This is odd. A couple of times in the last week Microsoft Word has decided I no longer require a vertical scroll bar. The only way I know to turn it back on is to go into Word options, Advanced, and check the option Show vertical scroll bar.
But how is it getting unchecked? My first assumption was that I must have inadvertently pressed an obscure key combination that toggles the vertical scroll bar, but I can’t find any such shortcut. A bug?
By the way, did you know you can get a complete list of Word commands and shortcuts? Click the Developer ribbon, then Macros, then select Word commands from the Macros in drop-down list. Select the macro ListCommands, then click Run. Word will offer you a document containing either Current Keyboard Settings, or All Commands. The All Commands list is 46 pages long, and contains roughly 2000 commands, none of which hides the vertical scroll bar.
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my vertical scroll in Word 2007 (i have a mac) under Word/Preferences/ View/ check the box for vertical scroll bar.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! My scrollbar disappeared months ago, and it was driving me crazy!!! Mil Gracias!!!
Oh, thank you for posting on this! My scrollbar magically disappeared this morning.
It is amazing how I can be so in love with MS Word and loathe it all at the same time
Actually that is quite common
Tim
So my scrollbar has never dissappeared, but the scroll wheel functionality doesn’t work. Any quick fixes for that?
Thank you, it happened to me few weeks ago when I opened a document that was password protected and has no vertical scroll bar and since then it disappeared.
Thanks so much – I’m using a Mac and my scrollbars suddenly disappeared. I appreciate the help!
Thank you very much–this has been a problem for a long time on a system at my work!!! Thank you, thank you!!!
Graet—now tell me where “Word Options” is?????!!!!!!!!!!
Click the colorful button in the top left of the MS Word 2007 screen (this is the Office button)! The Word Options button is in the bottom right next to the Exit Word button.