Interesting. I hadn't realized that because (a) I always keep them both on,
and (b) I work in Normal view, anyway, where I have great difficulty making
Word keep the horizontal ruler on.

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"Tony Jollans" My Forename at My Surname dot com wrote in message
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That's only partially true, Suzanne.

Unchecking View Ruler turns off both horizontal and vertical rulers.

Checking View Ruler turns on the horizontal ruler and enables the
turning
on or off of the vertical ruler using the option under Tools Options
View.

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Enjoy,
Tony


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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To add to what Graham has said, View | Ruler affects only the horizontal
ruler. The vertical ruler is turned on or off by a check box on the View
tab
of Tools | Options.

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"Bert Coules" wrote in message
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Graham,

View ruler when unchecked, will cause the ruler to hide and unhide
when
the cursor is passed over the area if tools options general
provide
feedback with animation is checked. If this latter option is
unchecked
the
rulers are not displayed.


That was the one! Thank you so much. It's beyond my understanding
how
I
could have checked that box inadvertently.

Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk