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I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the
entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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Check tools options edit typing replaces selection.
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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On the Tools menu, click Options. Click the Edit tab. Make sure
"Typing replaces selection" is checked, and click OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "greenie" wrote in message ... I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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Mr. Mayor:
Oh!!! Thank you so much, such a simple solution to a massive headache!! --grateful "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer has solved
the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme suddenly change like this of its own accord? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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Word 2003 has a minor bug that causes random changes to the registry key
that holds the settings. If it becomes a problem you will need a macro solution to fix it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mrs Tabs wrote: Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer has solved the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme suddenly change like this of its own accord? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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I know we've been down this road before, Graham, but I still do not
concur with a minor bug that randomly changes the Registry. If it were then the Registry key would be rebuilt which would reset it to the defaults and "Typing replaces selection" is not a default setting. I've investigated similar situations, "unexplained changes to user preferences", and each and every time we've found the cause. The gremlin has always been a third-party add-in or a document/template that contains a macro that is responsible for this type of behavior. Someone recorded a macro to make a change to Tools/Options and not edit their macro to remove the options that do not apply and the macro is in an add-in or template. Even some of the Microsoft templates change user preferences so it's not uncommon. I'll bet if we polled everyone who has encounter this situation and had them list every add-in they have installed or template they used we'd find the culprit. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Word 2003 has a minor bug that causes random changes to the registry key that holds the settings. If it becomes a problem you will need a macro solution to fix it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mrs Tabs wrote: Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer has solved the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme suddenly change like this of its own accord? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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Well, I'd love to know which add-in is monkeying with my ruler display. I
want it ON, always, in every document, all the time, but I can have it on in one session and it's off in the next, on in the current document and off in the next one I open (in a given session), no matter how many times I save and close documents (and Word) with the ruler displayed. My add-ins a DataPrompter.dot TaskPaneController.dot PDFMaker.dot Also, another slight mystery: ever since I added a Ruler button to my Standard toolbar (to facilitate turning the blamed thing on), the Acrobat toolbar, which I had to the right of it, is not displayed at startup even though there's still room for it (barely). Even when I turn it on in a given session and have it displayed when I quit Word, it isn't there the next time. Not a real issue, since I can easily display it when I need it (which is fairly infrequently)--just one more mystery (and really surprising given the usual persistence of that particular toolbar). -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I know we've been down this road before, Graham, but I still do not concur with a minor bug that randomly changes the Registry. If it were then the Registry key would be rebuilt which would reset it to the defaults and "Typing replaces selection" is not a default setting. I've investigated similar situations, "unexplained changes to user preferences", and each and every time we've found the cause. The gremlin has always been a third-party add-in or a document/template that contains a macro that is responsible for this type of behavior. Someone recorded a macro to make a change to Tools/Options and not edit their macro to remove the options that do not apply and the macro is in an add-in or template. Even some of the Microsoft templates change user preferences so it's not uncommon. I'll bet if we polled everyone who has encounter this situation and had them list every add-in they have installed or template they used we'd find the culprit. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Word 2003 has a minor bug that causes random changes to the registry key that holds the settings. If it becomes a problem you will need a macro solution to fix it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mrs Tabs wrote: Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer has solved the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme suddenly change like this of its own accord? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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I'm with Beth on this one and tend not to accept corruption as an
explanation just because the real cause is unknown. Random changes to the registry key seems so unlikely an explanation of anything. A specific problem with the ruler, which I know you've mentioned before and which is not experienced by everyone, no matter what the cause, isn't random - although it may be a bug, perhaps triggered by some combination of circumstance peculiar to you. -- Enjoy, Tony "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, I'd love to know which add-in is monkeying with my ruler display. I want it ON, always, in every document, all the time, but I can have it on in one session and it's off in the next, on in the current document and off in the next one I open (in a given session), no matter how many times I save and close documents (and Word) with the ruler displayed. My add-ins a DataPrompter.dot TaskPaneController.dot PDFMaker.dot Also, another slight mystery: ever since I added a Ruler button to my Standard toolbar (to facilitate turning the blamed thing on), the Acrobat toolbar, which I had to the right of it, is not displayed at startup even though there's still room for it (barely). Even when I turn it on in a given session and have it displayed when I quit Word, it isn't there the next time. Not a real issue, since I can easily display it when I need it (which is fairly infrequently)--just one more mystery (and really surprising given the usual persistence of that particular toolbar). -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I know we've been down this road before, Graham, but I still do not concur with a minor bug that randomly changes the Registry. If it were then the Registry key would be rebuilt which would reset it to the defaults and "Typing replaces selection" is not a default setting. I've investigated similar situations, "unexplained changes to user preferences", and each and every time we've found the cause. The gremlin has always been a third-party add-in or a document/template that contains a macro that is responsible for this type of behavior. Someone recorded a macro to make a change to Tools/Options and not edit their macro to remove the options that do not apply and the macro is in an add-in or template. Even some of the Microsoft templates change user preferences so it's not uncommon. I'll bet if we polled everyone who has encounter this situation and had them list every add-in they have installed or template they used we'd find the culprit. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Word 2003 has a minor bug that causes random changes to the registry key that holds the settings. If it becomes a problem you will need a macro solution to fix it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mrs Tabs wrote: Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer has solved the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme suddenly change like this of its own accord? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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It's not just the ruler, though, but unexplained changes in Zoom ratio, for
example. In theory, a document is supposed to open in the same view and at the same Zoom in which it is saved. Usually they do. But why do they occasionally not? Or why does Word sometimes open in Print Layout view at 105% even though I have Document1 in Normal view at 100% and keep it open all day, so that it is the last document I close when I shut down? I have long maintained that these issues were SDI-related, that Word seems to retain the settings of the previous window that was opened. What seems to (sort of) confirm this hunch is the behavior of white space. Given that the "White space between pages" box is on the View menu along with many other settings that are application-wide (not document-specific), you would expect a checked or unchecked box there to be reflected in every open document. But this actually varies by window, as explained in “WD2002: Rules for ‘Hide white space between pages’” at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=297564. My observation is that the display of field codes follows similar rules. -- 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. "Tony Jollans" My forename at my surname dot com wrote in message ... I'm with Beth on this one and tend not to accept corruption as an explanation just because the real cause is unknown. Random changes to the registry key seems so unlikely an explanation of anything. A specific problem with the ruler, which I know you've mentioned before and which is not experienced by everyone, no matter what the cause, isn't random - although it may be a bug, perhaps triggered by some combination of circumstance peculiar to you. -- Enjoy, Tony "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, I'd love to know which add-in is monkeying with my ruler display. I want it ON, always, in every document, all the time, but I can have it on in one session and it's off in the next, on in the current document and off in the next one I open (in a given session), no matter how many times I save and close documents (and Word) with the ruler displayed. My add-ins a DataPrompter.dot TaskPaneController.dot PDFMaker.dot Also, another slight mystery: ever since I added a Ruler button to my Standard toolbar (to facilitate turning the blamed thing on), the Acrobat toolbar, which I had to the right of it, is not displayed at startup even though there's still room for it (barely). Even when I turn it on in a given session and have it displayed when I quit Word, it isn't there the next time. Not a real issue, since I can easily display it when I need it (which is fairly infrequently)--just one more mystery (and really surprising given the usual persistence of that particular toolbar). -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I know we've been down this road before, Graham, but I still do not concur with a minor bug that randomly changes the Registry. If it were then the Registry key would be rebuilt which would reset it to the defaults and "Typing replaces selection" is not a default setting. I've investigated similar situations, "unexplained changes to user preferences", and each and every time we've found the cause. The gremlin has always been a third-party add-in or a document/template that contains a macro that is responsible for this type of behavior. Someone recorded a macro to make a change to Tools/Options and not edit their macro to remove the options that do not apply and the macro is in an add-in or template. Even some of the Microsoft templates change user preferences so it's not uncommon. I'll bet if we polled everyone who has encounter this situation and had them list every add-in they have installed or template they used we'd find the culprit. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Word 2003 has a minor bug that causes random changes to the registry key that holds the settings. If it becomes a problem you will need a macro solution to fix it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mrs Tabs wrote: Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer has solved the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme suddenly change like this of its own accord? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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IIRC, I think we had a private discussion on this and didn't we find
that the SnagIt add-in had something to do with it? Depending on the version it may not display in the COM Add-ins dialog box since. I forget which version was a "per machine" instead of a "per user" installation. Either that or another discussion I recall is didn't you turn your ruler off for Print Preview? There was a specific sequence that would result in the ruler also ending up being turned off the next time you created a new document. Let's see...here you go, these steps should reproduce it: - Switch to Print Preview - Turn off the display of the ruler - Close Print Preview Result: Ruler still displays - Create a new document Result: Ruler is turned off. So this one is indeed a bug , however it does have a set of reproducible steps and it isn't random. I'm not sure about the Acrobat toolbar. I do know their add-ins are poorly designed and without being able to see their code that one may remain a mystery... Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, I'd love to know which add-in is monkeying with my ruler display. I want it ON, always, in every document, all the time, but I can have it on in one session and it's off in the next, on in the current document and off in the next one I open (in a given session), no matter how many times I save and close documents (and Word) with the ruler displayed. My add-ins a DataPrompter.dot TaskPaneController.dot PDFMaker.dot Also, another slight mystery: ever since I added a Ruler button to my Standard toolbar (to facilitate turning the blamed thing on), the Acrobat toolbar, which I had to the right of it, is not displayed at startup even though there's still room for it (barely). Even when I turn it on in a given session and have it displayed when I quit Word, it isn't there the next time. Not a real issue, since I can easily display it when I need it (which is fairly infrequently)--just one more mystery (and really surprising given the usual persistence of that particular toolbar). -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I know we've been down this road before, Graham, but I still do not concur with a minor bug that randomly changes the Registry. If it were then the Registry key would be rebuilt which would reset it to the defaults and "Typing replaces selection" is not a default setting. I've investigated similar situations, "unexplained changes to user preferences", and each and every time we've found the cause. The gremlin has always been a third-party add-in or a document/template that contains a macro that is responsible for this type of behavior. Someone recorded a macro to make a change to Tools/Options and not edit their macro to remove the options that do not apply and the macro is in an add-in or template. Even some of the Microsoft templates change user preferences so it's not uncommon. I'll bet if we polled everyone who has encounter this situation and had them list every add-in they have installed or template they used we'd find the culprit. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Word 2003 has a minor bug that causes random changes to the registry key that holds the settings. If it becomes a problem you will need a macro solution to fix it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mrs Tabs wrote: Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer has solved the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme suddenly change like this of its own accord? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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In theory, a document is supposed to open in the same view and at
the same Zoom in which it is saved. Usually they do. But why do they occasionally not? I'd like an answer to that one myself. I do find the View settings, some being document specific and others not, to be confusing on occasion and I wouldn't be completely surprised if Word got itself tied in knots trying to maintain a set of over-complicated rules and losing track of the setting it was trying to use. I do notice some odd behaviour similar to that you describe but tend to shrug my shoulders and carry on regardless. and have never taken the time to try and fathom it - perhaps I should. -- Enjoy, Tony "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It's not just the ruler, though, but unexplained changes in Zoom ratio, for example. In theory, a document is supposed to open in the same view and at the same Zoom in which it is saved. Usually they do. But why do they occasionally not? Or why does Word sometimes open in Print Layout view at 105% even though I have Document1 in Normal view at 100% and keep it open all day, so that it is the last document I close when I shut down? I have long maintained that these issues were SDI-related, that Word seems to retain the settings of the previous window that was opened. What seems to (sort of) confirm this hunch is the behavior of white space. Given that the "White space between pages" box is on the View menu along with many other settings that are application-wide (not document-specific), you would expect a checked or unchecked box there to be reflected in every open document. But this actually varies by window, as explained in “WD2002: Rules for ‘Hide white space between pages’” at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=297564. My observation is that the display of field codes follows similar rules. -- 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. "Tony Jollans" My forename at my surname dot com wrote in message ... I'm with Beth on this one and tend not to accept corruption as an explanation just because the real cause is unknown. Random changes to the registry key seems so unlikely an explanation of anything. A specific problem with the ruler, which I know you've mentioned before and which is not experienced by everyone, no matter what the cause, isn't random - although it may be a bug, perhaps triggered by some combination of circumstance peculiar to you. -- Enjoy, Tony "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, I'd love to know which add-in is monkeying with my ruler display. I want it ON, always, in every document, all the time, but I can have it on in one session and it's off in the next, on in the current document and off in the next one I open (in a given session), no matter how many times I save and close documents (and Word) with the ruler displayed. My add-ins a DataPrompter.dot TaskPaneController.dot PDFMaker.dot Also, another slight mystery: ever since I added a Ruler button to my Standard toolbar (to facilitate turning the blamed thing on), the Acrobat toolbar, which I had to the right of it, is not displayed at startup even though there's still room for it (barely). Even when I turn it on in a given session and have it displayed when I quit Word, it isn't there the next time. Not a real issue, since I can easily display it when I need it (which is fairly infrequently)--just one more mystery (and really surprising given the usual persistence of that particular toolbar). -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I know we've been down this road before, Graham, but I still do not concur with a minor bug that randomly changes the Registry. If it were then the Registry key would be rebuilt which would reset it to the defaults and "Typing replaces selection" is not a default setting. I've investigated similar situations, "unexplained changes to user preferences", and each and every time we've found the cause. The gremlin has always been a third-party add-in or a document/template that contains a macro that is responsible for this type of behavior. Someone recorded a macro to make a change to Tools/Options and not edit their macro to remove the options that do not apply and the macro is in an add-in or template. Even some of the Microsoft templates change user preferences so it's not uncommon. I'll bet if we polled everyone who has encounter this situation and had them list every add-in they have installed or template they used we'd find the culprit. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Word 2003 has a minor bug that causes random changes to the registry key that holds the settings. If it becomes a problem you will need a macro solution to fix it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mrs Tabs wrote: Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer has solved the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme suddenly change like this of its own accord? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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It's been awhile since I looked into the zoom and view issue but IIRC
it's similar to how the Show white space option is handled, a per window, per document, per user setting. I do know it only started happening with either Word 2002 or 2003 when Microsoft changed the behavior as an effort to appease those who wanted to maintain their zoom and view setting. I think there are too many variables so we end up with fickle behavior and nothing that ends up being reliable. In this situation, I do agree that if you want to control it then you need to use a macro. But like with the missing ruler, there is a reasonable explanation for the behavior. ;-) Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It's not just the ruler, though, but unexplained changes in Zoom ratio, for example. In theory, a document is supposed to open in the same view and at the same Zoom in which it is saved. Usually they do. But why do they occasionally not? Or why does Word sometimes open in Print Layout view at 105% even though I have Document1 in Normal view at 100% and keep it open all day, so that it is the last document I close when I shut down? I have long maintained that these issues were SDI-related, that Word seems to retain the settings of the previous window that was opened. What seems to (sort of) confirm this hunch is the behavior of white space. Given that the "White space between pages" box is on the View menu along with many other settings that are application-wide (not document-specific), you would expect a checked or unchecked box there to be reflected in every open document. But this actually varies by window, as explained in “WD2002: Rules for ‘Hide white space between pages’” at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=297564. My observation is that the display of field codes follows similar rules. -- 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. "Tony Jollans" My forename at my surname dot com wrote in message ... I'm with Beth on this one and tend not to accept corruption as an explanation just because the real cause is unknown. Random changes to the registry key seems so unlikely an explanation of anything. A specific problem with the ruler, which I know you've mentioned before and which is not experienced by everyone, no matter what the cause, isn't random - although it may be a bug, perhaps triggered by some combination of circumstance peculiar to you. -- Enjoy, Tony "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, I'd love to know which add-in is monkeying with my ruler display. I want it ON, always, in every document, all the time, but I can have it on in one session and it's off in the next, on in the current document and off in the next one I open (in a given session), no matter how many times I save and close documents (and Word) with the ruler displayed. My add-ins a DataPrompter.dot TaskPaneController.dot PDFMaker.dot Also, another slight mystery: ever since I added a Ruler button to my Standard toolbar (to facilitate turning the blamed thing on), the Acrobat toolbar, which I had to the right of it, is not displayed at startup even though there's still room for it (barely). Even when I turn it on in a given session and have it displayed when I quit Word, it isn't there the next time. Not a real issue, since I can easily display it when I need it (which is fairly infrequently)--just one more mystery (and really surprising given the usual persistence of that particular toolbar). -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I know we've been down this road before, Graham, but I still do not concur with a minor bug that randomly changes the Registry. If it were then the Registry key would be rebuilt which would reset it to the defaults and "Typing replaces selection" is not a default setting. I've investigated similar situations, "unexplained changes to user preferences", and each and every time we've found the cause. The gremlin has always been a third-party add-in or a document/template that contains a macro that is responsible for this type of behavior. Someone recorded a macro to make a change to Tools/Options and not edit their macro to remove the options that do not apply and the macro is in an add-in or template. Even some of the Microsoft templates change user preferences so it's not uncommon. I'll bet if we polled everyone who has encounter this situation and had them list every add-in they have installed or template they used we'd find the culprit. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Word 2003 has a minor bug that causes random changes to the registry key that holds the settings. If it becomes a problem you will need a macro solution to fix it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mrs Tabs wrote: Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer has solved the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme suddenly change like this of its own accord? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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I don't recall the previous discussion indicting either of those causes
specifically, but indeed, I do have SnagIt, and I do have the ruler turned off in Print Preview (didn't know it was supposed to be on). Of course, I would love to lay all these things at Adobe's door; they do so many dumb things that it's very tempting to blame them (or Symantec) for everything. g -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... IIRC, I think we had a private discussion on this and didn't we find that the SnagIt add-in had something to do with it? Depending on the version it may not display in the COM Add-ins dialog box since. I forget which version was a "per machine" instead of a "per user" installation. Either that or another discussion I recall is didn't you turn your ruler off for Print Preview? There was a specific sequence that would result in the ruler also ending up being turned off the next time you created a new document. Let's see...here you go, these steps should reproduce it: - Switch to Print Preview - Turn off the display of the ruler - Close Print Preview Result: Ruler still displays - Create a new document Result: Ruler is turned off. So this one is indeed a bug , however it does have a set of reproducible steps and it isn't random. I'm not sure about the Acrobat toolbar. I do know their add-ins are poorly designed and without being able to see their code that one may remain a mystery... Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, I'd love to know which add-in is monkeying with my ruler display. I want it ON, always, in every document, all the time, but I can have it on in one session and it's off in the next, on in the current document and off in the next one I open (in a given session), no matter how many times I save and close documents (and Word) with the ruler displayed. My add-ins a DataPrompter.dot TaskPaneController.dot PDFMaker.dot Also, another slight mystery: ever since I added a Ruler button to my Standard toolbar (to facilitate turning the blamed thing on), the Acrobat toolbar, which I had to the right of it, is not displayed at startup even though there's still room for it (barely). Even when I turn it on in a given session and have it displayed when I quit Word, it isn't there the next time. Not a real issue, since I can easily display it when I need it (which is fairly infrequently)--just one more mystery (and really surprising given the usual persistence of that particular toolbar). -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I know we've been down this road before, Graham, but I still do not concur with a minor bug that randomly changes the Registry. If it were then the Registry key would be rebuilt which would reset it to the defaults and "Typing replaces selection" is not a default setting. I've investigated similar situations, "unexplained changes to user preferences", and each and every time we've found the cause. The gremlin has always been a third-party add-in or a document/template that contains a macro that is responsible for this type of behavior. Someone recorded a macro to make a change to Tools/Options and not edit their macro to remove the options that do not apply and the macro is in an add-in or template. Even some of the Microsoft templates change user preferences so it's not uncommon. I'll bet if we polled everyone who has encounter this situation and had them list every add-in they have installed or template they used we'd find the culprit. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Word 2003 has a minor bug that causes random changes to the registry key that holds the settings. If it becomes a problem you will need a macro solution to fix it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mrs Tabs wrote: Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer has solved the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme suddenly change like this of its own accord? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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I do notice some odd
behaviour similar to that you describe but tend to shrug my shoulders and carry on regardless. and have never taken the time to try and fathom it - perhaps I should. That's exactly the situation I find myself in. I'm busy performing a task and experience these phenomena as a brief annoyance and interruption (for the second or two it takes to change the setting to the desired one) but not enough of a problem to troubleshoot extensively. -- 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. "Tony Jollans" My forename at my surname dot com wrote in message ... In theory, a document is supposed to open in the same view and at the same Zoom in which it is saved. Usually they do. But why do they occasionally not? I'd like an answer to that one myself. I do find the View settings, some being document specific and others not, to be confusing on occasion and I wouldn't be completely surprised if Word got itself tied in knots trying to maintain a set of over-complicated rules and losing track of the setting it was trying to use. I do notice some odd behaviour similar to that you describe but tend to shrug my shoulders and carry on regardless. and have never taken the time to try and fathom it - perhaps I should. -- Enjoy, Tony "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It's not just the ruler, though, but unexplained changes in Zoom ratio, for example. In theory, a document is supposed to open in the same view and at the same Zoom in which it is saved. Usually they do. But why do they occasionally not? Or why does Word sometimes open in Print Layout view at 105% even though I have Document1 in Normal view at 100% and keep it open all day, so that it is the last document I close when I shut down? I have long maintained that these issues were SDI-related, that Word seems to retain the settings of the previous window that was opened. What seems to (sort of) confirm this hunch is the behavior of white space. Given that the "White space between pages" box is on the View menu along with many other settings that are application-wide (not document-specific), you would expect a checked or unchecked box there to be reflected in every open document. But this actually varies by window, as explained in “WD2002: Rules for ‘Hide white space between pages’” at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=297564. My observation is that the display of field codes follows similar rules. -- 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. "Tony Jollans" My forename at my surname dot com wrote in message ... I'm with Beth on this one and tend not to accept corruption as an explanation just because the real cause is unknown. Random changes to the registry key seems so unlikely an explanation of anything. A specific problem with the ruler, which I know you've mentioned before and which is not experienced by everyone, no matter what the cause, isn't random - although it may be a bug, perhaps triggered by some combination of circumstance peculiar to you. -- Enjoy, Tony "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, I'd love to know which add-in is monkeying with my ruler display. I want it ON, always, in every document, all the time, but I can have it on in one session and it's off in the next, on in the current document and off in the next one I open (in a given session), no matter how many times I save and close documents (and Word) with the ruler displayed. My add-ins a DataPrompter.dot TaskPaneController.dot PDFMaker.dot Also, another slight mystery: ever since I added a Ruler button to my Standard toolbar (to facilitate turning the blamed thing on), the Acrobat toolbar, which I had to the right of it, is not displayed at startup even though there's still room for it (barely). Even when I turn it on in a given session and have it displayed when I quit Word, it isn't there the next time. Not a real issue, since I can easily display it when I need it (which is fairly infrequently)--just one more mystery (and really surprising given the usual persistence of that particular toolbar). -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I know we've been down this road before, Graham, but I still do not concur with a minor bug that randomly changes the Registry. If it were then the Registry key would be rebuilt which would reset it to the defaults and "Typing replaces selection" is not a default setting. I've investigated similar situations, "unexplained changes to user preferences", and each and every time we've found the cause. The gremlin has always been a third-party add-in or a document/template that contains a macro that is responsible for this type of behavior. Someone recorded a macro to make a change to Tools/Options and not edit their macro to remove the options that do not apply and the macro is in an add-in or template. Even some of the Microsoft templates change user preferences so it's not uncommon. I'll bet if we polled everyone who has encounter this situation and had them list every add-in they have installed or template they used we'd find the culprit. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Word 2003 has a minor bug that causes random changes to the registry key that holds the settings. If it becomes a problem you will need a macro solution to fix it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mrs Tabs wrote: Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer has solved the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme suddenly change like this of its own accord? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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I'd have to go searching but I do remember discussions about your
ruler, status bar (I think that's the one that we found to be caused by SnagIt), and I think there was one or two settings in Tools/Options that weren't sticking that was attributed to Adobe. Ah, here's the thread on the ruler: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...9906234ab462cc (Interestingly it stemmed from a similar discussion as we are having now. lol) Essentially Print Preview is Page Layout view so I'd say the ruler view is connected. That being the case, I suspect the bug you are encountering is due to a refresh/redraw on the document window and why the ruler doesn't go MIA until new document window is opened. (I think there was scroll bar bug that was similar in nature.) Also, in Word 2007 if you turn the ruler off in Print Preview it remains off when you close it so it looks like the bug was corrected. g Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I don't recall the previous discussion indicting either of those causes specifically, but indeed, I do have SnagIt, and I do have the ruler turned off in Print Preview (didn't know it was supposed to be on). Of course, I would love to lay all these things at Adobe's door; they do so many dumb things that it's very tempting to blame them (or Symantec) for everything. g -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... IIRC, I think we had a private discussion on this and didn't we find that the SnagIt add-in had something to do with it? Depending on the version it may not display in the COM Add-ins dialog box since. I forget which version was a "per machine" instead of a "per user" installation. Either that or another discussion I recall is didn't you turn your ruler off for Print Preview? There was a specific sequence that would result in the ruler also ending up being turned off the next time you created a new document. Let's see...here you go, these steps should reproduce it: - Switch to Print Preview - Turn off the display of the ruler - Close Print Preview Result: Ruler still displays - Create a new document Result: Ruler is turned off. So this one is indeed a bug , however it does have a set of reproducible steps and it isn't random. I'm not sure about the Acrobat toolbar. I do know their add-ins are poorly designed and without being able to see their code that one may remain a mystery... Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, I'd love to know which add-in is monkeying with my ruler display. I want it ON, always, in every document, all the time, but I can have it on in one session and it's off in the next, on in the current document and off in the next one I open (in a given session), no matter how many times I save and close documents (and Word) with the ruler displayed. My add-ins a DataPrompter.dot TaskPaneController.dot PDFMaker.dot Also, another slight mystery: ever since I added a Ruler button to my Standard toolbar (to facilitate turning the blamed thing on), the Acrobat toolbar, which I had to the right of it, is not displayed at startup even though there's still room for it (barely). Even when I turn it on in a given session and have it displayed when I quit Word, it isn't there the next time. Not a real issue, since I can easily display it when I need it (which is fairly infrequently)--just one more mystery (and really surprising given the usual persistence of that particular toolbar). -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I know we've been down this road before, Graham, but I still do not concur with a minor bug that randomly changes the Registry. If it were then the Registry key would be rebuilt which would reset it to the defaults and "Typing replaces selection" is not a default setting. I've investigated similar situations, "unexplained changes to user preferences", and each and every time we've found the cause. The gremlin has always been a third-party add-in or a document/template that contains a macro that is responsible for this type of behavior. Someone recorded a macro to make a change to Tools/Options and not edit their macro to remove the options that do not apply and the macro is in an add-in or template. Even some of the Microsoft templates change user preferences so it's not uncommon. I'll bet if we polled everyone who has encounter this situation and had them list every add-in they have installed or template they used we'd find the culprit. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Word 2003 has a minor bug that causes random changes to the registry key that holds the settings. If it becomes a problem you will need a macro solution to fix it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mrs Tabs wrote: Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer has solved the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme suddenly change like this of its own accord? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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Well, I've reinstated the ruler in Print Preview, so we'll see how much that
helps. Then maybe if it works, I can delete the Ruler button from the toolbar and see if the Adobe toolbar comes back. g -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I'd have to go searching but I do remember discussions about your ruler, status bar (I think that's the one that we found to be caused by SnagIt), and I think there was one or two settings in Tools/Options that weren't sticking that was attributed to Adobe. Ah, here's the thread on the ruler: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...9906234ab462cc (Interestingly it stemmed from a similar discussion as we are having now. lol) Essentially Print Preview is Page Layout view so I'd say the ruler view is connected. That being the case, I suspect the bug you are encountering is due to a refresh/redraw on the document window and why the ruler doesn't go MIA until new document window is opened. (I think there was scroll bar bug that was similar in nature.) Also, in Word 2007 if you turn the ruler off in Print Preview it remains off when you close it so it looks like the bug was corrected. g Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I don't recall the previous discussion indicting either of those causes specifically, but indeed, I do have SnagIt, and I do have the ruler turned off in Print Preview (didn't know it was supposed to be on). Of course, I would love to lay all these things at Adobe's door; they do so many dumb things that it's very tempting to blame them (or Symantec) for everything. g -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... IIRC, I think we had a private discussion on this and didn't we find that the SnagIt add-in had something to do with it? Depending on the version it may not display in the COM Add-ins dialog box since. I forget which version was a "per machine" instead of a "per user" installation. Either that or another discussion I recall is didn't you turn your ruler off for Print Preview? There was a specific sequence that would result in the ruler also ending up being turned off the next time you created a new document. Let's see...here you go, these steps should reproduce it: - Switch to Print Preview - Turn off the display of the ruler - Close Print Preview Result: Ruler still displays - Create a new document Result: Ruler is turned off. So this one is indeed a bug , however it does have a set of reproducible steps and it isn't random. I'm not sure about the Acrobat toolbar. I do know their add-ins are poorly designed and without being able to see their code that one may remain a mystery... Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, I'd love to know which add-in is monkeying with my ruler display. I want it ON, always, in every document, all the time, but I can have it on in one session and it's off in the next, on in the current document and off in the next one I open (in a given session), no matter how many times I save and close documents (and Word) with the ruler displayed. My add-ins a DataPrompter.dot TaskPaneController.dot PDFMaker.dot Also, another slight mystery: ever since I added a Ruler button to my Standard toolbar (to facilitate turning the blamed thing on), the Acrobat toolbar, which I had to the right of it, is not displayed at startup even though there's still room for it (barely). Even when I turn it on in a given session and have it displayed when I quit Word, it isn't there the next time. Not a real issue, since I can easily display it when I need it (which is fairly infrequently)--just one more mystery (and really surprising given the usual persistence of that particular toolbar). -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I know we've been down this road before, Graham, but I still do not concur with a minor bug that randomly changes the Registry. If it were then the Registry key would be rebuilt which would reset it to the defaults and "Typing replaces selection" is not a default setting. I've investigated similar situations, "unexplained changes to user preferences", and each and every time we've found the cause. The gremlin has always been a third-party add-in or a document/template that contains a macro that is responsible for this type of behavior. Someone recorded a macro to make a change to Tools/Options and not edit their macro to remove the options that do not apply and the macro is in an add-in or template. Even some of the Microsoft templates change user preferences so it's not uncommon. I'll bet if we polled everyone who has encounter this situation and had them list every add-in they have installed or template they used we'd find the culprit. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Word 2003 has a minor bug that causes random changes to the registry key that holds the settings. If it becomes a problem you will need a macro solution to fix it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mrs Tabs wrote: Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer has solved the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme suddenly change like this of its own accord? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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Let us know what you find - especially on the Adobe toolbar.
Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, I've reinstated the ruler in Print Preview, so we'll see how much that helps. Then maybe if it works, I can delete the Ruler button from the toolbar and see if the Adobe toolbar comes back. g -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I'd have to go searching but I do remember discussions about your ruler, status bar (I think that's the one that we found to be caused by SnagIt), and I think there was one or two settings in Tools/Options that weren't sticking that was attributed to Adobe. Ah, here's the thread on the ruler: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...9906234ab462cc (Interestingly it stemmed from a similar discussion as we are having now. lol) Essentially Print Preview is Page Layout view so I'd say the ruler view is connected. That being the case, I suspect the bug you are encountering is due to a refresh/redraw on the document window and why the ruler doesn't go MIA until new document window is opened. (I think there was scroll bar bug that was similar in nature.) Also, in Word 2007 if you turn the ruler off in Print Preview it remains off when you close it so it looks like the bug was corrected. g Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I don't recall the previous discussion indicting either of those causes specifically, but indeed, I do have SnagIt, and I do have the ruler turned off in Print Preview (didn't know it was supposed to be on). Of course, I would love to lay all these things at Adobe's door; they do so many dumb things that it's very tempting to blame them (or Symantec) for everything. g -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... IIRC, I think we had a private discussion on this and didn't we find that the SnagIt add-in had something to do with it? Depending on the version it may not display in the COM Add-ins dialog box since. I forget which version was a "per machine" instead of a "per user" installation. Either that or another discussion I recall is didn't you turn your ruler off for Print Preview? There was a specific sequence that would result in the ruler also ending up being turned off the next time you created a new document. Let's see...here you go, these steps should reproduce it: - Switch to Print Preview - Turn off the display of the ruler - Close Print Preview Result: Ruler still displays - Create a new document Result: Ruler is turned off. So this one is indeed a bug , however it does have a set of reproducible steps and it isn't random. I'm not sure about the Acrobat toolbar. I do know their add-ins are poorly designed and without being able to see their code that one may remain a mystery... Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, I'd love to know which add-in is monkeying with my ruler display. I want it ON, always, in every document, all the time, but I can have it on in one session and it's off in the next, on in the current document and off in the next one I open (in a given session), no matter how many times I save and close documents (and Word) with the ruler displayed. My add-ins a DataPrompter.dot TaskPaneController.dot PDFMaker.dot Also, another slight mystery: ever since I added a Ruler button to my Standard toolbar (to facilitate turning the blamed thing on), the Acrobat toolbar, which I had to the right of it, is not displayed at startup even though there's still room for it (barely). Even when I turn it on in a given session and have it displayed when I quit Word, it isn't there the next time. Not a real issue, since I can easily display it when I need it (which is fairly infrequently)--just one more mystery (and really surprising given the usual persistence of that particular toolbar). -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I know we've been down this road before, Graham, but I still do not concur with a minor bug that randomly changes the Registry. If it were then the Registry key would be rebuilt which would reset it to the defaults and "Typing replaces selection" is not a default setting. I've investigated similar situations, "unexplained changes to user preferences", and each and every time we've found the cause. The gremlin has always been a third-party add-in or a document/template that contains a macro that is responsible for this type of behavior. Someone recorded a macro to make a change to Tools/Options and not edit their macro to remove the options that do not apply and the macro is in an add-in or template. Even some of the Microsoft templates change user preferences so it's not uncommon. I'll bet if we polled everyone who has encounter this situation and had them list every add-in they have installed or template they used we'd find the culprit. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Word 2003 has a minor bug that causes random changes to the registry key that holds the settings. If it becomes a problem you will need a macro solution to fix it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mrs Tabs wrote: Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer has solved the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme suddenly change like this of its own accord? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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Having followed this and other threads on the subject - isn't what you are
describing a minor bug that changes the registry where the settings are stored, and if it does that without your connivance than that is a corruption - which is more or less what I said in the first place? If it is attributable to an add-in (and I too have SnagIt - which I would not be without - Acrobat 7, and others which are essential to me) then the only practical answer is a fix to work around it - the auto macro fixes I have advocated in various similar posts do at least fix the issues. If it is proved to be SnagIt then I have always found that company most amenable to suggestions to improve their product. But I am not yet ready to lay the blame at their door. Collation of the add-ins installed by those who report errors of this nature may be a plan - I must try and remember to ask next time  -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Beth Melton wrote: Let us know what you find - especially on the Adobe toolbar. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, I've reinstated the ruler in Print Preview, so we'll see how much that helps. Then maybe if it works, I can delete the Ruler button from the toolbar and see if the Adobe toolbar comes back. g -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I'd have to go searching but I do remember discussions about your ruler, status bar (I think that's the one that we found to be caused by SnagIt), and I think there was one or two settings in Tools/Options that weren't sticking that was attributed to Adobe. Ah, here's the thread on the ruler: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...9906234ab462cc (Interestingly it stemmed from a similar discussion as we are having now. lol) Essentially Print Preview is Page Layout view so I'd say the ruler view is connected. That being the case, I suspect the bug you are encountering is due to a refresh/redraw on the document window and why the ruler doesn't go MIA until new document window is opened. (I think there was scroll bar bug that was similar in nature.) Also, in Word 2007 if you turn the ruler off in Print Preview it remains off when you close it so it looks like the bug was corrected. g Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I don't recall the previous discussion indicting either of those causes specifically, but indeed, I do have SnagIt, and I do have the ruler turned off in Print Preview (didn't know it was supposed to be on). Of course, I would love to lay all these things at Adobe's door; they do so many dumb things that it's very tempting to blame them (or Symantec) for everything. g -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... IIRC, I think we had a private discussion on this and didn't we find that the SnagIt add-in had something to do with it? Depending on the version it may not display in the COM Add-ins dialog box since. I forget which version was a "per machine" instead of a "per user" installation. Either that or another discussion I recall is didn't you turn your ruler off for Print Preview? There was a specific sequence that would result in the ruler also ending up being turned off the next time you created a new document. Let's see...here you go, these steps should reproduce it: - Switch to Print Preview - Turn off the display of the ruler - Close Print Preview Result: Ruler still displays - Create a new document Result: Ruler is turned off. So this one is indeed a bug , however it does have a set of reproducible steps and it isn't random. I'm not sure about the Acrobat toolbar. I do know their add-ins are poorly designed and without being able to see their code that one may remain a mystery... Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, I'd love to know which add-in is monkeying with my ruler display. I want it ON, always, in every document, all the time, but I can have it on in one session and it's off in the next, on in the current document and off in the next one I open (in a given session), no matter how many times I save and close documents (and Word) with the ruler displayed. My add-ins a DataPrompter.dot TaskPaneController.dot PDFMaker.dot Also, another slight mystery: ever since I added a Ruler button to my Standard toolbar (to facilitate turning the blamed thing on), the Acrobat toolbar, which I had to the right of it, is not displayed at startup even though there's still room for it (barely). Even when I turn it on in a given session and have it displayed when I quit Word, it isn't there the next time. Not a real issue, since I can easily display it when I need it (which is fairly infrequently)--just one more mystery (and really surprising given the usual persistence of that particular toolbar). -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I know we've been down this road before, Graham, but I still do not concur with a minor bug that randomly changes the Registry. If it were then the Registry key would be rebuilt which would reset it to the defaults and "Typing replaces selection" is not a default setting. I've investigated similar situations, "unexplained changes to user preferences", and each and every time we've found the cause. The gremlin has always been a third-party add-in or a document/template that contains a macro that is responsible for this type of behavior. Someone recorded a macro to make a change to Tools/Options and not edit their macro to remove the options that do not apply and the macro is in an add-in or template. Even some of the Microsoft templates change user preferences so it's not uncommon. I'll bet if we polled everyone who has encounter this situation and had them list every add-in they have installed or template they used we'd find the culprit. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Word 2003 has a minor bug that causes random changes to the registry key that holds the settings. If it becomes a problem you will need a macro solution to fix it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mrs Tabs wrote: Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer has solved the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme suddenly change like this of its own accord? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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FWIW, I restored the ruler in Print Preview and so far all is copacetic on
that front (not much stress on the system yet, though), and Word came up this morning with the Adobe toolbar loaded, too, though I think that's a complete red herring. -- 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 ... Having followed this and other threads on the subject - isn't what you are describing a minor bug that changes the registry where the settings are stored, and if it does that without your connivance than that is a corruption - which is more or less what I said in the first place? If it is attributable to an add-in (and I too have SnagIt - which I would not be without - Acrobat 7, and others which are essential to me) then the only practical answer is a fix to work around it - the auto macro fixes I have advocated in various similar posts do at least fix the issues. If it is proved to be SnagIt then I have always found that company most amenable to suggestions to improve their product. But I am not yet ready to lay the blame at their door. Collation of the add-ins installed by those who report errors of this nature may be a plan - I must try and remember to ask next time -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Beth Melton wrote: Let us know what you find - especially on the Adobe toolbar. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, I've reinstated the ruler in Print Preview, so we'll see how much that helps. Then maybe if it works, I can delete the Ruler button from the toolbar and see if the Adobe toolbar comes back. g -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I'd have to go searching but I do remember discussions about your ruler, status bar (I think that's the one that we found to be caused by SnagIt), and I think there was one or two settings in Tools/Options that weren't sticking that was attributed to Adobe. Ah, here's the thread on the ruler: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...9906234ab462cc (Interestingly it stemmed from a similar discussion as we are having now. lol) Essentially Print Preview is Page Layout view so I'd say the ruler view is connected. That being the case, I suspect the bug you are encountering is due to a refresh/redraw on the document window and why the ruler doesn't go MIA until new document window is opened. (I think there was scroll bar bug that was similar in nature.) Also, in Word 2007 if you turn the ruler off in Print Preview it remains off when you close it so it looks like the bug was corrected. g Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I don't recall the previous discussion indicting either of those causes specifically, but indeed, I do have SnagIt, and I do have the ruler turned off in Print Preview (didn't know it was supposed to be on). Of course, I would love to lay all these things at Adobe's door; they do so many dumb things that it's very tempting to blame them (or Symantec) for everything. g -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... IIRC, I think we had a private discussion on this and didn't we find that the SnagIt add-in had something to do with it? Depending on the version it may not display in the COM Add-ins dialog box since. I forget which version was a "per machine" instead of a "per user" installation. Either that or another discussion I recall is didn't you turn your ruler off for Print Preview? There was a specific sequence that would result in the ruler also ending up being turned off the next time you created a new document. Let's see...here you go, these steps should reproduce it: - Switch to Print Preview - Turn off the display of the ruler - Close Print Preview Result: Ruler still displays - Create a new document Result: Ruler is turned off. So this one is indeed a bug , however it does have a set of reproducible steps and it isn't random. I'm not sure about the Acrobat toolbar. I do know their add-ins are poorly designed and without being able to see their code that one may remain a mystery... Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, I'd love to know which add-in is monkeying with my ruler display. I want it ON, always, in every document, all the time, but I can have it on in one session and it's off in the next, on in the current document and off in the next one I open (in a given session), no matter how many times I save and close documents (and Word) with the ruler displayed. My add-ins a DataPrompter.dot TaskPaneController.dot PDFMaker.dot Also, another slight mystery: ever since I added a Ruler button to my Standard toolbar (to facilitate turning the blamed thing on), the Acrobat toolbar, which I had to the right of it, is not displayed at startup even though there's still room for it (barely). Even when I turn it on in a given session and have it displayed when I quit Word, it isn't there the next time. Not a real issue, since I can easily display it when I need it (which is fairly infrequently)--just one more mystery (and really surprising given the usual persistence of that particular toolbar). -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I know we've been down this road before, Graham, but I still do not concur with a minor bug that randomly changes the Registry. If it were then the Registry key would be rebuilt which would reset it to the defaults and "Typing replaces selection" is not a default setting. I've investigated similar situations, "unexplained changes to user preferences", and each and every time we've found the cause. The gremlin has always been a third-party add-in or a document/template that contains a macro that is responsible for this type of behavior. Someone recorded a macro to make a change to Tools/Options and not edit their macro to remove the options that do not apply and the macro is in an add-in or template. Even some of the Microsoft templates change user preferences so it's not uncommon. I'll bet if we polled everyone who has encounter this situation and had them list every add-in they have installed or template they used we'd find the culprit. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Word 2003 has a minor bug that causes random changes to the registry key that holds the settings. If it becomes a problem you will need a macro solution to fix it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mrs Tabs wrote: Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer has solved the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme suddenly change like this of its own accord? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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Perhaps its our definitions of corruption and bug. :-)
To me, corruption when the bits in a file or Registry are placed in a state that they can no longer be read, such as in the case of the missing toolbars caused by a corrupt Toolbars value in the Data key. A bug, OTOH, is when the program doesn't function as it was intended: issues that result in a crash or hang or a "buglet" if you will, something that doesn't cause an error but it isn't functioning correctly, due to how it was coded, such as the Ruler display Suzanne has encountered. If a third-party add-in modifies the Registry or another Word component then I don't classify that as a Word bug or corruption. The application is functioning exactly as the creator of the macro designed it to function, whether they intended to add certain behaviors or not, which in that case could be classified as bug in the add-in - but not a bug in Word. Now, do I agree with using a macro as a workaround for issues like this? But of course!! My primary disagreement is chalking issues up to bugs or corruption. Doing so gives the impression that Word is full of instabilities when it fact it isn't. I'm tired of comments things like "Word is full of bugs" or "Word is unstable". The "blame" belongs to the developer of the add-in causing the issue and I think users should know why their application is not functioning as they expect it to function. Perhaps if users held the creators a little more responsible for the issues their add-ins cause then they just may create a better add-in. (I know, it's a pipe dream but you never know! g) Also, regarding the SnagIt issue. The add-in was an older version (the one that modified Normal.dot) and it caused issues in the status bar - page number, section, etc would be blank. I think this was corrected in a later version due to our feedback. :-) Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Having followed this and other threads on the subject - isn't what you are describing a minor bug that changes the registry where the settings are stored, and if it does that without your connivance than that is a corruption - which is more or less what I said in the first place? If it is attributable to an add-in (and I too have SnagIt - which I would not be without - Acrobat 7, and others which are essential to me) then the only practical answer is a fix to work around it - the auto macro fixes I have advocated in various similar posts do at least fix the issues. If it is proved to be SnagIt then I have always found that company most amenable to suggestions to improve their product. But I am not yet ready to lay the blame at their door. Collation of the add-ins installed by those who report errors of this nature may be a plan - I must try and remember to ask next time -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Beth Melton wrote: Let us know what you find - especially on the Adobe toolbar. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, I've reinstated the ruler in Print Preview, so we'll see how much that helps. Then maybe if it works, I can delete the Ruler button from the toolbar and see if the Adobe toolbar comes back. g -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I'd have to go searching but I do remember discussions about your ruler, status bar (I think that's the one that we found to be caused by SnagIt), and I think there was one or two settings in Tools/Options that weren't sticking that was attributed to Adobe. Ah, here's the thread on the ruler: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...9906234ab462cc (Interestingly it stemmed from a similar discussion as we are having now. lol) Essentially Print Preview is Page Layout view so I'd say the ruler view is connected. That being the case, I suspect the bug you are encountering is due to a refresh/redraw on the document window and why the ruler doesn't go MIA until new document window is opened. (I think there was scroll bar bug that was similar in nature.) Also, in Word 2007 if you turn the ruler off in Print Preview it remains off when you close it so it looks like the bug was corrected. g Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I don't recall the previous discussion indicting either of those causes specifically, but indeed, I do have SnagIt, and I do have the ruler turned off in Print Preview (didn't know it was supposed to be on). Of course, I would love to lay all these things at Adobe's door; they do so many dumb things that it's very tempting to blame them (or Symantec) for everything. g -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... IIRC, I think we had a private discussion on this and didn't we find that the SnagIt add-in had something to do with it? Depending on the version it may not display in the COM Add-ins dialog box since. I forget which version was a "per machine" instead of a "per user" installation. Either that or another discussion I recall is didn't you turn your ruler off for Print Preview? There was a specific sequence that would result in the ruler also ending up being turned off the next time you created a new document. Let's see...here you go, these steps should reproduce it: - Switch to Print Preview - Turn off the display of the ruler - Close Print Preview Result: Ruler still displays - Create a new document Result: Ruler is turned off. So this one is indeed a bug , however it does have a set of reproducible steps and it isn't random. I'm not sure about the Acrobat toolbar. I do know their add-ins are poorly designed and without being able to see their code that one may remain a mystery... Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, I'd love to know which add-in is monkeying with my ruler display. I want it ON, always, in every document, all the time, but I can have it on in one session and it's off in the next, on in the current document and off in the next one I open (in a given session), no matter how many times I save and close documents (and Word) with the ruler displayed. My add-ins a DataPrompter.dot TaskPaneController.dot PDFMaker.dot Also, another slight mystery: ever since I added a Ruler button to my Standard toolbar (to facilitate turning the blamed thing on), the Acrobat toolbar, which I had to the right of it, is not displayed at startup even though there's still room for it (barely). Even when I turn it on in a given session and have it displayed when I quit Word, it isn't there the next time. Not a real issue, since I can easily display it when I need it (which is fairly infrequently)--just one more mystery (and really surprising given the usual persistence of that particular toolbar). -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I know we've been down this road before, Graham, but I still do not concur with a minor bug that randomly changes the Registry. If it were then the Registry key would be rebuilt which would reset it to the defaults and "Typing replaces selection" is not a default setting. I've investigated similar situations, "unexplained changes to user preferences", and each and every time we've found the cause. The gremlin has always been a third-party add-in or a document/template that contains a macro that is responsible for this type of behavior. Someone recorded a macro to make a change to Tools/Options and not edit their macro to remove the options that do not apply and the macro is in an add-in or template. Even some of the Microsoft templates change user preferences so it's not uncommon. I'll bet if we polled everyone who has encounter this situation and had them list every add-in they have installed or template they used we'd find the culprit. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Word 2003 has a minor bug that causes random changes to the registry key that holds the settings. If it becomes a problem you will need a macro solution to fix it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mrs Tabs wrote: Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer has solved the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme suddenly change like this of its own accord? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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You are right - it is a pipe dream
If the big boys like Adobe and Symantec cannot employ programmers who know what they are doing, what chance is there that the smaller outfits will do any better? Thankfully there are people that listen, like TechSmith (SnagIt) for now you have remionded me, I remember the particular isue with that earlier version. I too get fed up with people claiming Word to be unstable, when usually the problem is pilot error - bad workmnen blaming tools again  -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Beth Melton wrote: Perhaps its our definitions of corruption and bug. :-) To me, corruption when the bits in a file or Registry are placed in a state that they can no longer be read, such as in the case of the missing toolbars caused by a corrupt Toolbars value in the Data key. A bug, OTOH, is when the program doesn't function as it was intended: issues that result in a crash or hang or a "buglet" if you will, something that doesn't cause an error but it isn't functioning correctly, due to how it was coded, such as the Ruler display Suzanne has encountered. If a third-party add-in modifies the Registry or another Word component then I don't classify that as a Word bug or corruption. The application is functioning exactly as the creator of the macro designed it to function, whether they intended to add certain behaviors or not, which in that case could be classified as bug in the add-in - but not a bug in Word. Now, do I agree with using a macro as a workaround for issues like this? But of course!! My primary disagreement is chalking issues up to bugs or corruption. Doing so gives the impression that Word is full of instabilities when it fact it isn't. I'm tired of comments things like "Word is full of bugs" or "Word is unstable". The "blame" belongs to the developer of the add-in causing the issue and I think users should know why their application is not functioning as they expect it to function. Perhaps if users held the creators a little more responsible for the issues their add-ins cause then they just may create a better add-in. (I know, it's a pipe dream but you never know! g) Also, regarding the SnagIt issue. The add-in was an older version (the one that modified Normal.dot) and it caused issues in the status bar - page number, section, etc would be blank. I think this was corrected in a later version due to our feedback. :-) Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Having followed this and other threads on the subject - isn't what you are describing a minor bug that changes the registry where the settings are stored, and if it does that without your connivance than that is a corruption - which is more or less what I said in the first place? If it is attributable to an add-in (and I too have SnagIt - which I would not be without - Acrobat 7, and others which are essential to me) then the only practical answer is a fix to work around it - the auto macro fixes I have advocated in various similar posts do at least fix the issues. If it is proved to be SnagIt then I have always found that company most amenable to suggestions to improve their product. But I am not yet ready to lay the blame at their door. Collation of the add-ins installed by those who report errors of this nature may be a plan - I must try and remember to ask next time -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Beth Melton wrote: Let us know what you find - especially on the Adobe toolbar. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, I've reinstated the ruler in Print Preview, so we'll see how much that helps. Then maybe if it works, I can delete the Ruler button from the toolbar and see if the Adobe toolbar comes back. g -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I'd have to go searching but I do remember discussions about your ruler, status bar (I think that's the one that we found to be caused by SnagIt), and I think there was one or two settings in Tools/Options that weren't sticking that was attributed to Adobe. Ah, here's the thread on the ruler: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...9906234ab462cc (Interestingly it stemmed from a similar discussion as we are having now. lol) Essentially Print Preview is Page Layout view so I'd say the ruler view is connected. That being the case, I suspect the bug you are encountering is due to a refresh/redraw on the document window and why the ruler doesn't go MIA until new document window is opened. (I think there was scroll bar bug that was similar in nature.) Also, in Word 2007 if you turn the ruler off in Print Preview it remains off when you close it so it looks like the bug was corrected. g Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I don't recall the previous discussion indicting either of those causes specifically, but indeed, I do have SnagIt, and I do have the ruler turned off in Print Preview (didn't know it was supposed to be on). Of course, I would love to lay all these things at Adobe's door; they do so many dumb things that it's very tempting to blame them (or Symantec) for everything. g -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... IIRC, I think we had a private discussion on this and didn't we find that the SnagIt add-in had something to do with it? Depending on the version it may not display in the COM Add-ins dialog box since. I forget which version was a "per machine" instead of a "per user" installation. Either that or another discussion I recall is didn't you turn your ruler off for Print Preview? There was a specific sequence that would result in the ruler also ending up being turned off the next time you created a new document. Let's see...here you go, these steps should reproduce it: - Switch to Print Preview - Turn off the display of the ruler - Close Print Preview Result: Ruler still displays - Create a new document Result: Ruler is turned off. So this one is indeed a bug , however it does have a set of reproducible steps and it isn't random. I'm not sure about the Acrobat toolbar. I do know their add-ins are poorly designed and without being able to see their code that one may remain a mystery... Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, I'd love to know which add-in is monkeying with my ruler display. I want it ON, always, in every document, all the time, but I can have it on in one session and it's off in the next, on in the current document and off in the next one I open (in a given session), no matter how many times I save and close documents (and Word) with the ruler displayed. My add-ins a DataPrompter.dot TaskPaneController.dot PDFMaker.dot Also, another slight mystery: ever since I added a Ruler button to my Standard toolbar (to facilitate turning the blamed thing on), the Acrobat toolbar, which I had to the right of it, is not displayed at startup even though there's still room for it (barely). Even when I turn it on in a given session and have it displayed when I quit Word, it isn't there the next time. Not a real issue, since I can easily display it when I need it (which is fairly infrequently)--just one more mystery (and really surprising given the usual persistence of that particular toolbar). -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I know we've been down this road before, Graham, but I still do not concur with a minor bug that randomly changes the Registry. If it were then the Registry key would be rebuilt which would reset it to the defaults and "Typing replaces selection" is not a default setting. I've investigated similar situations, "unexplained changes to user preferences", and each and every time we've found the cause. The gremlin has always been a third-party add-in or a document/template that contains a macro that is responsible for this type of behavior. Someone recorded a macro to make a change to Tools/Options and not edit their macro to remove the options that do not apply and the macro is in an add-in or template. Even some of the Microsoft templates change user preferences so it's not uncommon. I'll bet if we polled everyone who has encounter this situation and had them list every add-in they have installed or template they used we'd find the culprit. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Word 2003 has a minor bug that causes random changes to the registry key that holds the settings. If it becomes a problem you will need a macro solution to fix it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mrs Tabs wrote: Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer has solved the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme suddenly change like this of its own accord? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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