Word 2003 Clipboard automatically displayed

[uncle]

Hi -

I have checked all the Clipboard Options, restarted. Still no Clipboard. I unchecked then re-checked, still no Clipboard.

I vaguely seem to remember that perhaps some macros have to be in Normal.Dot??? If this is still so, could you please rehearse how that is done in Normal.

Thank you very much.

[HansV]

Welcome to Eileen's Lounge!

Do you mean that Edit | Office Clipboard doesn't display the Clipboard task pane?

[uncle]

Hi, Hans

Yes, it displays only by going to Edit/Office Clipboard. I am after having it displayed all the time, w/o my doing anything.

[HansV]

Have you turned OFF (unchecked) the option "Collect Without Showing Office Clipboard" in the clipboard options?

[uncle]

Yes, Hans

[HansV]

If the Clipboard task pane isn't displayed automatically if you press Ctrl+C twice, there might be a corrupt setting.

Try the following:
- Select Start | Run...
- Type

winword /a

- Press Enter or click OK.
- This will start Word without loading Normal.dot and add-ins.
- Does the clipboard work now?

[uncle]

Hans - I am sorry that I am not making myself clear. What I am after is having the Clipboard open when I open a document.

Yes, it does appear when I press Ctrl+C twice. I don't want to have to do anything to get it open - I want it to appear with my documents. Possible?

Thank you.
Is there a macro I need to put in Normal.Dot?

[HansV]

Ah, I apologize - I hadn't understood your request.

Try the following:
- Press Alt+F11 to activate the Visual Basic Editor.
- Click on Normal in the project explorer on the left hand side.
- Select Insert | Module.
- Enter or paste the following code into the module that appears:

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Sub AutoExec()
  CommandBars("Office Clipboard").Visible = True
End Sub

Quit and restart Word; if you're asked whether you want to save changes to the Normal template, click Yes.

[uncle]

I'm afraid that didn't work. I received "The command cannot be performed because a dialog box is open..." The dialog box was a Run-time error '5' - invalid procedure call or argument.
Debugging it, the CommandBar line is highlighted. (I did paste the code).

Thanks, Uncle

[HansV]

Strange, that worked for me (although in Word 2007). Does this version work?

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Sub AutoExec()
  Application.OnTime Now + TimeSerial(0, 0, 2), "ShowClipboard"
End Sub

Sub ShowClipboard()
  CommandBars("Office Clipboard").Visible = True
End Sub

[uncle]

Morning -

Unfortunately, the new code still has the same line (CommandBar...) highlighted. I thought I might not be exiting the Editor correctly, so next time I Restarted and went into the Editor, I closed using Save Normal. Restarted, opened a document, no Clipboard.

Thank you. Uncle

[HansV]

Do you use Norton AntiVirus or Norton Internet Security?

[uncle]

No. Use Avast. Thanks for your time!

[HansV]

Which add-ins do you have (look at Tools | Templates and Add-Ins...)?

[uncle]

None, Hans....

[HansV]

Not the Adobe Acrobat toolbar either?

[uncle]

Not Adobe Acrobat. (This is a new to me PC so haven't had time to download a lot of stuff.)

Thanks.

[HansV]

I'm afraid we've exhausted all causes for the error message that I know of, so I'm out of ideas. Sorry!

[uncle]

I thank you Hans for your efforts!

Uncle

[William]

Could the problem be a missing reference, though it's not obvious what it might be.

The "CommandBars("Office Clipboard").Visible = False" code doesn't work for me either, using Word 2003 - though the following does:

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WordBasic.EditOfficeClipboard

This displays the Office Clipboard, and there don't need to be any open documents. I haven't tried this as part of an AutoExec macro, however.