can't see any type of tool bar at all at the top of excel. the program just
opened that way

Perhaps you are in Full Screen mode, if you only see menus.
If you lost the "Full Screen" dialog box you can still switch with:
View, . Full Screen ( Alt+V, Alt+U)

More information on toolbars
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/toolbars.htm
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David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
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"twmiles" wrote in message ...
can't see any type of tool bar at all at the top of excel. the program just
opened that way