MS Office X

[Bill-R]

Hello,


I really do not know how this happened.  Somehow my format pallet got moved off screen.  I was working on a big spreadsheet with multiple sheets and formulas going from sheet to sheet and the pallet got in my way. I may have moved it to it's current loacation but I do not remember doing so. Anyway it is off the bottom of the screen and I can't get to it to drag it back.  I tried resizing my screen so that it was larger (more desktop) but it is at the highest setting.  Does anybody know how to get it back onm screen??


Thanks!

[pendragon]

Bill,

When you say that you tried resizing your screen, does that mean that you changed the Screen Resolution via System Preferences/Displays?

If not, try that. And then, while "there", see if you can grab and quit Formatting Pallet. Successful or not, return to your present screen resolution. Perhaps it will then be available.

[Bill-R]

Hi Pendragon,

Yep I tried that - I am already at the highest resolution (1280 x 1024) - I think I am sunk.


I am still not sure how it got so far off that I can't grab it.


When I use the tool bar button to toggle the pallet on and off and I can see it "fly" off the lower right hand corner.


It is kinda frustrating.

[chriskleeman]

Did you try collapsing it and then adding it again from the tool menu? Regardless of resolution? This might be a stoopid suggestion, but what the heck...

Chris K

[pendragon]

Bill, this should work-

1. Quit all M$ applications
2. Go to Home/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Normal.
3. Put that "Normal" document in the Trash, but don't empty it yet.
4. Relaunch M$. If all is right again, you may empty the trash. But note, you may need to reestablish your M$ preferences (sorry). If the problem continues, you may return that file (in the trash) to whence it came.

Any success?

[Bill-R]

Thanks Pendragon!

Your solution did not work, but only because after I followed your path I could not find a document called "Normal".  However that got me thinking about pref files and I went into the library and found one called "Excel toolbar settings", so I trashed that and bingo - the world is right again!

Thanks for your help!

Bill

[pendragon]

Bill, Glad to hear all is again right with the world.

I really should have asked what version of Office you are using. The Normal path I gave is for Office 2004. If you are using Office X (or earlier), the path is different. Sorry.

[Bill-R]

yes - I still have the earlier version.  I am still stumped as to how this happened. I have tried over and over to make it go off screen so that I can figure it out but - no luck. No matter - I am glad it is fixed.

Bill