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Note

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Symptoms

While using Word for Mac one or more Toolbars are missing and cannot be added.

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Cause

This behavior can be caused by one of these things:

• The oval button in the upper-right corner of the document was clicked. This button 'toggles' display of toolbars on and off.
• There is an issue with the Normal template in Word.
• The toolbars or menus are modified.

Resolution

To resolve this problem, try the following methods.

Method 1: Make sure that tool bar display is not turned off

1. In the upper-right corner of the window click the oval button.

   Note

   When this button is clicked, it hides all the toolbars. A second click causes the toolbars to be displayed.

2. If the toolbars reappear, quit, and then restart Word to make sure that the appropriate toolbars are displayed.

If Method 1 did not resolve the problem, try Method 2.

Method 2: Reset the toolbars and menus in Word

You can reset the toolbars and menus in the Customize Toolbars and Menus option, any saved customization is removed, and all settings are reverted to the original default settings.

1. Open Word.
2. Go to View in the menu.
3. Choose Toolbars.
4. Select Customize Toolbars and Menus.
5. Select Toolbars and Menus in the top of the Customize Toolbars and Menus window.
6. Select the item in the list you want to reset (Menu Bar, Standard, Formatting).
7. Click Reset.
8. Click OK when getting prompt: 'Are you sure you want to reset the changes made..'
9. Click OK.

Note

When View is missing from the menu, then you can also Control Click the Standard Toolbar and go to Customize Toolbars and Menus here.

If Method 2 did not resolve the problem, try Method 3.

Method 3: Create a new Normal template Note

When a new Normal template is created, any saved customization is removed, and all settings are reverted to the original default settings.

Step 1: Quit all programs

To quit active applications, follow these steps:

1. On the Apple menu, click Force Quit.

2. Select an application in the 'Force Quit Applications' window.

3. Click Force Quit.

4. Repeat the previous steps until you quit all active applications.

Warning

When an application is force quit, any unsaved changes to open documents are not saved.

When you are finished, click the red button in the upper-left corner and proceed to Step 2.

Step 2: Word 2008 and 2011: Move the Normal.dotm template file to the Trash

1. Quit all Microsoft Office applications.
2. On the Go menu, click Home.
3. Open Library.

   Note

   The Library folder is hidden in MAC OS X Lion. To display this folder, hold down the OPTION key while you click the Go menu.

4. Select the Application Support folder.
5. Select the Microsoft folder.
6. Open the Office folder.
7. Open the User Templates folder.
8. Move Normal.dotm to the Trash.
9. Start Word, a new Normal.dotm template will be created when you choose Quit Word in the Word menu.

Note

When you had Word 2004 on your Mac previously and you now have Word 2008 or Word 2011, also check if the Word 2004 Normal file is present on the system, if so, trash this Normal template file as well.

Step 3: Word 2004: Move the Normal template file to the Trash

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1. Quit all Microsoft Office applications.
2. On the Go menu, click Home.
3. Select the Documents folder.
4. Select the **Microsoft User Data **folder.
5. Move Normal to the Trash.
6. Start Word, a new Normal template will be created when you choose Quit Word in the Word menu.

Microsoft Word Shortcut Commands

Below is a listing of the more commonly used shortcut keys in Microsoft Word. See the computer shortcuts page if you are looking for a list of shortcut keys used in other programs. Please be aware that some of these shortcuts may not work in all versions of Microsoft Word.

Note

If the device you are using does not have function keys (F1-F12) on its keyboard, like a Chromebook, certain shortcuts will be unavailable to you.

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Note

Some of the Microsoft Word shortcut keys below may not work in Word 365.

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl+0	Toggles 6pts of spacing above the paragraph.
Ctrl+A	Select all contents of the page.
Ctrl+B	Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl+C	Copy selected text.
Ctrl+D	Open the font preferences window.
Ctrl+E	Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen.
Ctrl+F	Open find box.
Ctrl+I	Italic highlighted selection.
Ctrl+J	Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen.
Ctrl+K	Insert a hyperlink.
Ctrl+L	Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.
Ctrl+M	Indent the paragraph.
Ctrl+N	Opens new, blank document window.
Ctrl+O	Opens the dialog box or page for selecting a file to open.
Ctrl+P	Open the print window.
Ctrl+R	Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.
Ctrl+S	Save the open document. Like Shift+F12.
Alt+F, A	Save the document under a different file name.
Alt+X	Show the Unicode code of a highlighted character.
Ctrl+T	Create a hanging indent.
Ctrl+U	Underline the selected text.
Ctrl+V	Paste.
Ctrl+W	Close the currently open document.
Ctrl+X	Cut selected text.
Ctrl+Y	Redo the last action performed.
Ctrl+Z	Undo last action.
Ctrl+Shift+L	Quickly create a bullet point.
Ctrl+Shift+F	Change the font.
Ctrl+Shift+>	Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increase font +2pts.
Ctrl+]	Increase selected font +1pts.
Ctrl+Shift+<	Decrease selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower; if above 12, decreases font by +2pt.
Ctrl+[	Decrease selected font -1pts.
Ctrl+/+c	Insert a cent sign (¢).
Ctrl+'+<char>	Insert a character with an accent (acute) mark, where <char> is the character you want. For example, if you wanted an accented é you would use Ctrl+'+e as your shortcut key. To reverse the accent mark, use the opposite accent mark, often found on the tilde key.
Ctrl+Shift+*	View or hide non printing characters.
Ctrl+<left arrow>	Moves one word to the left.
Ctrl+<right arrow>	Moves one word to the right.
Ctrl+<up arrow>	Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.
Ctrl+<down arrow>	Moves to the end of the paragraph.
Ctrl+Del	Deletes word to right of cursor.
Ctrl+Backspace	Deletes word to left of cursor.
Ctrl+End	Moves the cursor to the end of the document.
Ctrl+Home	Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document.
Ctrl+Spacebar	Reset highlighted text to the default font.
Ctrl+1	Single-space lines.
Ctrl+2	Double-space lines.
Ctrl+5	1.5-line spacing.
Ctrl+Alt+1	Changes text to heading 1.
Ctrl+Alt+2	Changes text to heading 2.
Ctrl+Alt+3	Changes text to heading 3.
Alt+Ctrl+F2	Open new document.
Ctrl+F1	Open the Task Pane.
Ctrl+F2	Display the print preview.
Ctrl+Shift+>	Increases the selected text size by one font size.
Ctrl+Shift+<	Decreases the selected text size by one font size.
Ctrl+Shift+F6	Switches to another open Microsoft Word document.
Ctrl+Shift+F12	Prints the document.
F1	Open help.
F4	Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+).
F5	Open the Find, Replace, and Go To window in Microsoft Word.
F7	Spellcheck and grammar check selected text or document.
F12	Save As.
Shift+F3	Change the text in Microsoft Word from uppercase to lowercase or a capital letter at the beginning of every word.
Shift+F7	Runs a Thesaurus check on the selected word.
Shift+F12	Save the open document. Like Ctrl+S.
Shift+Enter	Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph.
Shift+Insert	Paste.
Shift+Alt+D	Insert the current date.
Shift+Alt+T	Insert the current time.

You can also utilize the mouse to perform some common actions. The following section contains examples of mouse shortcuts.

Mouse shortcuts	Description
Click, hold, and drag	Selects text from where you click and hold to the point you drag and let go.
Double-click	If double-clicking a word, selects the complete word.
Double-click	Double-clicking on the left, center, or right of a blank line makes the alignment of the text left, center, or right aligned.
Double-click	Double-clicking anywhere after text on a line will set a tab stop.
Triple-click	Selects the line or paragraph of the text where the mouse is triple-clicked.
Ctrl+Mouse wheel	Zooms in and out of document.