Missing Ruler

[Guest]

I'm currently running Word 2k and the ruler is no longer displayed. I can
move my mouse over the ruler area and it appears ... then disappears. It was
there a little while ago but not anymore.
I also seem to have lost the View\Ruler option within Word.

Cheers for the help.

 

[Graham Mayor]

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/RestoreMenuCmd.htm
Check view > ruler

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Graham has told you how to restore the View | Ruler command, which is what
you need to make sure the ruler is always displayed. The feature that is
causing it to auto hide, however, is "Provide feedback with animation" on
the General tab of Tools | Options.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Cheers for that ..... it worked.

 

[Guest]

Cheers for the information Suzanne.



Andrew

 

[Guest]

Suzanne, I have been going crazy trying to figure out why my ruler was
hiding. I would have never figured "Provide feedback..." THANKS!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you have View | Ruler checked, it won't hide regardless of that setting,
but Word does have a tendency to turn the ruler off without asking.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

I'm using Office 2003 which I have recently patched from the Update website.

I have the View Ruler checked, plus I have turned off the Feedback with
Animation, but Word in it's infinite wisdom STILL keeps hiding my rulers.
The only way I can get them back is to go through the View Rulers again.

It's more an annoyance than a problem, but I'd like word to remember that I
view my rulers and stop hiding them!

 

[Stefan Blom]

If Word doesn't retain your settings, you can use these auto macros in
normal.dot:

Sub AutoOpen()
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.DisplayVerticalRuler = False
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.DisplayRulers = False
End Sub

Sub AutoNew()
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.DisplayVerticalRuler = False
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.DisplayRulers = False
End Sub

See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

Also, note that the rulers are not visible in all views.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


in message

I'm using Office 2003 which I have recently patched from the Update
website.

I have the View Ruler checked, plus I have turned off the Feedback with
Animation, but Word in it's infinite wisdom STILL keeps hiding my rulers.
The only way I can get them back is to go through the View Rulers again.

It's more an annoyance than a problem, but I'd like word to remember that
I
view my rulers and stop hiding them!

 

[Stefan Blom]

Of course the assigned value should be TRUE, not False. :-(

That is:

ActiveWindow.ActivePane.DisplayVerticalRuler = True

etc.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I learned that my problem was caused by having turned the ruler off in Print
Preview. Every time I used Print Preview and then closed it, the ruler would
be off in the next Word window I opened. Once I turned the ruler back on in
PP (even though I don't need or want it there), the problem was solved.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

I'm using Office 2003 which I have recently patched from the Update website.

I have the View Ruler checked, plus I have turned off the Feedback with
Animation, but Word in it's infinite wisdom STILL keeps hiding my rulers.
The only way I can get them back is to go through the View Rulers again.

It's more an annoyance than a problem, but I'd like word to remember that I
view my rulers and stop hiding them!