I'm using Office 2003. In Office 97, I had the ruler set to be on as a
default, but I can't seem to find a way to do that in 2003.

Word 2003 has an annoying way of losing UI settings. The vanishing ruler
drives me crazy, too. Graham Mayor has provided a macro that will force it
to appear every time, and I could have sworn I'd saved it somewhere, but I'm
not finding it, so perhaps he'll offer it again.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"rosawood" wrote in message
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I'm using Office 2003. In Office 97, I had the ruler set to be on as a
default, but I can't seem to find a way to do that in 2003.

I haven't found a way to even set it at all, so it's not merely a matter of
Word losing the settiings. Have you actually found a way to set it for
startup?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Word 2003 has an annoying way of losing UI settings. The vanishing ruler
drives me crazy, too. Graham Mayor has provided a macro that will force it
to appear every time, and I could have sworn I'd saved it somewhere, but I'm
not finding it, so perhaps he'll offer it again.

--
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.

"rosawood" wrote in message
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I'm using Office 2003. In Office 97, I had the ruler set to be on as a
default, but I can't seem to find a way to do that in 2003.

View | Ruler for the horizontal ruler. For the vertical ruler, check the box
on the View tab of Tools | Options. The settings in effect when you quit
Word should persist when you restart it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"rosawood" wrote in message
...
I haven't found a way to even set it at all, so it's not merely a matter
of
Word losing the settiings. Have you actually found a way to set it for
startup?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Word 2003 has an annoying way of losing UI settings. The vanishing ruler
drives me crazy, too. Graham Mayor has provided a macro that will force
it
to appear every time, and I could have sworn I'd saved it somewhere, but
I'm
not finding it, so perhaps he'll offer it again.

--
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.

"rosawood" wrote in message
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I'm using Office 2003. In Office 97, I had the ruler set to be on as
a
default, but I can't seem to find a way to do that in 2003.

Welle, Suzanne, if that's the solution, you're right. it doesn't work!
I've had that set forever but no ruler at all on startup, either horizontal
or vertical. Sigh. I don't suppose Microsoft would make this a priority, so
I guess we're both SOL.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

View | Ruler for the horizontal ruler. For the vertical ruler, check the box
on the View tab of Tools | Options. The settings in effect when you quit
Word should persist when you restart it.

Unless you use the macros I mentioned. Since Graham is out of pocket at the
moment, I have looked a little harder and turned up the ones he offered:

Sub AutoNew()
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.DisplayRulers = True
End Sub

Sub AutoOpen()
ActiveWindow.Caption = ActiveDocument.FullName
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.DisplayRulers = True
End Sub

See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm for instructions on how to
use them.

--
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.

"rosawood" wrote in message
...
Welle, Suzanne, if that's the solution, you're right. it doesn't work!
I've had that set forever but no ruler at all on startup, either
horizontal
or vertical. Sigh. I don't suppose Microsoft would make this a priority,
so
I guess we're both SOL.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

View | Ruler for the horizontal ruler. For the vertical ruler, check the
box
on the View tab of Tools | Options. The settings in effect when you quit
Word should persist when you restart it.