[Solved] Styles and Formatting Dropdown Box Disappeared

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[Solved] Styles and Formatting Dropdown Box Disappeared

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The Styles and Formatting drop down menu disappeared from the standard toolbar, and I don't see any option to restore it. I'm looking for the one that looks similar to the Font Name drop down box.
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Re: Styles and Formatting Dropdown Box Disappeared

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Look at /View /Toolbars and make sure Formatting toolbar is checked.
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Re: Styles and Formatting Dropdown Box Disappeared

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It is checked, but the Styles and Formatting drop down menu has disappeared (not the button, but the menu that is similar to the font name menu). Thanks for speedy reply.
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Re: Styles and Formatting Dropdown Box Disappeared

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Try /View /Toolbars /Customise (at bottom of the menu) and check that Formatting in selected in the Toolbar dropdown and then that there is a checkmark against "Styles and Formatting"
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Re: Styles and Formatting Dropdown Box Disappeared

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I reset the defaults for the Formatting toolbar, and the drop down menu reappeared next to the Styles and Formatting button, so I guess the issue is resolved.
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Re: Styles and Formatting Dropdown Box Disappeared

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klins1234 wrote:The Styles and Formatting drop down menu disappeared from the standard toolbar, and I don't see any option to restore it.
There is no Styles and Formatting drop down menu on any toolbar.
klins1234 wrote:I'm looking for the one that looks similar to the Font Name drop down box.
I think you may mean the Apply Style drop down box. That should be on the Formatting toolbar, not the Standard toolbar.
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Re: [Solved] Styles and Formatting Dropdown Box Disappeared

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Yes, that's correct, I had the name of the drop down menu incorrect, and on the Formatting toolbar, not the standard. But when I selected Apply Style button on the formatting toolbar, a button appeared instead of the drop down menu, so I couldn't restore the menu. In any case, I reset the defaults on that toolbar and now I have it back. Thanks for speedy responses.
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