Office: Office Shortcut Bar Does not Auto Hide When Floating

• Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Office 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you enable Auto Hide on the Office Shortcut Bar, drag the Office Shortcut Bar to the middle of the screen, and then click the desktop, the Office Shortcut Bar fails to hide. However, if you dock the Office Shortcut Bar to the edge of the screen and click the desktop, the Office Shortcut Bar hides.

CAUSE

The behavior occurs when you use Auto Hide and the Office Shortcut Bar is floating (that is, it is not docked to the side of the screen). This behavior is by design. You should use Auto Hide when the Office Shortcut Bar is docked.

NOTE: If you start a program, drag the Office Shortcut Bar over the program window, and enable Auto Hide, the Office Shortcut Bar fails to hide if Always on Top is selected.

MORE INFORMATION

The Office Shortcut Bar can be set to Auto Hide, which causes it to disappear from the screen when it is not in use. To hide the Office Shortcut Bar, click Auto Hide on the Office Shortcut Bar menu. When the command has a check mark next to it, Auto Hide is on.

To use the Office Shortcut Bar when it is hidden, point to the edge of the screen where the Office Shortcut Bar is docked; the Office Shortcut Bar will appear. For example, if the Office Shortcut Bar is docked on the right side of your screen, just point to the right side of the screen.

For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q135831
   TITLE     : FastTips: "Shortcut Bar Questions and Answers" (WC1205)