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Symptoms
One or more toolbars are missing and cannot be added in Microsoft Excel for Mac.
Cause
There are two possible causes of this behavior:
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The oval button in the upper-right corner of the document was clicked. This button 'toggles' the display of toolbars on and off.
There is an issue with Excel preferences.
Resolution
To resolve this issue, use the following methods in order.
Method 1: Make sure that toolbar display is not turned off
In the upper-right corner of the Excel window, click the oval button.
Note
When this button is clicked, the toolbars are hidden (in any Microsoft Office for Mac application). A second click causes the toolbars to be displayed.
If the toolbars reappear, quit Excel, and then restart Excel to make sure that the appropriate toolbars are displayed.
If Method 1 did not resolve the problem, try Method 2.
Method 2: Remove the Excel preferences
Step 1: Quit all applications
To quit active applications, follow these steps:
On the Apple menu, click Force Quit.
Select an application in the 'Force Quit Applications' window.
Click Force Quit.
Repeate the previous steps until you quit all active applications.
Warning
When an application is force quit, any unsaved changes to open documents are not saved.
Step 2: Remove the Excel Preferences
To remove the Excel preferences, follow these steps.
Quit all Microsoft Office for Mac applications.
On the Go menu, click Home.
Open Library.
Note
The Library folder is hidden in MAC OS X Lion. To display this folder, hold down the OPTION key while you click the Go menu.
Open the Preferences folder. Click View, click Arrange by, and then select Name.
Look for a file that is named com.microsoft.Excel.plist.
If you locate the file, drag the file to the desktop. If you cannot locate the file, the application is using the default preferences.
If you locate the file and move it to the desktop, start Excel, and check whether the problem still occurs. If the problem still occurs, quit Excel, and restore the file to its original location. Then, go to the next step. If the problem seems to be resolved, you can move the com.microsoft.Excel.plist file to the trash.
Quit all Office for Mac applications.
On the Go menu, click Home.
Open Library.
Note
The Library folder is hidden in MAC OS X Lion. To display this folder, hold down the OPTION key while you click the Go menu.
Open the Preferences folder.
Open the Microsoft Folder.
Look for a file that is named com.microsoft.Excel.prefs.plist.
If you locate the file, move it to the desktop. If cannot locate the file, the application is using the default preferences.
If you locate the file and move it to the desktop, start Excel, and then check whether the problem still occurs. If the problem still occurs, quit Excel, and restore the file to its original location. Microsoft word for mac catalina. Then, go to the next step. If the problem seems to be resolved, you can move the com.microsoft.Excel.prefs.plist file to the trash.
Close all Office applications.
On the Go menu, click Home.
Open Library.
Note
The Library folder is hidden in MAC OS X Lion. To display this folder, hold down the OPTION key while you click the Go menu.
Open the Preferences folder.
Open the Microsoft Folder.
Open the Office 2008 or Office 2011 folder.
Look for a file that is named Excel Toolbars (12) or Microsoft Excel Toolbars.
If you locate the file, move it to the desktop. If you cannot locate the file, the application is using the default preferences.
If you locate the file and move it to the desktop, start Excel, and check whether the problem still occurs. If the problem still occurs, quit Excel, and restore the file to its original location. If the problem seems to be resolved, you can move the Excel Toolbars (12) file or the Microsoft Excel Toolbars to the trash. Automatic format phone number microsoft word for mac.
Note
If the problem still occurs after you follow these steps, the problem is not related to these files. If the problem no longer occurs, one of these files was causing the problem. If this is the case, restore the files to their original location one at a time. Test the application after you restore each file. Continue to do this until the problem occurs again. When the problem recurs, you can then assume that it is caused by the last file that you restored. Drag that file to the trash.
In a Word form in Office 2011 for Mac, a combo field is a pretty neat thing. Use a combo when you want the user to choose an entry from a list of choices. The Combo Box field is also referred to as aDrop-Down Form field. Follow these steps to create a combo box:
Click in your document at the position to insert the form field.
On the Developer tab of the Ribbon, click the Combo Box button.
A small gray box appears.
Click the Form Fields Options button on the Developer tab of the Ribbon.
The Drop-Down Form Field Options dialog opens.
The top half of this dialog lets you build the list of choices that will appear when the Drop-Down button is clicked in your finished, protected form.
Drop-Down Item: Type an item to appear in the drop-down list.
Add: Adds your typed Drop-Down item to the Items in Drop-Down List.
Remove: Removes a selected item from the Items in the Drop-Down List.
Items in Drop-Down List: These items appear in the drop-down list of choices that appears when the Drop-Down button is clicked in your finished, protected form.
Move: Select an item in Items in Drop-Down List. Click an arrow to move it up or down in the list.
Field Settings: Here are the field settings:
Bookmark:Give the drop-down list a name ending with a number. The numbers you assign should be sequential.
Calculate on Exit: If you use calculations, you can select this check box to cause Word to perform the calculations after the control is used.
Drop-down Enabled: When selected when the user clicks a button in the form field, a pop-up menu displays showing the items in the drop-down list.
When you’re done setting up the combo box and you select it within the form, it works like a regular pop-up menu.