Anyone else experience this and/or know the solution to get this
behavior to stop?!

Much thanks.

-shannon

 

[Kelly]

Hi Shannon,

Start here: Start/Run/Regedit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Shortcut Bar

To hide or remove a toolbar:

Right-click any toolbar, and then click the toolbar you want to show or hide
on the shortcut menu.

If you don't see the toolbar you're looking for on the shortcut menu, click
the Toolbar Options arrow , point to Add or Remove Buttons, click Customize,
click the Toolbars tab, and then, in the Toolbars list, click the toolbar
you want.