My horizontal ruler used to be visible when any word document opened. One
day it decided to permanently disappear. I can get it back with View, Ruler.
My question, is how to get the ruler to be visible by default?

Open a blank document, click View Ruler, then Click File, Page Setup and
click Default. Say Yes to allow changes to the Normal.dot template. Now you
should have your ruler back.

"Marty" wrote:

My horizontal ruler used to be visible when any word document opened. One
day it decided to permanently disappear. I can get it back with View, Ruler.
My question, is how to get the ruler to be visible by default?

View settings of this type are not, I think, saved in Normal.dot, so I can't
see that this would help.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"SVC" wrote in message
...
Open a blank document, click View Ruler, then Click File, Page Setup and
click Default. Say Yes to allow changes to the Normal.dot template. Now
you
should have your ruler back.

"Marty" wrote:

My horizontal ruler used to be visible when any word document opened.
One
day it decided to permanently disappear. I can get it back with View,
Ruler.
My question, is how to get the ruler to be visible by default?

I've tried this with my Normal.dot template and it works. It is also
successful in retaining the Thumbnail view, plus any of the other layout
views (Web, Outline, etc.), as well as the Zoom level. I cannot, however,
find any documenation of this on the Microsoft Knowledge Base. I'll check on
the developers page and see if I can find anything.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

View settings of this type are not, I think, saved in Normal.dot, so I can't
see that this would help.

--
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.

"SVC" wrote in message
...
Open a blank document, click View Ruler, then Click File, Page Setup and
click Default. Say Yes to allow changes to the Normal.dot template. Now
you
should have your ruler back.

"Marty" wrote:

My horizontal ruler used to be visible when any word document opened.
One
day it decided to permanently disappear. I can get it back with View,
Ruler.
My question, is how to get the ruler to be visible by default?

I wish I thought it would help, as my ruler has a dismaying habit of going
AWOL.

--
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.

"SVC" wrote in message
...
I've tried this with my Normal.dot template and it works. It is also
successful in retaining the Thumbnail view, plus any of the other layout
views (Web, Outline, etc.), as well as the Zoom level. I cannot, however,
find any documenation of this on the Microsoft Knowledge Base. I'll check
on
the developers page and see if I can find anything.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

View settings of this type are not, I think, saved in Normal.dot, so I
can't
see that this would help.

--
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.

"SVC" wrote in message
...
Open a blank document, click View Ruler, then Click File, Page Setup
and
click Default. Say Yes to allow changes to the Normal.dot template.
Now
you
should have your ruler back.

"Marty" wrote:

My horizontal ruler used to be visible when any word document
opened.
One
day it decided to permanently disappear. I can get it back with
View,
Ruler.
My question, is how to get the ruler to be visible by default?

It worked perfectly, thanks!!

"SVC" wrote:

Open a blank document, click View Ruler, then Click File, Page Setup and
click Default. Say Yes to allow changes to the Normal.dot template. Now you
should have your ruler back.

"Marty" wrote:

My horizontal ruler used to be visible when any word document opened. One
day it decided to permanently disappear. I can get it back with View, Ruler.
My question, is how to get the ruler to be visible by default?