OFF2000: Preventing the Office Clipboard Toolbar from Appearing

ID: Q207438

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Office 2000

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.

SUMMARY

It is possible to prevent the Clipboard toolbar from automatically appearing when you use multiple Copy commands in any Microsoft Office program. This article explains how to do this by modifying the Windows Registry.

NOTE: You cannot disable (or enable) the Office Clipboard for only a single Office program by modifying the registry.

MORE INFORMATION

About the Office Clipboard

When you copy multiple items in any of the Microsoft Office programs, the Office Clipboard appears, allowing you to collect and paste multiple items stored in the toolbar. For example, you can copy a chart in Microsoft Excel, switch to Microsoft Word, copy text, and then switch to Microsoft PowerPoint and paste all of the collected (cut or copied) items from the Office Clipboard.

You can manually show the Clipboard toolbar by pointing to Toolbars on the View menu and clicking Clipboard.

The Office Clipboard automatically appears and collects items when you do any of the following:

You cut or copy two different items consecutively in the same Office program.

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You copy one item, paste the item, and then copy another item in the same Office program.

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You copy the same item twice in succession.

Disabling the Office Clipboard

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys and Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it. If you are running Windows NT, you should also update your Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).

When you add the following registry entry, it prevents the Office Clipboard from automatically appearing when you perform multiple Copy commands in any of the Office programs. To add the AcbControl registry entry, follow these steps:

Quit any programs that are running.

Click Start, and then click Run. Type regedit and click OK.

In the Registry Editor, click to select the following subkey (folder):

HKey_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\General

On the Edit menu, point to New and click DWORD Value. With New Value #1 selected, type AcbControl, and then press ENTER.

On the Edit menu, click Modify. In the Edit DWORD Value dialog box, click Decimal under Base. Type 1 in the Value data box. Click OK and quit the Registry Editor.

NOTE: To turn on the Office Clipboard, repeat step 5 above, changing the value from 1 to 0.

REFERENCES

For more information about using the Office Clipboard, please click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q221190 OFF2000: Using the Office 2000 Clipboard

For more information about the Office Clipboard in Excel, click Microsoft Microsoft Excel Help on the Help menu, type About collecting and pasting multiple items in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

Additional query words: XL2000 OFF2000 how to disable

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Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo