Thank you for your response. I didn't mean that the AutoExec macro ended
with "End with.' What I meant was that in your sample, the line just before
"End sub" was "Command Bars etc.," but for the AutoOpen and AutoNew macros,
the line just before "End sub" was "End with." I hope that's clearer.
Anyway, it's not an issue for me now that I know that the AutoExec macro
doesn't apply to options. I've realized that my problem goes beyond the
Reading Layout view option, so I included the other options that aren't
being saved from the General and Save option tabs. However, the reason that
I'm posting this here instead of directly to you at your website as you
requested is that I don't have a question anymore about what to put in the
macros. The issue is that I've had an AutoOpen macro with
Options.AllowReading Mode = False for some time and recently added an
AutoNew macro with the same line after reading this thread, but the Allow
Starting in Reading Layout box kept getting checked again anyway. Yesterday
I created different AutoOpen and AutoNew macros to include the other options
that weren't being saved, but after opening and closing Word several times,
none of them (including the Reading Layout view) held. Do you or anyone else
have a suggestion?
Graham Mayor wrote:
There are three automacros listed on the web page:
AutoNew (which runs when a new document is created from the template)
AutoOpen (which runs when an existing document is opened)
AutoExec (which runs when Word is started).
and an associated macro CodesOff which is run from the AutoExec macro
after a short delay.
All the macros end with 'End Sub'. None of them ends with 'End With'?
You can record all of the Tools Options in a macro if you want, but
usually it is only a handful of settings that cause problems. The ones
that bother me are included in the sample macros, but you can supplement
these and/or replace them as necessary. Recording all the settings will
give you the syntax required - however as you have a specific issue let's
get back to basics.
To stop the reading layout you need the line:
Options.AllowReadingMode = False
in a macro called AutoOpen
ie at its simplest
Sub AutoOpen()
Options.AllowReadingMode = False
End Sub
If for some reason ReadingLayout mode activates for new documents, then
you also need that line in an AutoNew macro - again at its simplest
Sub AutoNew()
Options.AllowReadingMode = False
End Sub
Options are document related so AutoExec which runs before the document is
opened, will not be required.
If you have created some automacros, open the VBA editor (Alt+F11) and
replace them with the two above by copying and pasting from this message.
If you have other issues such as those documented on the web page then you
can add the relevant lines of code. (The text in green explains what the
code does). For example if you were to use the three macros in full, then
the line
Options.AllowReadingMode = True
could be inserted immediately before the EndSub statements in each of
AutoNew and AutoOpen.
If this is still not clear, contact me via my web site link with more
details.
Andrea wrote:
I _have_ looked at the link below--many times--as I wrote in a
previous post. Thank you for supplying the link, but it's not that
clear to someone as unfamiliar with macros as I am, and the VBA help
wasn't very detailed. Here are my questions. (1) Can the information
on each of the Options tabs be saved in an auto macro? In other
words, should I contain the macro to just some of the tabs? I notice
that in your samples, you're only selecting some options. (2) In your
sample of an AutoNew macro, you "End with" a line of code, whereas
your other auto macros just say "End with," then "End Sub." I don't
know what these terms mean; is the AutoNew macro supposed to end
differently? (3) Could you explain your sample AutoExec macro? I
don't understand what it's supposed to do, specifically "forces off
the display of formatting commands." Displayed where? I understand
that the AutoExec macro is used when Word is started or when a global
template is loaded, but I don't understand why the contents of this
macro aren't exactly the same as the AutoOpen or AutoNew. Because I
wasn't very grounded in macro terminology, I recorded a macro (not an
auto macro) as I opened each of the Options tabs. Then I copied all
of it to another AutoOpen and an AutoNew macro. (I did this because I
couldn't figure out if there was a way to directly record an auto
macro.) I don't know if this is adequate or converely, too much
copying. I still haven't created an AutoExec maco, but I will once I
understand what I'm doing. Thanks for your help.
Graham Mayor wrote:
See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
Andrea wrote:
I was hoping that this was fixed, but the Options settings,
including disabling Reading Layout View, are not holding. I now
have 2 auto open macros macros installed:
OpenOptions.AllowReadingMode = False and ActiveWindow.View.Type =
wdNormalView. I've read the link that you suggest (many times), but
I'm not familiar enough with macros to know exactly how to go about
creating an autonew or autoexec macro. Do I just name the macro
(E.g., for autonew) and then start recording as I would for a
non-auto macro?
Graham Mayor wrote:
It is a fact of life that some users find some settings of the
Options volatile, exacerbated by the addition of poorly written
add-ins that write to the registry. The only sure solution is to
force the settings using auto macros. You may need a combination of
autoopen
autonew
and
autoexec
macros to fix all the likely issues.
Start the macro recorder and set all the options you require. As
you move to each new tab from options, all the settings on that
tab will be recorded. Extract the entries you want and add them to
the macros. Word's vba help explains the use of the different types of
auto
macros http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm also has some
sample code. Andrea wrote:
A Google search indicated old posts in this newsgroup on
permanently disabling the Reading Layout option in Word 2003, but
I'm unable to bring them up through my newsreader, so I'm
creating a different thread. I've gone through the generally
suggested solutions: unchecking the Allow box in the
General/Options tab, renaming normal.dot and forcing a new one to
be created, creating an AutoOpen macro in Normal.dot
(Options.AllowReadingMode = False). However, the checkbox kept
returning--and also some of the other Options settings didn't
stay saved (e.g., Automatically Create Drawing Canvas, Recently
Used File List) and Save options (number minutes, etc.). Finally,
I deleted the Word Data Settings registry key, but nothing seems to
keep my
Options settings stable. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm
using Windows XP Pro SP2. Windows and Office 2003 are completely
updated.