Word 2003 Clipboard automatically displayed

[HansV]

William's suggestion (thanks!) is worth a try - these WordBasic commands are often more dependable than VBA, strangely enough...

[uncle]

Thank you, William. The Clipboard did not display automatically when I opened additional documents. What AutoExec line should be added, please.

My thanks, Uncle

[HansV]

Do you mean that with the WordBasic line in the AutoExec macro, the Clipboard task pane is displayed when you start Word, but hidden again when you open a document within Word?

[uncle]

Hans - I do not know how to write the AutoExec macro to add to Williams' code.

[HansV]

Press Alt+F8 to display the Macros dialog.
Select AutoExec in the list of macros.
Click Edit.
Replace the line

CommandBars("Office Clipboard").Visible = True

with

WordBasic.EditOfficeClipboard

Press Ctrl+S to save.
Press Alt+F4 to quit the Visual Basic Editor.
Quit and restart Word.

[uncle]

The new code works with the first document I open but not subsequent ones. The code is
Sub AutoExec()
WordBasic.EditOfficeClipboard
End Sub
I am missing something, but what???

Thank you!

[HansV]

Go to edit AutoExec again, but this time add the following code BELOW the End Sub line:

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Sub AutoNew()
  WordBasic.EditOfficeClipboard
End Sub

Sub AutoOpen()
  WordBasic.EditOfficeClipboard
End Sub

AutoExec will run when you start Word, AutoNew will run each time you create a new document, and AutoOpen will run each time you open an existing document.

[uncle]

Thank you William and Hans - I am a happy camper now.

Uncle

[HansV]

Kudos to William for coming up with the magic line!