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December 28, 2005
MS Word vertical scroll bar disappeared
My vertical scroll bar disappeared from MS Word some time ago. Let's say in the summer. It bugged me, but I couldn't figure it out. Tonight, it bothered me enough that I solved it. I found this post which pointed in the general direction.
In a nutshell, if your vertical scroll disappears for no apparent reason, what you want to do is go to Tools - Options - View - Show and click the checkbox next to Vertical scroll bar. For whatever reason, this box gets unchecked every so often. Thanks, Microsoft. Thanks for that.
Posted by Peenie Wallie on December 28, 2005 at 5:45 PM
Comments
thanks buddy ,,,,,
a gooood one
Posted by: sandeep on March 31, 2006 at 3:30 AM
Thanks alot! This tip really helped me out!
Posted by: JulieC on June 28, 2006 at 1:41 AM
Yeah it's been buggin me for ages. Thanks heaps, worked like a treat!
Posted by: Jacki on November 14, 2006 at 10:33 PM
same here. word has so many options customizable.
Posted by: Paras Tolani on May 2, 2007 at 12:25 AM
Thanks, I nearly got really mad, I couldn't figure out why the status bar and scroll bars had disappeared for no apparent reason. I can't work without them. If I open a new document, I need to know how many pages it has!
Posted by: Birgit on July 5, 2007 at 10:14 AM
Many many thanks
Mocosoft mysterious ways....
Posted by: Daniel on August 30, 2007 at 8:14 PM
THANKS A BUNCH. THIS HAD ME STUMPED AS WELL...
Posted by: Ed on September 26, 2007 at 3:29 PM
Thanks so much. My status bar disappeared 6 months ago and my vertical scroll only today. Both back now! Thanks!
Posted by: PatrickM on October 8, 2007 at 12:23 PM
can anyone tell me where is this option in the office 2007? (I need the scroll bar and I cant find it in office2007!!!)
Posted by: rana on January 17, 2008 at 1:56 AM
THANKS!
And BTW, this works in Word: Mac 2008... the vertical/horizontal scroll bar check boxes are located in Preferences/Authoring and Proofing Tools/View.
Posted by: disco d on March 11, 2008 at 1:25 PM
2 years later and still useful. Thanks!
Posted by: Paul on March 30, 2008 at 9:41 PM
Billions in Profits and a goddamn check mark dislodges itself causing frustration to the limits.
Good one Billy Gates.
If your product had integrity and quality you wouldn't be the brunt of many anti-trust suits.
You can't spend 70 billion dollars so why try to get that much through deception and fraud - you know where you got the OS from in the first place - any knowledgable tech person does - don't get me started on Apple. Pirates !! All of you!
Posted by: asd on April 3, 2008 at 11:59 AM
In Word 2008 you can click on the Microsoft Icon, then 'word options' then 'advanced' then under the display section select 'show vertical bars.'
Posted by: Goran Matic on May 5, 2008 at 7:29 PM
Uff, thanks a lot. I thought I will need work without scrollbars for the rest of my life!!
Posted by: Rok on May 8, 2008 at 1:55 AM
Great tip.
Posted by: sreenivasulu on May 18, 2008 at 10:48 PM
i have word for mac 2008 and you solved my scrollbar pro lem .
I have 2 equally frustrating issues:
1)My big issue right now is that when word opens, the formatting and standard toolbars are not showns. They are, however clicked. To show them, I have to click them off and then click them on again. You can imagine this.... Does anyone know how to fix this?
2)When I open word and go to file, I used to get the options "open" and "open recent" Now I don't see open recent. This is my cry for help.
tx.
Posted by: Leslie on August 4, 2008 at 4:54 PM
Word to your mutha. MS Word scroll bar, you cannot hide from me! MS Word status bar, I found you!!! =0)
Posted by: Mikey on September 26, 2008 at 9:32 AM
Thanks for this post still useful!
I wouldn't have assumed that this @$*%&! Word would disable the option by itself without any warning. :-(
Posted by: arnauldvm on October 9, 2008 at 12:22 AM
MS Word 2008 for PC: Finding the check box was a little different for me:
Click on the round microsoft thingie in Word, top left corner.
Look on the bottom bar for 'Word Options' and click it.
Now click on 'Advanced'
Scroll down to a heading 'Display' and the check box is there. Good Luck.
Posted by: Sorrel Jakins on December 9, 2008 at 3:39 PM
Thanks ! I'm just going mad about that scroll bar
Posted by: Xiance on December 17, 2008 at 7:25 PM
Great help. Thanks! -a.
Posted by: alfredo on July 31, 2009 at 12:36 PM
Thanks! Even a few years later, it's helpful! And thanks for including the Mac info! You saved my mind today!
Posted by: Anita Arden on January 26, 2010 at 8:38 AM
THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!
yes it's in prefs on a Mac. Good grief!
Posted by: Johnny on March 9, 2010 at 11:49 PM
Thank you! Lifesaver. I use a Mac - Office 2008 for Mac as disco d said, is different. FInd this option under "Preferences/Authoring and Proofing Tools/View".
Posted by: JD on April 1, 2010 at 9:07 AM
This helped me feel hope! However, there was no "options" choice in my "tools" menu. But my friend suggested checking Preferences within Word, then I found "view" within that and right there was a check-box for vertical scroll, and I checked it, and my vertical scroll returned. Yahoo!! Thanks.
Posted by: frannyola on May 12, 2010 at 1:40 PM