Whitney, You'll have to be more specific about what you are seeing. As a Mac user, I have never had the Mac menubar (not toolbar) disappear. It has the application-specific items for the active window in all applications, including Ooo on my machines.
Jomali On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Whitney Russell <whitney.lr...@gmail.com>wrote: > I am having trouble using open office on a mac. I've looked through the > "help" and FAQ but can't find an answer to my questions. > I swear I'm missing buttons on the tool bar. I even went to customize it > and > options like "format" or "tools" for footnotes that are referred to in > "help" answers just aren't there. When I'm in open office, my Mac toolbar > (meaning not the one on the word document but the one that is always at the > top of the screen on a mac) disappears. I'm guessing that's the problem and > am wondering if anyone knows how to fix it. > > Thanks. > > Whitney > > P.S. Would appreciate having any answers explained very simply. I'm an > anthropologist (recently studied OS software and think it's great) but not > a > computer expert. :) >