It is not Acrobat *reader* 7 that is the problem but the full version of
Acrobat which applies an add-in that screws things up.
If you have the full version, see the last part of
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm for workarounds.

Word 2003 has occasional amnesia and randomly changes some preferences. The
ruler display is one that affects my PC. It is easily overcome by adding the
following line to both an autonew and an autoopen macro.

ActiveWindow.ActivePane.DisplayRulers = True

http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Aslyfox wrote:
Jenzie, Thanks but I know how to turn the ruler on, the question was
how do I set the ruler so that it appears every time I start/run
word. I've since found the answer. Adobe Reader 7.0 overrides any
customized options set in Word, but there was a way you can override
that. You can go to Adobe.com and read article 331259. Thanks for
the answer back though!

"Jennzie" wrote:

Click on View and check the Ruler option. The ruler should come up
after you close out Word and reopen it.

"Aslyfox" wrote:

How do I set the ruler to appear in every time I run Word? Thanks.