MS Word for Mac 2008 - disappearing toolbars

[BigMac65]

Many Thanks!

As for other folks, I had no idea what the blue button was about until now. I have had this problem for a long time now and i greatly appreciate your help with this one. Muchas Gracias, as we say here in México.

BigMac2

 

[j0nb0y32]

I see what you mean. The small oval is missing in Lion both for Office 2008 and 2011. I tried many different things to get it to appear again but nothing works except to reset the "normal" template.

Shut down all Office applications. Find your "normal" template and move it to the desktop. Restart Word. The toolbar will be back. To find the normal template go to:

/Users/you/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/User Templates/

Note: Your User Library is hidden by default in Lion. You will have to unhide it first. (a pain) Enter this in your Terminal Application:

 chflags nohidden ~/Library/

that's strange as i have the oval on my word 2011 - v14.1...unless i am misreading the post - which is possible mind

 

[vansmith]

The oval was removed in Lion. I take it that you're not running Lion?

 

[j0nb0y32]

The oval was removed in Lion. I take it that you're not running Lion?

i am running lion. The icon i have though, having checked again, is more of an inverted, flattened V than an oval, but it is still there in the top right hand corner which allows the toolbars to toggle on and off...

strange..

 

[vansmith]

Yeah, that's a Word thing and not a Lion thing. Also of note is that it's a Word 2011 'feature' (I believe) since it is part of the ribbon.

 

[j0nb0y32]

Yeah, that's a Word thing and not a Lion thing. Also of note is that it's a Word 2011 'feature' (I believe) since it is part of the ribbon.

ah well there you go. i did say i may have miss-understood the post. thanks for the update

J

 

[ginza63]

Thank you for your post 'vansmith' i to have been getting very frustrated customising my Tool bars every time i opened Word 2008 until i read you post about the little button in the RH corner...

Cheers! Thank you very much....

ginza63.

 

[playtone22]

Does anyone have a picture of this icon? I don't see any type of button on my page.

I have 2008 Windows for Mac. This is something that's bothered me ever since I purchased the software (I don't have this problem on a PC), but I just figured I'd suck it up since I didn't use it all that often at home. I'm a student now, though, and I use it everyday. Now it's become a real thorn in my side.

 

[BondAMR]

I've just had this same exact thing happen to me just now and found this remedy quickly on here rather than through YouTube or Google, thanks vansmith.

 

[chscag]

Glad it worked for you. Keep in mind that Office 2008 Word is a 32 bit app so if you plan on installing the latest version of macOS in 2019 (10.15.X) it will no longer work. I have the same dilemma with Office 2011.