GW 1.0: Greetings Workshop Taskbar Buttons Inactive

ID: Q187565

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Greetings Workshop, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

The buttons on the Greetings Workshop taskbar will be inactive if the following conditions are true:

The Office Shortcut Bar is positioned at the bottom of the screen (on top of the Windows taskbar).

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The Office Shortcut Bar is set to Auto-hide.

Consequently, there will be no apparent way to exit Greetings Workshop from within the program.

CAUSE

When you move the insertion point to the bottom of the screen, the Auto- hide feature shifts focus from Greetings Workshop to the Office Shortcut Bar. The Office Shortcut Bar will not, however, be visible from within Greetings Workshop.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, use any of the following methods:

Turn off the auto-hide feature on the Office Shortcut Bar.

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Move the Office Shortcut Bar away from the bottom of the screen.

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Close the Office Shortcut Bar.

STATUS

This issue was resolved in Greetings Workshop version 2.0.

MORE INFORMATION

An alternate method for exiting Greetings Workshop is to press ALT+F4. This is a standard keyboard command for closing an application.

Additional query words: OSB shortcut


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Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
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Last Reviewed: July 22, 1999