ver. Word 2003, style bar won't go away

[yepp]

In Print view, Word 2003 displays a style bar along the left-hand side
that sometimes goes away, but reappears and overlaps the document. It
is not connected to the document, but rather a floating 1" style list.


How do I turn that off?

If I want to see the style bar, I use Normal view. I want Print view
to be just that - print view only.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Tools | Options | View: Style area width: 0"

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[yepp]

Tools | Options | View: Style area width: 0"

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Suzanne,

It still stays there even when turned off.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you are seeing this in Print Layout view, it is not the Style Area (which
is displayed only in Normal view). Possibly the Styles & Formatting task
pane? Or the Document Map?

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[Anup]

Hi..!

Try to rename Normal.dot and then remove Word Startup files

In Print view, Word 2003 displays a style bar along the left-hand side
that sometimes goes away, but reappears and overlaps the document. It
is not connected to the document, but rather a floating 1" style list.


How do I turn that off?

If I want to see the style bar, I use Normal view. I want Print view
to be just that - print view only.

 

[yepp]

If you are seeing this in Print Layout view, it is not the Style Area (which
is displayed only in Normal view). Possibly the Styles & Formatting task
pane? Or the Document Map?

No, it is definitely not the Document Map or the task pane. It is the
style pane - the one you have to select with Tool | Options | Style
Area Width.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, there's definitely something wrong, then, as it's supposed to be
displayed only in Normal and Outline views.

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[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Well, there's definitely something wrong, then, as it's supposed to be
displayed only in Normal and Outline views.

Sounds to me as the OP is talking about the TaskPane?

HTH
Robert

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

He/she insists not.

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[yepp]

Sounds to me as the OP is talking about the TaskPane?

HTH
Robert

Hi Robert,

No, it is not the task pane. It is the style guide - the one you
would view in Normal view if you had selected to do so --

and I know something is wrong because it floats overtop of the margin
and into the text itself.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Definitely something amiss. Do you have any add-ins loaded that might
generate this? Or could it be part of another document window?

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[yepp]

Definitely something amiss. Do you have any add-ins loaded that might
generate this? Or could it be part of another document window?

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We just upgraded to 2003 a couple weeks ago here at work, so nothing
new has been added that I am aware of in addition to Word

.... the document that I am working on is huge and slows my computer
down. Also everything seems slower - documents freeze and "NOT
RESPONDING" messages come up more frequently.

I thought maybe this new version of Word is loaded with "new options"
or something that is slowing it down and causing this style bar to
appear where not wanted.

I can't get rid of this style bar and it bugs me. I went to Tools |
Options | Style area Width = 0 and it still is there.

Thanks for your assistance.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You might consider whether the document could be corrupt; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm

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