Have a blank icon on my STANDARD toolbar in Word XP.  Was from a 3rd party
package that was uninstalled.  The graphic icon was removed but the space
for the icon is still there and when you put the mouse over it, the removed
software package name pops up.  How can I remove this dead ...

In Word XP when you change to Full Screen mode a
new "full screen" toolbar popus up on the screen; you can
move it about, but I have not found a way to close it.
It's really annoying because on my laptop I have a fairly

I am trying to customize the "My Places" bar in the Open
and Save As dialog boxes (Word XP).  The "Add to My
Places" item in the "Tools" menu is always greyed out.  
Is it possible to customize this bar?  -- Thanks, Todd.

I don't know why both vertical and horizontal rulers
always are in autohide situation. Is there any setting to
turn this off?!? I want the rulers always be shown.
Best wishes

When you deselect it from Tools, Options, Edit tab and
return to the Edit tab it is selected again. How to get
clear it for good?

I can't keep the task pane from opening everytime I start
or open a new document.  In office XP I was able to turn
this option off.  Now I can't figure out how to do it in
2003.  I've tried "Tools>Options>View>Show>uncheck Start

After using "EZ Photo" once, the leters "EZP" have
appeared in my word toolbar. Each time I open word a new
set of EZP appears. Now I have about 15 EZP's going along
my toolbar! Then when I close word, I am asked do I want

Any idea how to change the colour of the cursor in Word -
ideally to red rather than black.  This will make it more
visible for a friend who has difficulty finding it on the
page.

How do you keep a Word document from opening up in design
mode?

When I cut from foreign source (such as an Internet page,
or a different program) I cannot paste in Word 2003
unless I have the program open first.
It is as if the act of opening Word 2003 deletes whatever

I went out to the MS site and downloaded a fax cover
sheet template. upon getting back into Word the window
was about a quarter of the way down the monitor. When I
click the restore button, it will restoer to whatever

I have created a stationery/letterhead format in Microsoft
Publisher.  I am trying to get Word to use the format when
creating and printing letters.  I know I can copy the text
from Word to a textbox in Publisher, but that will prove

whenever i save a document out of word 2002 it
automatically creates a shortcut on my c: .
Is there a way to stop this feature?

When opening some documents (not all) the reviewing
toolbar appears even though I have it switched off (as a
default in the normal.dot).  How can I stop the reviewing
toolbar from appearing at all - unless I manually go and

How do I turn off AutoOpen, the feature that (I'm
assuming) finishes the file name for you in the Open menu.