Microsoft KB Archive/132182

= OFF95: Toolbar Button Added on Top of Toolbar Name =

Article ID: 132182

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 95 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q132182





SYMPTOMS
When you add a button to a toolbar on the Office Shortcut Bar, the button may be added on top of the toolbar name so that it covers the text on the toolbar.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs if you create a toolbar with a very long name when your Office Shortcut Bar is docked, (that is, positioned against one of the edges of your computer screen). When you create a new, blank toolbar, you can create a name with approximately 200 characters. When you create a toolbar from an existing folder, the folder name becomes the name for the new toolbar.

When you add a button to a toolbar, the button is normally added at the end of the toolbar name. However, if you create a toolbar with a very long name (either from an existing folder with a very long name, or as a new, blank toolbar with a very long name), the button does not fit on the toolbar next to the toolbar name. Instead, the button is added on top of the toolbar name.

Note that when the Office Shortcut Bar is not docked, the buttons on a toolbar with a long name do not appear on top of the toolbar name; however, a long toolbar name may appear cut off by additional toolbars on the Office Shortcut Bar.

The number of characters that are displayed on a toolbar with a long name depends on the resolution and the font size you are using for your display in Windows.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, use any of the following methods:

Method 1: When you create a toolbar, give the toolbar a relatively short name so that buttons that you add to the toolbar are not added on top of the toolbar name.

Method 2: Rename a toolbar that has a long name. To do this, follow these steps:

 Create a new toolbar with the shorter name you want. Hold down the ALT key, and then drag each button from the old toolbar with the long name to the new toolbar with the shorter name. If you no longer need the old toolbar with the long name, you can delete this toolbar. To do this, click the Toolbars tab in the Customize dialog box, select the old toolbar, and click Delete.

