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  #21  
Old September 10th, 2006, 05:15 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default Help with type a question box.

I've just looked at the Word Help topic "Show or hide the Type a question
for help box." It says:

1. On the Tools menu, click Customize.
2. On the menu bar, right-click the Type a question for help box.
3. Select or deselect Show Ask A Question Box to show or hide it.

Note If you are hiding the Type a question for help box, it will still
display until after you close the Customize dialog box.

What this means is that you must have the Customize dialog open, but you're
not actually clicking anything *in* the Customize dialog. You're
right-clicking the "Type a question for help" box itself. You get a menu
with a single item: "Show Ask a Question Box." It has a check mark beside
it. Presumably if you click on it, you will remove the box, but, having
already read the replies posted here by other MVPs, I'm loath to experiment
with it, since there doesn't seem to be any easy way to get it back. I take
it that you can't just right-click on the menu bar to get this option?

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"spysmily1" wrote in message
...
I can't seem to get any help on removing this box from either excel, word,

or
outlook. I have read other post that just recite the same stuff about
right clicking and unchecking the show the box. I don't have this box and
never have had it. I have many others. I have tried the suggestion that I

had
googled for in which the MVP said to go to Customize then in the Toolbar

tab
select Menu Bar and then click properties. The problem there is that I

have
no properties to click. All I have is reset or keyboard on the bottom. To

the
right I have New, Rename, Delete and Reset, but no properties at all. I am
using Office 2003


  #22  
Old September 10th, 2006, 07:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Bob Buckland ?:-\)
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Default Help with type a question box.

Hi Shauna,

For the 'how to get it back' through the UI see my reply to Suzanne.
For the registry setting that stores the choice it's the one for each app that mentions "AWDropdownHidden" in

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\C ommon\Toolbars\Settings

It's part of the Answer Wizard (AW) customization area.

===========
"Shauna Kelly" wrote in message ...
Hi Graham

OK, so I turned off the box.

How do I get it back? It seems that the setting is not in normal.dot or in
the Data or Toolbars registry entries.

Shauna

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.

--
I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office system products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends


LINKS to the 2007 Office System

1. Free MS Office 2007 book from MS Press, 213 pages:
http://microsoft.com/learning/office...oksfrommspress

2.. Office 2007 Beta 2 Online Test Drive, Downloadable beta,
e-learning courses, doucmentation and movies:
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

3. Send 2007 Office System Beta 2 feedback directly to the MS Office 2007 product team with this feedback tool:
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

4. Try the 2007 OfficeOnline preview website , without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control
http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...XT101650581033

b. then visit
http://officebeta.iponet.net


  #23  
Old September 10th, 2006, 07:39 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Helmut Weber
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Default Help with type a question box.

Thanks Graham,

seems to be a good day for learning.

--
Greetings from Bavaria, Germany

Helmut Weber, MVP WordVBA

Win XP, Office 2003
"red.sys" & Chr$(64) & "t-online.de"

  #24  
Old September 10th, 2006, 07:53 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default Help with type a question box.

Bob, I'm not seeing any reply from you to my post and I would like to know
how to get it back through the UI (if there is such a way).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote
in message ...
Hi Shauna,

For the 'how to get it back' through the UI see my reply to Suzanne.
For the registry setting that stores the choice it's the one for each app

that mentions "AWDropdownHidden" in

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\C ommon\Toolbars\Settings

It's part of the Answer Wizard (AW) customization area.

===========
"Shauna Kelly" wrote in

message ...
Hi Graham

OK, so I turned off the box.

How do I get it back? It seems that the setting is not in normal.dot or in
the Data or Toolbars registry entries.

Shauna

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.

--
I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office system products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends


LINKS to the 2007 Office System

1. Free MS Office 2007 book from MS Press, 213 pages:

http://microsoft.com/learning/office...oksfrommspress

2.. Office 2007 Beta 2 Online Test Drive, Downloadable beta,
e-learning courses, doucmentation and movies:
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

3. Send 2007 Office System Beta 2 feedback directly to the MS Office 2007

product team with this feedback tool:
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

4. Try the 2007 OfficeOnline preview website , without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control

http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...XT101650581033

b. then visit
http://officebeta.iponet.net



  #25  
Old September 10th, 2006, 08:40 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Helmut Weber
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Default Help with type a question box.

Hi Suzanne,

once you know it, it seems so simple.
Starting from a menubar not showing
a "type a question for help"-box.
Right click in the menubar
customize
"type a question for help"-box appears
right click in "type a question for help"-box
left click in the grey box preceding
the "type a question for help"-box
nothing happens
close

There seem to be quite a lot of possible variations.

By the way, I hate constructions like
"type a question for help"-box.
The more so as it is called
"Ask A question"-box in the help.

Once again, "help" all to often is no help at all.

Calling Jezebel an a**hole?

Well, I think I blame MS more for the irritations than the OP.

I was confused, too,
though more moderate,
and suggested silly workarounds.

--
Greetings from Bavaria, Germany

Helmut Weber, MVP WordVBA

Win XP, Office 2003
"red.sys" & Chr$(64) & "t-online.de"











  #26  
Old September 10th, 2006, 09:05 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Bob Buckland ?:-\)
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Posts: 5,766
Default Help with type a question box.

Hi Suzanne,

Not to worry While the 'ask a question' box is an Office wide feature, you can use the same technique in Word, Excel and
Powerpoint to turn it off individually in each app. If you have right clicked on the 'Ask a Question' box and then left clicked the
'Show...' choice that appears, while Word's Tools=Customize dialog is open when you close the Tools=Customize dialog then the
'question' box will not be visible.

If you the reopen the Tools=Customize dialog the 'question box' will be visible when the dialog is opened and you can right click
it and again select 'Show...' the dialog box should stay visible when closing the Tools=Customize dialog.

It is possible that this is another area where add-ins could cause interference, but the settings are saved in the registry.
===============
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ...
I've just looked at the Word Help topic "Show or hide the Type a question
for help box." It says:

1. On the Tools menu, click Customize.
2. On the menu bar, right-click the Type a question for help box.
3. Select or deselect Show Ask A Question Box to show or hide it.

Note If you are hiding the Type a question for help box, it will still
display until after you close the Customize dialog box.

What this means is that you must have the Customize dialog open, but you're
not actually clicking anything *in* the Customize dialog. You're
right-clicking the "Type a question for help" box itself. You get a menu
with a single item: "Show Ask a Question Box." It has a check mark beside
it. Presumably if you click on it, you will remove the box, but, having
already read the replies posted here by other MVPs, I'm loath to experiment
with it, since there doesn't seem to be any easy way to get it back. I take
it that you can't just right-click on the menu bar to get this option?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
--
Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"spysmily1" wrote in message
...
I can't seem to get any help on removing this box from either excel, word,

or
outlook. I have read other post that just recite the same stuff about
right clicking and unchecking the show the box. I don't have this box and
never have had it. I have many others. I have tried the suggestion that I

had
googled for in which the MVP said to go to Customize then in the Toolbar

tab
select Menu Bar and then click properties. The problem there is that I

have
no properties to click. All I have is reset or keyboard on the bottom. To

the
right I have New, Rename, Delete and Reset, but no properties at all. I am
using Office 2003



  #27  
Old September 10th, 2006, 09:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
spysmily1
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Posts: 13
Default Help with type a question box.

Hey Bob,

The problem I'm facing is that I have no option when rightclicking the box
to show or hide the only options I get when right clicking anywhere is to
turn off all the other stuff like formatting, standard, autotext, etc.

I am starting from a fresh and updated from Microsoft install without any
other addins, addons, etc.

Btw, I don't have any of those entries in my registries.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\C ommon\Toolbars\Settings
Settings is the last folder and it only has one entry.

Thx for reply though

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:

Hi Suzanne,

Not to worry While the 'ask a question' box is an Office wide feature, you can use the same technique in Word, Excel and
Powerpoint to turn it off individually in each app. If you have right clicked on the 'Ask a Question' box and then left clicked the
'Show...' choice that appears, while Word's Tools=Customize dialog is open when you close the Tools=Customize dialog then the
'question' box will not be visible.

If you the reopen the Tools=Customize dialog the 'question box' will be visible when the dialog is opened and you can right click
it and again select 'Show...' the dialog box should stay visible when closing the Tools=Customize dialog.

It is possible that this is another area where add-ins could cause interference, but the settings are saved in the registry.
===============
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ...
I've just looked at the Word Help topic "Show or hide the Type a question
for help box." It says:

1. On the Tools menu, click Customize.
2. On the menu bar, right-click the Type a question for help box.
3. Select or deselect Show Ask A Question Box to show or hide it.

Note If you are hiding the Type a question for help box, it will still
display until after you close the Customize dialog box.

What this means is that you must have the Customize dialog open, but you're
not actually clicking anything *in* the Customize dialog. You're
right-clicking the "Type a question for help" box itself. You get a menu
with a single item: "Show Ask a Question Box." It has a check mark beside
it. Presumably if you click on it, you will remove the box, but, having
already read the replies posted here by other MVPs, I'm loath to experiment
with it, since there doesn't seem to be any easy way to get it back. I take
it that you can't just right-click on the menu bar to get this option?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
--
Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"spysmily1" wrote in message
...
I can't seem to get any help on removing this box from either excel, word,

or
outlook. I have read other post that just recite the same stuff about
right clicking and unchecking the show the box. I don't have this box and
never have had it. I have many others. I have tried the suggestion that I

had
googled for in which the MVP said to go to Customize then in the Toolbar

tab
select Menu Bar and then click properties. The problem there is that I

have
no properties to click. All I have is reset or keyboard on the bottom. To

the
right I have New, Rename, Delete and Reset, but no properties at all. I am
using Office 2003




  #28  
Old September 10th, 2006, 09:33 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
spysmily1
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Default Help with type a question box.

Thx again for replying Helmut but once again, I have no option to show or
hide that box. The only box I have checked right now is the Menu Bar box.
That is what I was told to uncheck earlier which that would be a bad idea
anyways. I can't even uncheck that box if I tried though. It's like it's not
even allowed.

Appreciate the reply though
And it's not so much of me calling him an a**hole as it is him starting out
by being childish and calling me stupid. He started it------JK!

"Helmut Weber" wrote:

Hi Suzanne,

once you know it, it seems so simple.
Starting from a menubar not showing
a "type a question for help"-box.
Right click in the menubar
customize
"type a question for help"-box appears
right click in "type a question for help"-box
left click in the grey box preceding
the "type a question for help"-box
nothing happens
close

There seem to be quite a lot of possible variations.

By the way, I hate constructions like
"type a question for help"-box.
The more so as it is called
"Ask A question"-box in the help.

Once again, "help" all to often is no help at all.

Calling Jezebel an a**hole?

Well, I think I blame MS more for the irritations than the OP.

I was confused, too,
though more moderate,
and suggested silly workarounds.

--
Greetings from Bavaria, Germany

Helmut Weber, MVP WordVBA

Win XP, Office 2003
"red.sys" & Chr$(64) & "t-online.de"












  #29  
Old September 10th, 2006, 10:04 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Helmut Weber
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Posts: 131
Default Help with type a question box.

Hi spysmily1,

And it's not so much of me calling him an a**hole as it is him starting out
by being childish and calling me stupid. He started it------JK!


ok, Jezebel did.
That's just the way he is.
With all the help he has provided here before,
it is generously granted.

As to that da*ned f*ing box:
I have no problem to show it and hide it, manually.
With the box the
Tools, customize,
right click in the box,
uncheck, close.
Box has gone, here and now.

With no box the
sub dam*d
Tools, customize,
f*ing box appears,
right click the box,
uncheck the preceding grey square
nothing happens
close
end dam*d
box is still there

repeat dam*d
box has gone and hopefully will have vanished forever.

Otherwise, I don't know.

Have a nice day, nevertheless.

If nothing works, let it rest for a while.
After 20 or maybe more years of
struggling with Word and later Office,
my advice is, take a time out.

--
Greetings from Bavaria, Germany

Helmut Weber, MVP WordVBA

Win XP, Office 2003
"red.sys" & Chr$(64) & "t-online.de"



















  #30  
Old September 10th, 2006, 10:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Helmut Weber
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Posts: 131
Default Help with type a question box.

da*ned f*ing box,
driving everybody up the walls:

There is a "not" missing occasionally.

I need a time out, too.

Helmut






 




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