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Office 2003 toolbars no longer appearing in 3D
Yesterday (Tuesday), after rebooting my computer, I noticed that all of the
office toolbars are looking flat - not the rounded, 3D look that I had through Monday. They almost look like Office 97 (or older?) toolbars (i.e. 8- or 16-bit color). I've checked everything that I can find. PLEASE do not say anything about the Windows appearance in the Display control panel, as that has absolutely no effect on the Office toolbars - I know, I've tried. Also, I should not have to use any 3rd-party applications to fix this, as I'm just trying to get the toolbars to show up like they are designed to. Any ideas?? Thank you, Alan |
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Office 2003 toolbars no longer appearing in 3D
Well, what do you have selected in the Windows appearance in the Display
control panel? -- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com "Alan" wrote in message ... Yesterday (Tuesday), after rebooting my computer, I noticed that all of the office toolbars are looking flat - not the rounded, 3D look that I had through Monday. They almost look like Office 97 (or older?) toolbars (i.e. 8- or 16-bit color). I've checked everything that I can find. PLEASE do not say anything about the Windows appearance in the Display control panel, as that has absolutely no effect on the Office toolbars - I know, I've tried. Also, I should not have to use any 3rd-party applications to fix this, as I'm just trying to get the toolbars to show up like they are designed to. Any ideas?? Thank you, Alan |
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Office 2003 toolbars no longer appearing in 3D
If your Windows Display Properties use "Windows Classic" then that
will change the 3D look. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Alan" wrote in message ... Yesterday (Tuesday), after rebooting my computer, I noticed that all of the office toolbars are looking flat - not the rounded, 3D look that I had through Monday. They almost look like Office 97 (or older?) toolbars (i.e. 8- or 16-bit color). I've checked everything that I can find. PLEASE do not say anything about the Windows appearance in the Display control panel, as that has absolutely no effect on the Office toolbars - I know, I've tried. Also, I should not have to use any 3rd-party applications to fix this, as I'm just trying to get the toolbars to show up like they are designed to. Any ideas?? Thank you, Alan |
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Office 2003 toolbars no longer appearing in 3D
I have "Windows Classic style" chosen, but that's not what I'm talking about.
The toolbars should still have a "3D" effect to them, even with the classic style. The effect that I'm talking about is a gradient, giving the toolbars a rounded look. The icons on the toolbars are also not showing up correctly. That's where I was talking about the 8- or 16-bit color depth-like display (and I do have it set for 32-bit color). Even if I switch to the "XP style", I still have the flat toolbars and older-looking toolbar icons. The only thing that I can think of is that on Monday, one of our desktop consultants installed a needed program on my computer. I believe that she did a registry edit to accomodate some aspect of the program. I also think that this edit affected Office. Any more ideas? Thanks! "Echo S" wrote: Well, what do you have selected in the Windows appearance in the Display control panel? -- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com "Alan" wrote in message ... Yesterday (Tuesday), after rebooting my computer, I noticed that all of the office toolbars are looking flat - not the rounded, 3D look that I had through Monday. They almost look like Office 97 (or older?) toolbars (i.e. 8- or 16-bit color). I've checked everything that I can find. PLEASE do not say anything about the Windows appearance in the Display control panel, as that has absolutely no effect on the Office toolbars - I know, I've tried. Also, I should not have to use any 3rd-party applications to fix this, as I'm just trying to get the toolbars to show up like they are designed to. Any ideas?? Thank you, Alan |
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Office 2003 toolbars no longer appearing in 3D
Hm. The Windows Classic Style looks pretty flat to me. But if you still have
flat toolbars with XP style, then something's odd somewhere. I'd have next guessed color depth, but that's set to 32-bit already. I can't think of anything else. Maybe you can ask the consultant? Or maybe look at the support options/forums for the installed product -- the mfgs of it may be aware of it changing Office settings. -- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com "Alan" wrote in message ... I have "Windows Classic style" chosen, but that's not what I'm talking about. The toolbars should still have a "3D" effect to them, even with the classic style. The effect that I'm talking about is a gradient, giving the toolbars a rounded look. The icons on the toolbars are also not showing up correctly. That's where I was talking about the 8- or 16-bit color depth-like display (and I do have it set for 32-bit color). Even if I switch to the "XP style", I still have the flat toolbars and older-looking toolbar icons. The only thing that I can think of is that on Monday, one of our desktop consultants installed a needed program on my computer. I believe that she did a registry edit to accomodate some aspect of the program. I also think that this edit affected Office. Any more ideas? Thanks! "Echo S" wrote: Well, what do you have selected in the Windows appearance in the Display control panel? -- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com "Alan" wrote in message ... Yesterday (Tuesday), after rebooting my computer, I noticed that all of the office toolbars are looking flat - not the rounded, 3D look that I had through Monday. They almost look like Office 97 (or older?) toolbars (i.e. 8- or 16-bit color). I've checked everything that I can find. PLEASE do not say anything about the Windows appearance in the Display control panel, as that has absolutely no effect on the Office toolbars - I know, I've tried. Also, I should not have to use any 3rd-party applications to fix this, as I'm just trying to get the toolbars to show up like they are designed to. Any ideas?? Thank you, Alan |
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