How do I set the ruler on by default

[rosawood]

I'm using Office 2003. In Office 97, I had the ruler set to be on as a
default, but I can't seem to find a way to do that in 2003.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Word 2003 has an annoying way of losing UI settings. The vanishing ruler
drives me crazy, too. Graham Mayor has provided a macro that will force it
to appear every time, and I could have sworn I'd saved it somewhere, but I'm
not finding it, so perhaps he'll offer it again.

 

[rosawood]

I haven't found a way to even set it at all, so it's not merely a matter of
Word losing the settiings. Have you actually found a way to set it for
startup?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

View | Ruler for the horizontal ruler. For the vertical ruler, check the box
on the View tab of Tools | Options. The settings in effect when you quit
Word should persist when you restart it.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Unless you use the macros I mentioned. Since Graham is out of pocket at the
moment, I have looked a little harder and turned up the ones he offered:

Sub AutoNew()
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.DisplayRulers = True
End Sub

Sub AutoOpen()
ActiveWindow.Caption = ActiveDocument.FullName
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.DisplayRulers = True
End Sub

See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm for instructions on how to
use them.