***? menu item disappeared in word xp

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For some reason, View is missing. I need help. I see File, Edit, Insert, etc, but no View.

edit: Added ***

[Mr N8]

In Word go to Tools > Customize>toolbars

Go down to Menu bar, and then click the reset button. Set it for Normal.dot.

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i still can't view the view.

[Mr N8]

When you go to Tool>Customize>Commands, do you see View in the left-hand pane?

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yeah, i can see the view under categories but I cannot add it to the toolbar. I can only add specific items from the command list to the toolbars, which is uglie btw.

[Cheryl]

Try undocking the menu bar so it's floating. There's a little down arrow on the upper right (says menu bar on the left). Click on that, add/remove buttons, menu bar & click on view.

Cheryl

[Mr N8]

It sounds like your registry key may be corrupted.

I got this from Microsoft's Knowledge Base.

NOTE: Renaming the Data key resets several options back to the default settings, including the Most Recently Used (MRU) file list on the File menu and many settings you customize when you click Options on the Tools menu. Word rebuilds the Data key by using built-in default settings the next time you start Word. To rename the Data key, follow these steps: Quit all Windows applications. On the Windows Start menu, click Run. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK. Locate the following key by double-clicking the appropriate folders: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Data With the Data folder selected, click Rename on the Edit menu. Type a new name for the Data folder (for example, type OldData) and then press ENTER. On the Registry menu, click Exit to close the Registry Editor and restart Word normally (without using the /a switch). If Word starts correctly, you have resolved the problem. The problem is a damaged Data key. You may need to change a few settings to restore your favorite options.

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Thanks for the info, but it just reset my toolbar to default placement. But the there is still no view. It looks neater now.

[Iman74]

For future reference, I used that key and it worked, but I also find if you are missing or just don't like something on Word that just is not write. If you delete the Normal.dot file, the next time you open Word it will go back to it's default view.