In theory, if the ruler is displayed when you quit Word, it should be
displayed when you start it again. I can testify that in Word 2003, this is
very iffy. You'll need a macro for this. I thought I had saved one that
Graham Mayor provides occasionally, but I can't find it, so I guess you'll
have to wait for Graham or some other kind VBA-enabled soul to come along
and provide it.

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"Doug P" Doug wrote in message
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With Office 97 I could set the ruler to display whenever I opened Word
Now using Office 2003 and the ruler must be opened manually a PITA.
How can I have the ruler display by default?