Re: Another 2003 Degradation -- ruler reappearance

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Incidentally, why do you call the current style SDI?

The one and only difference from the MDI of yore is that now, each document
is a separate task in the Windows task list.

So really, it's as "multiple" as it ever was. You can have any number of
windows listed on the Window submenu, and switch among them.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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What I have found about ruler display (and other display settings in Word)
is that they appear to be window-dependent. This was not an issue in MDI
because all documents opened in the same window, but with SDI, the display
is dependent on the settings in the window from which the document is opened
or created. Even though the ruler is displayed in Document 1, it may
disappear when I create a Document 2 and be missing in any other documents I
open in addition to Document 1 (that is, documents that are putatively
opened in the Document 2 window). It's very puzzling, and the only way to
assure a consistent UI seems to be a set AutoExec, AutoOpen, and AutoNew
macros to enforce the desired display.

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Words into Type
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"Uriel" <urielw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >One article on some of things to check is this one:
> >http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291484/en-us?FR=1
>
> That article is entitled: "Your toolbars are missing, your menu bar is
> missing, or your personalized settings are not retained when you start
> Word."
>
> But that's not the case here. The ruler reappears without my closing the
> Word app. (In other words, within a single Word session.) Actually, I
don't
> often close Word, just as I don't often shutdown Windows (using Standby
> instead).
>
> Also, this has happened without Acrobat being opened (a tool I use
rarely).
> And I haven't done anything that would be an obvious way to corrupt Word.
> (Is there a way to tell Word, "check if you're corrupt?")
>
> Of course if there's a long list of things that can cause this problem I
> can't verify that nothing in the list applies. But why are Word settings
so
> vulnerable?
>
> "Bob Buckland ?:-)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote
> in message news:urwH%23ndBGHA.2040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> There are a number of things that can cause settings to not 'stick',
> including add-ins (Adobe Acrobat v7 unless updated to 7.0.5,
> for example), registry key corruption for Word settings, left over temp
> files and Office policy settings, or a corrupted Normal.dot
> template.
>
> One article on some of things to check is this one
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291484/en-us?FR=1
>
> ===========
> <<"Uriel" <urielw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:emymEtcBGHA.3984@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> That's not it.
>
> Also, normal.dot is not in a hidden folder. >>
> --
> Bob Buckland ?:-)
> MS Office System Products MVP
>
> *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
>
>
>


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