OFF2000: Preventing the Office Clipboard Toolbar from Appearing

• Microsoft Office 2000

SUMMARY

When you copy multiple items in any of the Microsoft Office programs, the Office Clipboard will appear allowing you to collect and paste multiple items stored in the toolbar. For example, you can copy a chart in Microsoft Excel, switch to Microsoft Word, copy text, and then switch to Microsoft PowerPoint and paste all of the collected (cut or copied) items from the Office Clipboard.

The Office Clipboard automatically appears and collects items when you do any of the following:

• You cut or copy two different items consecutively in the same Office program.
  
  -or-



• You copy one item, paste the item, and then copy another item in the same Office program.
  
  -or-



• You copy the same item twice in succession.

MORE INFORMATION

It is possible to prevent the Clipboard toolbar from automatically appearing when you use multiple Copy commands in an Office program. You can manually show the Clipboard toolbar by pointing to Toolbars on the View menu and clicking Clipboard.

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys and Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it. If you are running Windows NT, you should also update your Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).


When you add the following registry key, it will prevent the Office toolbar from automatically appearing when you perform multiple Copy commands in any of the Office programs. To add the AcbControl registry key, follow these steps:

1. Quit any programs that are running.



2. Click Start, click Run. Type regedit and click OK.



3. In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following key:




HKey_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\General

4. On the Edit menu, point to New and click DWORD Value. With New Value #1 selected, type AcbControl, and then press ENTER.



5. On the Edit menu, click Modify. In Edit DWORD Value, click Decimal under Base. Type 1 for Value data. Click OK and quit the Registry Editor.

REFERENCES

For more information about the Office Clipboard, click Microsoft Microsoft Excel Help on the Help menu, type "About collecting and pasting multiple items" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

Additional query words: XL2000 OFF2000 how to disable

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Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo 

Last Reviewed: May 25, 1999