To disable the clipboard toolbar in Microsoft Office, you must edit the registry.

  • Close all Microsoft Office programs.
  • Click Start, Run, and type “Regedit” and click ok to open the Windows Registry Editor.
  • Open the below folders:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\General\

  • Once in the General folder click Edit from the drop-down menu, click New and then DWORD Value.
  • For the name of the new DWORD, type: Acbcontrol
  • Double-click Acbcontrol to edit it. Change the value to 1, and click OK.
  • Close the Registry Editor.

Once the steps above are completed, your Office programs should no longer display the Microsoft Office clipboard toolbar.

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