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Druuna
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 File Menu in Word missing
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Hi all - I have a customer that has managed to remove her file menu from Word 2000. I have removed the normal.dot and had it recreated, but that didn't fix it - I have checked the registry but didn't see the data tree in hklmsoftwaremicrosoftofficeword9.0 or for that fact in 10.0 or 8.0 either. I'm very stumped - any assistance is greatly appreciated. If it helps we are running XP pro,service pack 1, Word 2000, service pack 3, Office XP (no word) service pack 2. thanks! Druuna

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ASKED: October 19, 2004  11:48 AM
UPDATED: October 22, 2004  1:35 PM
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Druuna, I have never seen this before myself, but a simple fix might be to do a re-install rather than spend too much time on trying to fix the problem. Rhonda
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Do you mean the words across the top of the screen, File Edit View Insert, etc…?

If so just un install and re install the program, also have a look for spyware as certain ones have a habit of disabling some features of Word

Sherieg
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Thanks for all the suggestions – I did finally reinstall and was very surprised when even that didn’t work. But I got to thinking about the install and realized that for some odd reason they had redirected their templates directory to the network and it was pulling the normal.dot from there. Once I replaced it with a good version everything came back.

Thanks for all the help!

Druuna

Druuna
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I just had this problem today and tried every tip I found; nothing worked.

Fortunately, I was able to fix it:

Tools, Customize, go to the Toolbars tab.
Select Menu Bar and click Reset.
Choose Normal.dot and click OK.

Charzdad
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