My microsoft word toolbar has disappeared

This is document ajln in the Knowledge Base. Last modified on Skip to: content search login. Knowledge Base Toggle local menu Menus About the team.

Knowledge Base Search. Log in. Options Help Chat with a consultant. Include archived documents. This content has been archived , and is no longer maintained by Indiana University. Information here may no longer be accurate, and links may no longer be available or reliable. This contains instructions for editing the registry.

If you make any error while editing the registry, you can potentially cause Windows to fail or be unable to boot, requiring you to reinstall Windows. Edit the registry at your own risk. You'll find the template in this path:. Also go to your Documents folder and look for a folder called Microsoft User Data. If you find a Normal template in there, rename it as well.

Now start Word and see if it's fixed. If it's not you should go to the following Microsoft Users forum and request help. It's specific for Mac Word users. I hang out there and a bunch of others and I want to get them involved in helping you on this. Maybe this picture will help. Ignore the "Grab" menu bar, that's what I used to get the screen capture.

Finder is the app in your Dock that usually is the first one and is two faces looking at each other. My dock bar is on the left, your's mayb at the bottom of the screen. Click the Finder two faces icon and a dialog like shown will open. Your Home tab is in the Places section and has a House for its icon.

The name is your account name. Click your account name and the folders under your account will display. Note my example is highlighting the Library folder. Also note in this same list is a folder labeled Documents. Both of these folders are mentioned in my previous post. Follow the directions I provided earlier moving down the path from Library to Application Support to Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Sign in. Anyway, the whole bar is gone.

I looked around on Settings and Control Panel, but it is beyond my abilities to figure out what on earth happened. Someone please help! Thanks in advance! If you do actually have Word , as the "Applies to" states, then you don't have a menu and toolbars but the Ribbon, which can be "minimized" and in Word hidden entirely. Here are several ways to bring it back in Word and above:. Was this reply helpful?

Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback.