Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007 and 2010. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: Controlling Scroll Bars.
At the bottom and right side of the document there are scroll bars that control what part of the document you are viewing at any given time. If you need more room to view a document, or if you are using Word without a mouse, you can turn off the scroll bars. To control display of the scroll bars, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Advanced options of the Word Options dialog box.
With the scroll bars turned off, you must use the cursor control keys to move through the document.
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2018-10-13 15:19:55
"R" Addison (poet/artist/writor)
I have MS Word for Macs 2016, after using 2011 since 2012, and 2004-2010 updates. I like several features, and need same format to "pop-up" before uploading Office 2019 fir Macs, next! The one feature I needed yesterday is the right hand slider "button" used to grant page number where one was utilizing. Where do I activate. Secondarily, I use the color green and got that changed, but did not take notes how to locate.
2018-10-08 08:03:15
Izzi Reynaud
The options to move down a page at a time, which used to be at the bottom of the vertical scroll bar have gone. Do you know if this is by design (ie OTTB), or whether it's an additional option that needs to be turned on in Word? It's not in the above solution as options. Thanks,
2016-09-29 04:32:54
David
Some how the vertical scroll bar moved from the right side to the left side. Is there a way to get it back to the right side once again???
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