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Thanks for the response, however, the blinking is continual it has nothing to
do with the mouse over the top of the screen. I can click on the upper left
corner of screen and it will allow me to do so, however it still continues to
blick or flicker.

I also tried to unselect the "Provide feedback with animation" and it still
does the same thing. No change.

Any other suggestions?

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
By "blinking," do you mean that it displays only when you mouse over the top
of the screen? If so, checking Ruler on the View menu should make it remain
in view. But the "auto hide" behavior is caused by checking the box for
"Provide feedback with animation" on the General tab of Tools | Options.

I have installed Office XP (Version 2002) Professional on my laptop. When I
am working in Word the upper left corner of the ruler bar is continually
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Please help!!!