[jfg]

I have Word 2003.

I have read that I could open the Page Setup dialog box by double-clicking
at the top of the Ruler. When I double-click at the top of the Ruler, I get
the Customize dialog box, not the Page Setup dialog box. Why is this so?

Thank you for any help you can give me.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can get the Customize dialog by double-clicking on the empty area at the
end any toolbar, but I don't get Customize by clicking anywhere on the
ruler. If the toolbar above your ruler is so short that the area where
you're clicking is empty (wouldn't happen to me--I fill 'em up), then
perhaps you're missing the ruler and hitting the toolbar?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"jfg" wrote in message
...
I have Word 2003.

I have read that I could open the Page Setup dialog box by double-clicking
at the top of the Ruler. When I double-click at the top of the Ruler, I
get
the Customize dialog box, not the Page Setup dialog box. Why is this so?

Thank you for any help you can give me.

[Jay Freedman]

On Sat, 5 May 2007 10:25:00 -0700, jfg
wrote:

I have Word 2003.

I have read that I could open the Page Setup dialog box by double-clicking
at the top of the Ruler. When I double-click at the top of the Ruler, I get
the Customize dialog box, not the Page Setup dialog box. Why is this so?

Thank you for any help you can give me.

The ruler sits within a gray "border" around the page, and the
toolbars sit in another gray area above that. The "Customize" dialog
comes from double-clicking in the toolbar area, meaning your cursor
was a little too high.

Rather than trying to get the cursor on the three- or four-pixel-high
region between the ruler and the toolbar, put it in the blank area
either to the right or to the left of the ruler and double-click
there. That will indeed open the Page Setup dialog. (And
double-clicking in the ruler itself will open the Tabs dialog, while
also inserting a tab stop at the point where you clicked.)

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
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[jfg]

Thank you for responding, Suzanne.

I was evidently clicking on the toolbar area. I remedied the difficulty of
clicking in the right spot by following Jay's suggestion that I click to the
right of the ruler. This brought up the Page Setup dialog box.

Have a very Good one.

jfg

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You can get the Customize dialog by double-clicking on the empty area at the
end any toolbar, but I don't get Customize by clicking anywhere on the
ruler. If the toolbar above your ruler is so short that the area where
you're clicking is empty (wouldn't happen to me--I fill 'em up), then
perhaps you're missing the ruler and hitting the toolbar?

--
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.

"jfg" wrote in message
...
I have Word 2003.

I have read that I could open the Page Setup dialog box by double-clicking
at the top of the Ruler. When I double-click at the top of the Ruler, I
get
the Customize dialog box, not the Page Setup dialog box. Why is this so?

Thank you for any help you can give me.

[jfg]

Thank you, Jay.

Clicking to the right of the Ruler brought up the Page Setup dialog box.

Wishing you the very best,

jfg

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

On Sat, 5 May 2007 10:25:00 -0700, jfg
wrote:

I have Word 2003.

I have read that I could open the Page Setup dialog box by double-clicking
at the top of the Ruler. When I double-click at the top of the Ruler, I get
the Customize dialog box, not the Page Setup dialog box. Why is this so?

Thank you for any help you can give me.

The ruler sits within a gray "border" around the page, and the
toolbars sit in another gray area above that. The "Customize" dialog
comes from double-clicking in the toolbar area, meaning your cursor
was a little too high.

Rather than trying to get the cursor on the three- or four-pixel-high
region between the ruler and the toolbar, put it in the blank area
either to the right or to the left of the ruler and double-click
there. That will indeed open the Page Setup dialog. (And
double-clicking in the ruler itself will open the Tabs dialog, while
also inserting a tab stop at the point where you clicked.)

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.