How to prevent the Office Clipboard toolbar from appearing when you use multiple Copy commands in any Office 2000 program.
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.
This solutions appears similar to disabling the 'clip book' in later versions.
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.
• You copy one item, paste the item, and then copy another item in the same Office program.
• You copy the same item twice in succession.
solution:
1. Quit any programs that are running.
2. Click Start, and then click Run. Type regedit and click OK.
3. In the Registry Editor, click to select the following subkey (folder):
HKey_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\General
4. On the Edit menu, point to New and click DWORD Value. With New Value #1 selected, type AcbControl, and then press ENTER.
5. 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: You cannot disable (or enable) the Office Clipboard for only a single Office program by modifying the registry.