Beth
Mon Sep 24 10:51:12 CDT 2007
What you are encountering is a bug. The reason it reappears after you turn
it off is caused by switching to Print Preview, which is why it happens
"sooner or later". :-)
I believe the problem is that the horizontal scrollbar appears in
Print Preview even though you have turned it off in Tools/Options. Now
most don't mind it appearing in Preview, however the fact that it
*does* appear is what I think is making it reappear at a later time.
To duplicate, switch to Print Preview, Close and then when you change
to another view the scrollbar returns. There can be a delay between
changing to another view. Even if you restart Word, the next time you
change to another view the scrollbar will return.
So the key is to remove the scrollbar from Print Preview. The
following macro does just that and you would use it place of the
built-in Preview command.
Sub PreviewView()
ActiveDocument.PrintPreview
With ActiveWindow
.DisplayHorizontalScrollBar = False
End With
End Sub
In Word, use <Alt F11> to open the Visual Basic Editor. On the left
make sure you have Normal selected. If you do not see a module window
on the right, use Insert/Module to create one. Then Copy/Paste the
macro.
To run the macro, you can replace the built-in Print Preview on the toolbar.
To do so, go to Tools/Customize and select the Commands tab. In the
Categories list, scroll down to Macros. On the right you should see the
macro, drag/drop it next to the default Print Preview.
To change the appearance, right-click the macro button and select
"Default Style". Then right-click the built-in Preview and select
"Copy Button Image", right-click the macro button and "Paste Button
Image". Then drag the built-in Preview off the toolbar. If you use
Print Preview from the File menu then just add the macro to the File
Menu using the same steps. You would need to add one more step and
that is changing the name of the menu.
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Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
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"Bert Coules" <mail@bertcoules.co.uk> wrote in message
news:13f4n48cadbjs87@corp.supernews.com...
> I'm using Word 2000 under Windows XP Pro SP2.
>
> Is there a foolproof way of making the horizontal scroll bar go away for
> good? However many times I've de-selected it under Tools/Options/View it
> always reappears sooner or later - sometimes the very next time I open
> Word, sometimes after a few weeks of daily use. The vertical scroll bar,
> on the other hand, has remained decently invisible ever since I first
> turned it off a year or so ago.
>
> It's not, I realise, a particularly big deal - and it's easily dealt with,
> temporarily, at least - but it is infuriating...
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Bert
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