To add to what Graham has said, View | Ruler affects only the horizontal
ruler. The vertical ruler is turned on or off by a check box on the View tab
of Tools | Options.

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"Bert Coules" wrote in message
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Graham,

View ruler when unchecked, will cause the ruler to hide and unhide
when
the cursor is passed over the area if tools options general
provide
feedback with animation is checked. If this latter option is unchecked
the
rulers are not displayed.


That was the one! Thank you so much. It's beyond my understanding how I
could have checked that box inadvertently.

Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk