What I have found about ruler display (and other display settings in Word)
is that they appear to be window-dependent. This was not an issue in MDI
because all documents opened in the same window, but with SDI, the display
is dependent on the settings in the window from which the document is opened
or created. Even though the ruler is displayed in Document 1, it may
disappear when I create a Document 2 and be missing in any other documents I
open in addition to Document 1 (that is, documents that are putatively
opened in the Document 2 window). It's very puzzling, and the only way to
assure a consistent UI seems to be a set AutoExec, AutoOpen, and AutoNew
macros to enforce the desired display.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Uriel" wrote in message
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One article on some of things to check is this one:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291484/en-us?FR=1
That article is entitled: "Your toolbars are missing, your menu bar is
missing, or your personalized settings are not retained when you start
Word."
But that's not the case here. The ruler reappears without my closing the
Word app. (In other words, within a single Word session.) Actually, I
don't
often close Word, just as I don't often shutdown Windows (using Standby
instead).
Also, this has happened without Acrobat being opened (a tool I use
rarely).
And I haven't done anything that would be an obvious way to corrupt Word.
(Is there a way to tell Word, "check if you're corrupt?")
Of course if there's a long list of things that can cause this problem I
can't verify that nothing in the list applies. But why are Word settings
so
vulnerable?
"Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote
in message ...
There are a number of things that can cause settings to not 'stick',
including add-ins (Adobe Acrobat v7 unless updated to 7.0.5,
for example), registry key corruption for Word settings, left over temp
files and Office policy settings, or a corrupted Normal.dot
template.
One article on some of things to check is this one
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291484/en-us?FR=1
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"Uriel" wrote in message
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That's not it.
Also, normal.dot is not in a hidden folder.
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Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP
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