Thanks for those values - nothing there that suggests it is relevant,
unfortunately.

The AcbControl value (as far as I know) simply controls whether or not the
clipboard toolbar displays by default - not how or where it displays..

I'm sorry that we don't seem to be getting anywhere with this. I will be
away from tomorrow till the 17th, but will try and dig further on my return
if nobody else pops up with any answers.

If you want to be really bold, you could try renaming the whole
....\Office\9.0\ key (or even the whole ...\Office\ key) in the registry.
Word should recreate it next time it starts, but it is possible it will ask
for install media (I just can't recall). I still couldn't be sure it would
solve the problem, though.

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Enjoy,
Tony

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"Owl1" wrote in message
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Hi Tony -

To the right of
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Co mmon\Toolbars there are
three items: Default ("value not set"), AdaptiveMenus (value "0"), and
Customize DlgTab (value "1").

About working with the registry to solve this problem, I found the
following
"tip"at
http://word.tips.net/Pages/T001518_P...d_Toolbar.html
The tip is intended for people who, unlike me, are frustrated having the
Word 2000 Clipboard appear and float. This fellow's tip is intended to
*prevent* this from happening. He suggests changing the value of
AcbControl
to 1 from its default value of 0. Since there is no AcbControl listed in
my
computer's registry, do you think it could plausibly solve the Clipboard
problem I'm having by following this fellow's instructions, but after
adding
AcbControl, make sure to leave it with a value of 0?
Close Word. You don't need it open to perform any of these steps.
Click on the Start button. Windows displays the Start menu.
Choose Run from the Start menu. Windows displays the Run dialog box.
In the Open field, enter the name regedit.
Click on OK. The regedit (Registry Editor) program is started.
You want to find and select the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Co mmon\General key.
Choose New from the Edit menu, and then DWORD Value from the resulting
submenu. The Registry Editor adds New Value #1 at the bottom of the values
shown in the right pane of the Registry Editor.
Change the name of the new value to AcbControl, and make sure it is
selected.
The default value of AcbControl should be 0. With this value, the
Clipboard
toolbar is triggered and displayed as normal. To change the value, choose
Modify from the Edit menu. Registry Editor displays the Edit DWORD Value
dialog box.
Change the value to 1 and click on OK. This value turns off the triggering
mechanism used to display the Clipboard toolbar automatically.
Close the Registry Editor.
I haven't added a second user yet, and will do that if you think the above
isn't promising.

Thank you again for your generous help. You're good to give some guidance.