> First, since you are using Word 2007, does the horizontal scroll bar
> reappear if you Zoom in on your document? This version will suppress the
> view of the horizontal scroll bar if it's not needed. This drives me nuts
> every once in awhile - especially when I work with tracked changes.
>
> If that's not it then the likely suspect is PDFMofficeAddin.dll The Adobe
> developers are notorious for adding irrelevant code and depending on the
> version of the add-in you are using it's also known to discard all changes
> in your Normal template when you exit Word. I haven't heard anything about
> them correcting this error so it's a poorly behaved add-in to start with --
> I'd disable it. You can still use the Adobe printer or the PDF Add-in
> Microsoft has included for PDF creation. (If you don't know about the MS PDF
> Add-in let us know and we'll help you with it.)
>
> FName.dll is a SmartTag and it doesn't modify your settings, nor does the
> Document Inspector. I'm not sure about the Goggle add-in since I don't use
> it.
>
> Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
> assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Beth Melton
> Microsoft Office MVP
>
> Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
>
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook>
> Word FAQ:
http://mvps.org/word> TechTrax eZine:
http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/> MVP FAQ site:
http://mvps.org/>
> "Rob Kraft" <RobKraft[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1F72BBF8-95EA-49ED-8EF7-BC76562933BB[ at ]microsoft.com...
> > For me, I will be working in a Word document and just notice I have no
> > horizontal scroll bar. At that point I am not certain if it is related to
> > the document I just opened, or if it was due to a document I opened
> > previously.
> >
> > I go to the Word Options and recheck the "Show horizontal scroll bar"
> > property.
> > That is the only setting change that I have noticed.
> >
> > I currenty have 3 active Addins (PDFMofficeAddin.dll from Acrobat,
> > GoogleDesktopOffice.dll, and FName.dll from Microsoft). I see 5 inactive
> > "Smart Tag" addins and 3 inactive "Document Inspector" addins - all from
> > Microsoft.
> >
> > I have all default security settings, except I have Vista UAC disabled.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Beth Melton" wrote:
> >
> >> What happens exactly? What settings are you losing?
> >>
> >> Contrary to what others might believe, (that there are 'gremlins' in the
> >> Registry <grin>), the likely culprit is macro in either an add-in or
> >> template. (If it only happens on occasion and the same setting or
> >> settings
> >> are being changed then I'd say the macro is in template you are using. Do
> >> you recall if there is a template you use on occasion that contains
> >> macros?
> >>
> >> Note this situation is easy to create by someone who's familiar with the
> >> Macro Recorder but not familiar enough with VBA to modify what they
> >> recorded
> >> and remove unnecessary statements. For example, if someone uses the Macro
> >> Recorder to "record" themselves modifying a setting in their Options
> >> dialog
> >> box the state of *every* single option is recorded as well*. So if their
> >> macro runs on your computer you end up with their personalized
> >> preferences
> >> and not your own. (Unfortunately many add-in developers (even Microsoft)
> >> make this mistake too, or they don't care enough to store your settings
> >> prior to making their changes and returning your settings when their
> >> macro
> >> is finished running.)
> >>
> >> *Thankfully in Word 2007 the Macro Recorder will no longer record every
> >> option in the Word Options dialog box and records only those options that
> >> were explicitly modified when using the Macro Recorder so hopefully
> >> someday
> >> will see less of this issue.
> >>
> >> Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
> >> assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.
> >>
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> Beth Melton
> >> Microsoft Office MVP
> >>
> >> Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
> >>
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook> >>
> >> Word FAQ:
http://mvps.org/word> >> TechTrax eZine:
http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/> >> MVP FAQ site:
http://mvps.org/> >>
> >> "Rob Kraft" <RobKraft[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:5DC92D8F-49B1-40CB-A8A2-AA71EDB2ABFC[ at ]microsoft.com...
> >> > This happens to me once every 3 or 4 months. It is happening in Word
> >> > 2007
> >> > running on Vista 32 bit (both of which I started using in January
> >> > 2007).
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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