Hi Andrea

If un-ticking that particular box doesn't work, I suggest you keep
un-ticking boxes in that program until you find the one that is causing the
problem.

And then write a very angry letter to the makers of the software!

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"Andrea" wrote in message
...
Hmmm, you may have something there! The software is Diskcleaner
http://www.diskcleaner.nl and is supposed to clear temporary files, but I
just looked at all the plugins. There is one for Office, and part of it
includes Data Settings. Rather than turning off the program, I unchecked
that box and will see if that does anything.

Shauna Kelly wrote:
Hi Andrea

I haven't been following all the details of this thread, but as I
understand it, the options at Tools Options are not holding.

You wrote this:
I use a disk cleaning program obsessively, so there weren't any .tmp
files anywhere, but there were a couple of other junk files, including a
~$normal.dot template from 2005.

This disk cleaning program is probably a registry cleaner. And it sounds
to me like it's cleaning out the Word Data key, where the setting setting
is saved.

Try turning it off for a few days and see what happens.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"Andrea" wrote in message
...
I did save normal.dot, and I am using Word as Outlook editor, although
Outlook was closed when I made the changes and it was closed when I
opened Word and saw that the options hadn't held. I did have an original
AutoOpen macro with only the reading layout line and another one with
all the options (called AutoOpen2). It sounds as if I should have
deleted one? I've now done that. I looked at the newest link you sent. I
use a disk cleaning program obsessively, so there weren't any .tmp files
anywhere, but there were a couple of other junk files, including a
~$normal.dot template from 2005. I've seen it there before and not known
whether to delete it. I'll report back whether the settings hold now.
Thank you. Graham Mayor wrote:
Did you save normal.dot after making the changes?
Are you using Word as Outlook editor?
Close both Word and Outlook
Attend to the measures listed at
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm then reopen
Word.
I take it that you only have one copy of each macro in normal.dot?


Andrea wrote:
Thank you for your response. I didn't mean that the AutoExec macro
ended with "End with.' What I meant was that in your sample, the line
just before "End sub" was "Command Bars etc.," but for the AutoOpen
and AutoNew macros, the line just before "End sub" was "End with." I
hope that's clearer. Anyway, it's not an issue for me now that I know
that the AutoExec macro doesn't apply to options. I've realized that
my problem goes beyond the Reading Layout view option, so I included
the other options that aren't being saved from the General and Save
option tabs. However, the reason that I'm posting this here instead
of directly to you at your website as you requested is that I don't
have a question anymore about what to put in the macros. The issue is
that I've had an AutoOpen macro with Options.AllowReading Mode =
False for some time and recently added an AutoNew macro with the same
line after reading this thread, but the Allow Starting in Reading
Layout box kept getting checked again anyway. Yesterday I created
different AutoOpen and AutoNew macros to include the other options
that weren't being saved, but after opening and closing Word several
times, none of them (including the Reading Layout view) held. Do you
or anyone else have a suggestion?
Graham Mayor wrote:
There are three automacros listed on the web page:
AutoNew (which runs when a new document is created from the template)
AutoOpen (which runs when an existing document is opened)
AutoExec (which runs when Word is started).
and an associated macro CodesOff which is run from the AutoExec macro
after a short delay.

All the macros end with 'End Sub'. None of them ends with 'End With'?

You can record all of the Tools Options in a macro if you want, but
usually it is only a handful of settings that cause problems. The
ones that bother me are included in the sample macros, but you can
supplement these and/or replace them as necessary. Recording all the
settings will give you the syntax required - however as you have a
specific issue let's get back to basics.

To stop the reading layout you need the line:

Options.AllowReadingMode = False

in a macro called AutoOpen
ie at its simplest

Sub AutoOpen()
Options.AllowReadingMode = False
End Sub

If for some reason ReadingLayout mode activates for new documents,
then you also need that line in an AutoNew macro - again at its
simplest Sub AutoNew()
Options.AllowReadingMode = False
End Sub

Options are document related so AutoExec which runs before the
document is opened, will not be required.

If you have created some automacros, open the VBA editor (Alt+F11)
and replace them with the two above by copying and pasting from this
message. If you have other issues such as those documented on the web
page
then you can add the relevant lines of code. (The text in green
explains what the code does). For example if you were to use the
three macros in full, then the line
Options.AllowReadingMode = True
could be inserted immediately before the EndSub statements in each of
AutoNew and AutoOpen.

If this is still not clear, contact me via my web site link with more
details.


Andrea wrote:
I _have_ looked at the link below--many times--as I wrote in a
previous post. Thank you for supplying the link, but it's not that
clear to someone as unfamiliar with macros as I am, and the VBA help
wasn't very detailed. Here are my questions. (1) Can the information
on each of the Options tabs be saved in an auto macro? In other
words, should I contain the macro to just some of the tabs? I notice
that in your samples, you're only selecting some options. (2) In
your sample of an AutoNew macro, you "End with" a line of code,
whereas your other auto macros just say "End with," then "End Sub."
I don't know what these terms mean; is the AutoNew macro supposed
to end differently? (3) Could you explain your sample AutoExec
macro? I don't understand what it's supposed to do, specifically
"forces off the display of formatting commands." Displayed where? I
understand that the AutoExec macro is used when Word is started or
when a global template is loaded, but I don't understand why the
contents of this macro aren't exactly the same as the AutoOpen or
AutoNew. Because I wasn't very grounded in macro terminology, I
recorded a macro (not an auto macro) as I opened each of the
Options tabs. Then I copied all of it to another AutoOpen and an
AutoNew macro. (I did this because I couldn't figure out if there
was a way to directly record an auto macro.) I don't know if this
is adequate or converely, too much copying. I still haven't created
an AutoExec maco, but I will once I understand what I'm doing.
Thanks for your help. Graham Mayor wrote:
See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm


Andrea wrote:
I was hoping that this was fixed, but the Options settings,
including disabling Reading Layout View, are not holding. I now
have 2 auto open macros macros installed:
OpenOptions.AllowReadingMode = False and ActiveWindow.View.Type =
wdNormalView. I've read the link that you suggest (many times),
but I'm not familiar enough with macros to know exactly how to go
about creating an autonew or autoexec macro. Do I just name the
macro (E.g., for autonew) and then start recording as I would for
a non-auto macro?
Graham Mayor wrote:
It is a fact of life that some users find some settings of the
Options volatile, exacerbated by the addition of poorly written
add-ins that write to the registry. The only sure solution is to
force the settings using auto macros. You may need a combination
of autoopen
autonew
and
autoexec
macros to fix all the likely issues.

Start the macro recorder and set all the options you require. As
you move to each new tab from options, all the settings on that
tab will be recorded. Extract the entries you want and add them
to the macros. Word's vba help explains the use of the different
types of auto
macros http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm also has some
sample code. Andrea wrote:
A Google search indicated old posts in this newsgroup on
permanently disabling the Reading Layout option in Word 2003,
but I'm unable to bring them up through my newsreader, so I'm
creating a different thread. I've gone through the generally
suggested solutions: unchecking the Allow box in the
General/Options tab, renaming normal.dot and forcing a new one
to be created, creating an AutoOpen macro in Normal.dot
(Options.AllowReadingMode = False). However, the checkbox kept
returning--and also some of the other Options settings didn't
stay saved (e.g., Automatically Create Drawing Canvas, Recently
Used File List) and Save options (number minutes, etc.).
Finally, I deleted the Word Data Settings registry key, but
nothing seems to keep my
Options settings stable. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm
using Windows XP Pro SP2. Windows and Office 2003 are completely
updated.