[RWild]

Running Word 2003 SP2 on XPPro. My rulers have apparently decided to display
in units of "characters" even though this is not a choice for units and the
default font is NOT a fixed font. Paragraph formatting is in characters also.

I tried closing Word and deleting normal.dot and doing a "detect and
repair." Neither fixed the problem. Another wrinkle is that, if I tell Word
to "check for updates," if finds three "required" updates for Word 2000!! - I
am running 2003 SP2.

How do I fix this?

[Carol]

See: http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"RWild" wrote:

Running Word 2003 SP2 on XPPro. My rulers have apparently decided to display
in units of "characters" even though this is not a choice for units and the
default font is NOT a fixed font. Paragraph formatting is in characters also.

I tried closing Word and deleting normal.dot and doing a "detect and
repair." Neither fixed the problem. Another wrinkle is that, if I tell Word
to "check for updates," if finds three "required" updates for Word 2000!! - I
am running 2003 SP2.

How do I fix this?

[RWild]

THANKS YOU!!

I was going nuts and that fixed it.

"Carol" wrote:

See: http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"RWild" wrote:

Running Word 2003 SP2 on XPPro. My rulers have apparently decided to display
in units of "characters" even though this is not a choice for units and the
default font is NOT a fixed font. Paragraph formatting is in characters also.

I tried closing Word and deleting normal.dot and doing a "detect and
repair." Neither fixed the problem. Another wrinkle is that, if I tell Word
to "check for updates," if finds three "required" updates for Word 2000!! - I
am running 2003 SP2.

How do I fix this?

[Carol]

Glad I could help you!
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"RWild" wrote:

THANKS YOU!!

I was going nuts and that fixed it.

"Carol" wrote:

See: http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"RWild" wrote:

Running Word 2003 SP2 on XPPro. My rulers have apparently decided to display
in units of "characters" even though this is not a choice for units and the
default font is NOT a fixed font. Paragraph formatting is in characters also.

I tried closing Word and deleting normal.dot and doing a "detect and
repair." Neither fixed the problem. Another wrinkle is that, if I tell Word
to "check for updates," if finds three "required" updates for Word 2000!! - I
am running 2003 SP2.

How do I fix this?

[Pollymary54]

Carol, have tried everything you suggested on your page, but it didn't work.
I've worked OK, the problem just appeared out of nowhere yesterday. I'm
having to write docs on pub.
--
Pollymary54 from sunny North England


"Carol" wrote:

Glad I could help you!
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"RWild" wrote:

THANKS YOU!!

I was going nuts and that fixed it.

"Carol" wrote:

See: http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"RWild" wrote:

Running Word 2003 SP2 on XPPro. My rulers have apparently decided to display
in units of "characters" even though this is not a choice for units and the
default font is NOT a fixed font. Paragraph formatting is in characters also.

I tried closing Word and deleting normal.dot and doing a "detect and
repair." Neither fixed the problem. Another wrinkle is that, if I tell Word
to "check for updates," if finds three "required" updates for Word 2000!! - I
am running 2003 SP2.

How do I fix this?

[Graham Mayor]

Did you specifically do this bit?:-

Press ALT+F11. This opens the macro editor. Press CTRL+G (View Immediate
Window). This provides a 'chat' window in which you can type vba code to be
executed immediately. In that window, type

Options.UseCharacterUnit =False

and press the enter key. This turns off character units. If it still doesn't
work rename the settings sub key of the Word data key in the registry to
oldsettings then restart Word and try it again.
http://www.gmayor.com/my_toolbars_are_missing.htm shows how to find the data
key.

If necessary, see also
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm then
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Pollymary54 wrote:
Carol, have tried everything you suggested on your page, but it
didn't work. I've worked OK, the problem just appeared out of nowhere
yesterday. I'm having to write docs on pub.

Glad I could help you!
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"RWild" wrote:

THANKS YOU!!

I was going nuts and that fixed it.

"Carol" wrote:

See: http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"RWild" wrote:

Running Word 2003 SP2 on XPPro. My rulers have apparently
decided to display in units of "characters" even though this is
not a choice for units and the default font is NOT a fixed font.
Paragraph formatting is in characters also.

I tried closing Word and deleting normal.dot and doing a "detect
and
repair." Neither fixed the problem. Another wrinkle is that, if
I tell Word to "check for updates," if finds three "required"
updates for Word 2000!! - I am running 2003 SP2.

How do I fix this?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I can't see how having character units displayed would force Pollymary54 to
use Publisher for documents. I think she has a different problem and thought
she was replying to a different thread.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Did you specifically do this bit?:-

Press ALT+F11. This opens the macro editor. Press CTRL+G (View Immediate
Window). This provides a 'chat' window in which you can type vba code to
be
executed immediately. In that window, type

Options.UseCharacterUnit =False

and press the enter key. This turns off character units. If it still
doesn't
work rename the settings sub key of the Word data key in the registry to
oldsettings then restart Word and try it again.
http://www.gmayor.com/my_toolbars_are_missing.htm shows how to find the
data
key.

If necessary, see also
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm then
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Pollymary54 wrote:
Carol, have tried everything you suggested on your page, but it
didn't work. I've worked OK, the problem just appeared out of nowhere
yesterday. I'm having to write docs on pub.

Glad I could help you!
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"RWild" wrote:

THANKS YOU!!

I was going nuts and that fixed it.

"Carol" wrote:

See: http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"RWild" wrote:

Running Word 2003 SP2 on XPPro. My rulers have apparently
decided to display in units of "characters" even though this is
not a choice for units and the default font is NOT a fixed font.
Paragraph formatting is in characters also.

I tried closing Word and deleting normal.dot and doing a "detect
and
repair." Neither fixed the problem. Another wrinkle is that, if
I tell Word to "check for updates," if finds three "required"
updates for Word 2000!! - I am running 2003 SP2.

How do I fix this?

[Graham Mayor]

You could be right, but there's no accounting for the weirdness of approach
of some users when faced with a problem

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
I can't see how having character units displayed would force
Pollymary54 to use Publisher for documents. I think she has a
different problem and thought she was replying to a different thread.


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Did you specifically do this bit?:-

Press ALT+F11. This opens the macro editor. Press CTRL+G (View
Immediate Window). This provides a 'chat' window in which you can
type vba code to be executed immediately. In that window, type

Options.UseCharacterUnit =False

and press the enter key. This turns off character units. If it still
doesn't work rename the settings sub key of the Word data key in the
registry to oldsettings then restart Word and try it again.
http://www.gmayor.com/my_toolbars_are_missing.htm shows how to find
the data key.

If necessary, see also
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm then
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Pollymary54 wrote:
Carol, have tried everything you suggested on your page, but it
didn't work. I've worked OK, the problem just appeared out of
nowhere yesterday. I'm having to write docs on pub.

Glad I could help you!
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"RWild" wrote:

THANKS YOU!!

I was going nuts and that fixed it.

"Carol" wrote:

See: http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"RWild" wrote:

Running Word 2003 SP2 on XPPro. My rulers have apparently
decided to display in units of "characters" even though this is
not a choice for units and the default font is NOT a fixed font.
Paragraph formatting is in characters also.

I tried closing Word and deleting normal.dot and doing a "detect
and
repair." Neither fixed the problem. Another wrinkle is that,
if I tell Word to "check for updates," if finds three "required"
updates for Word 2000!! - I am running 2003 SP2.

How do I fix this?