How do i turn off Personalized menus in Microsoft Office 2003

[B_Hodge]

Hello Everybody,

I'm running Windows Xp as my operating system. I have even installed Microsoft Office 2003 on my pc. I would like to know that how do i turn off the personalized menu from Microsoft Office 2003. It pop-ups really irritates me a lot whenever i try to use Office 2003 on my pc. So, in order to get rid of the pop-ups i would like to turn off the personalized menu from my system. So, can any body provide me the correct logical solution for doing so? Would be grateful to you if any body helps me out to resolve the above problem.

Thanks in advance.

[Eric B]

The "Personalized Menus and Toolbars" settings are saved in a Program name.pip file. After a change is made to a menu, the change is stored in the .pip file, which is in one of the following locations:

• Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows XP:C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Office

[Glenny]

Follow these steps to turn of Personalized menu in any office application:

1) Click the Tools menu.

2) Then Click on Customize.

3) Click the Options tab.

4) Then again, Click on “Always Show Full Menus” check box.

5) And then Click OK and the dialog box closes saving your settings.

[JonathanD]

You can disable these features by selecting Customize from the Toolbar selection menu displayed when you right click on the toolbar area. On the options tab of the dialog box, put a check mark in each of these options:

• Show Standard and Formatting toolbars on two rows

• Always show full menus.These options will restore the Toolbar and Menu structures to stationary status. To restore the default settings, reverse the customizing process.

[kattman]

To make the change go to the Tools menu and select Customize in any Office program. A Customize dialog box opens. Click on the Options tab. Under the Personalized Menus and Toolbars section check the box that says Always show full menus. And then Click on Close.