I don't think you CAN set the Word menu bar to autohide...can you? I know if the menu bar is completely missing, deleting Word's data key fixes that, but I've never heard of it autohiding. However, if you want to try the data key thing, here's the instructions: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/wordtoolbars.htm Linda Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com ABC Free Ezine ~ Free Ebooks and Tutorials *all outgoing mail scanned by Norton AV. If you got a bug that looks like it came from me, it did NOT! -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of billthurston Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 9:34 PM To: mso Subject: [mso] menu bar Word 2000 the menu bar is Auto Hide - - - it does not show until the mouse pointer goes to it - - - can not find any way to stop it and it to show all the time - - - have done Detect and Repair - - - Thank you, Bill ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************