OK, NOW I get it. The "Show Mini toolbar" option only controls the display of
the mini toolbar when selecting text in the formula bar. I was mis reading
the text, both teh shortcut menu AND teh mini tool bar ALWAYS display when
right clciking a selection.

That was a good lesson in futility-- sorry to have bothered so many of you
with this query.

"JR Hester" wrote:

Excel 2007 on WinXP
can anyone help me locate the mini toolbar? whenever I right click any where
I get both a small toolbar of formatting options as well as a short menu of
options. I believed the small toolbar to be the mini toolbar until earlier
today when testing teh Excel Options mini toolbar chcekbox. I found to my
dismay that regardless of the status of this checkbox, I still get both the
menu and the toolbar when right clicking any cell in Excel. Have I found a
glitch in my application or have I mis-identified the mini toolbar. ( sure
wish I could paste an image into this message)

Thanks for your help in identification

Another thought, the only addin installed is the SAVE AS PDF or XPS format.

Thank you,