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To restore your toolbars, menus, or personalized settings, use one of the following methods as appropriate to your situation.
Turn Off Full Screen Mode

Full screen mode displays as much of your document on the screen as possible. In this mode, Word removes screen elements like the menu bar, toolbars, and scroll bars. To restore your toolbars and menus, turn off full screen mode.
If a document is open, do one of the following:
Press ALT+V to display the View menu, and then press U to turn off full screen mode.
If the Full Screen toolbar is visible, click Close Full Screen.
If a document is not open, follow these steps:
Press CTRL+N to start a new document.
Press ALT+V to display the View menu, and then press U to turn off full screen mode.
Quit and restart Word. If Word starts correctly, you have resolved the issue. The issue is that Word was closed when full screen mode was active, and Word retained that setting.

For more information about full screen mode, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
290947 Menus and toolbars disappear and "Repeat Value:8" is displayed on Status bar

Turn On the Default Toolbars

On the View menu, point to Toolbars. Note whether any toolbars are selected. If none of the toolbars is selected, select those that you want. To do this, click the toolbar name. Repeat this procedure for each toolbar that you want to be displayed. The toolbars selected by default are the Standard and Formatting toolbars, as well as the Task Pane.

Note If you cannot see the menu bar, press ALT+V to display the View menu, and then press T to display the Toolbar menu.

Quit and restart Word. If Word starts correctly, you have resolved the issue. The issue is that the default toolbars and menu bar were turned off when you quit Word, and Word retained those settings.

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