A few days ago, the vertical scrollbar in Microsoft Word disappeared. Random problems have happened before, so I did what I always do: first, I opened a new file to see if the fresh document had the same problem. It did. Then, I closed down Word and opened it again. Still no scrollbar. Then I rebooted. Still no scrollbar.

Through a Google search, I learned that there is actually a preference for the vertical scrollbar. Sometimes it randomly gets unchecked. I re-checked it. Problem solved.

A preference for a vertical scrollbar? Why would anyone not want the vertical scrollbar? How about a preference for visible text? I mean, there may be some users out there who object to anything that is not unreadable.