Option Explicit

[Greg]

Before my hard drive crashed, whenever I opened a new document and then
went to the VBE,

Option Explicit was listed as the first entry on a New Project.

That is the case on my PC at work as well.

After reinstalling Word on my new PC, I can't seem to get Option
Explicit to appear as the default first line. I have checked
Tools>Options>Editor>Require Variable Declarations, but I still have to
manually type in Option Explicit at the start of each new project.

Any ideas how to make Option Explicit appear as default? Thanks

 

[GN]

Any ideas how to make Option Explicit appear as default?

In VBA-window: Tools->Options->Editor->"Require Variable Declaration"

Best rgds
Gunnar Nygaard

 

[Greg]

Gunnar,

Cut from my original post:

"I have checked Tools>Options>Editor>Require Variable Declarations, but
I still have to manually type in Option Explicit at the start of each
new project."

Any other ideas?

 

[Tony Jollans]

AFAIK there is nothing else which controls this.
I'd say it was corruption but you say it's a new installation.

You've not perhaps got an autonew macro which might affect it, have you? Not
that I can imagine how it might (well I can imagine but it would be mighty
unusual).

 

[Greg]

Tony,

It is sort of a clean install. I brought my Normal.dot over from the
previous installation. I will try with a default normal.not and see if
that helps.

Thanks.

 

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Hi Greg,

It is sort of a clean install. I brought my Normal.dot over from the
previous installation. I will try with a default normal.not and see if
that helps.

I'd imagine this setting is saved in the Registry. You might try starting
Word in Safe Mode, see if that makes a difference.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Greg]

Cindy, Tony,

Renamed Normal.Dot and restarted. Option Explicit appeared as
expected. Changed the renamed file back to Normal.Dot and it is still
there.

Probably should plan to clean up my Normal.Dot soon ;-)

Thanks.