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  #21  
Old December 9th, 2006, 08:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Posts: 31,786
Default Reading Layout View

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...sInstalled.htm

--
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.

"Andrea" wrote in message
...
That may be so, but I already deleted the add-ins that I saw in the global
templates and addins window from their startup menus. Is there any way for
me to tell if there are other add-ins?

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
It sounds very much as if some add-in is changing these settings.


"Andrea" wrote in message
...
It's gone, but when I opened Word again, my settings were off! The

worst
part of this isn't even the annoying Reading Layout, although that is
annoying, but that the Always Create Backup Copy gets unchecked and the
AutoRecover time gets changed.

Graham Mayor wrote:
If ~$normal.dot remains when Word and Outlook are both closed - delete
it.


Andrea wrote:
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.




  #22  
Old December 9th, 2006, 08:33 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Posts: 31,786
Default Reading Layout View

Having more than one copy of Normal.dot can certainly cause problems, but
the whole point of having more than one profile is to have different
settings in different profiles, so that should not be the issue here unless
(a) Tools | Options | File Locations is pointing to the wrong Normal.dot
and/or (b) the Normal.dot you modified is the wrong one (hard to see how
that would happen unless you changed the settings while you had Normal.dot
open for editing, and even at that I'm not sure what the result would be).

--
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.

"Andrea" wrote in message
...
As I searched more, I discovered that I have a normal.dot template in the
usual location, in the path with my name, but there's also another, older
one in the Administrator path. I tried opening it, and it brought me to a
blank Word document with all the correct settings, but I'd just corrected
them under (I assume) the other normal.dot template. Could the existence

of
2 of these be causing the problem? If so, which should I delete? I will

send
you a copy of the normal.dot template with the macros. I renamed one and
then the other of the 2 templates and saw that the macros are saving to

the
newer one in the path with my name. I don't know how to read the contents

of
a .dot file, but I can see the macros when I look for them in Word, Tools,
Macros.

Graham Mayor wrote:
If you have saved normal.dot containing the two mnacros - which must be
named AutoOpen and AutoNew and not something different like AutoOpen2 -
then they run whenever Word opens or creates a document and force the
changes just as if you had gone into Tools Options and changed them
manually.
You could send me a copy of your normal.dot template to the link on my

web
site and I will have a look at what you have done with it - tomorrow!


Andrea wrote:
It's gone, but when I opened Word again, my settings were off! The
worst part of this isn't even the annoying Reading Layout, although
that is annoying, but that the Always Create Backup Copy gets
unchecked and the AutoRecover time gets changed.

Graham Mayor wrote:
If ~$normal.dot remains when Word and Outlook are both closed -
delete it. Andrea wrote:
I did save normal.dot, and I am using Word as Outlook editor,
although Outlook was closed when I made the changes and it was
closed when I opened Word and saw that the options hadn't held. I
did have an original AutoOpen macro with only the reading layout
line and another one with all the options (called AutoOpen2). It
sounds as if I should have deleted one? I've now done that. I
looked at the newest link you sent. I use a disk cleaning program
obsessively, so there weren't any .tmp files anywhere, but there
were a couple of other junk files, including a ~$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.




  #23  
Old December 9th, 2006, 11:09 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Shauna Kelly
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 572
Default Reading Layout View

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.





  #24  
Old December 10th, 2006, 12:35 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Andrea
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 37
Default Reading Layout View

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.



  #25  
Old December 10th, 2006, 12:45 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Shauna Kelly
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 572
Default Reading Layout View

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.





  #26  
Old December 10th, 2006, 01:33 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Andrea
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 37
Default Reading Layout View

Hi Shauna,

The software is open source and free, so one uses it with some risk. I
haven't had a problem with it before and don't know if it's the cause of the
problem yet. Believe me, I'll be thrilled to find some resolution. I've
looked at all of the programs that it addresses because the user picks and
chooses and can add additional plugins at will, but I can't see anything
else that could interfere with Word. I did pause at Microsoft Works, but I
don't use that and don't have it checked off. Most of the plugins are set to
delete recent files; I don't know why it was written to "clean" the Office
settings. If it turns out to be the cultprit, I'll post a message to the
Diskcleaner page--as the web site requests.

Shauna Kelly wrote:
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.



  #27  
Old December 10th, 2006, 07:44 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Graham Mayor
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 18,297
Default Reading Layout View

I have examined the normal.dot you sent and that works fine - it even
changed my registry so I will have to roll back to yesterday to fix all the
preferences it contained

I am inclined to agree with Shauna that your disc cleaner is the problem.
Treat such software with caution. Those that attack the registry can
sometimes be more trouble than help. It is simple enough to clear out
temporary files manually. In fact Windows itself provides a tool to do that
called Disc Cleanup.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Andrea wrote:
Hi Shauna,

The software is open source and free, so one uses it with some risk. I
haven't had a problem with it before and don't know if it's the cause
of the problem yet. Believe me, I'll be thrilled to find some
resolution. I've looked at all of the programs that it addresses
because the user picks and chooses and can add additional plugins at
will, but I can't see anything else that could interfere with Word. I
did pause at Microsoft Works, but I don't use that and don't have it
checked off. Most of the plugins are set to delete recent files; I
don't know why it was written to "clean" the Office settings. If it
turns out to be the cultprit, I'll post a message to the Diskcleaner
page--as the web site requests.
Shauna Kelly wrote:
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.



  #28  
Old December 10th, 2006, 03:24 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Andrea
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 37
Default Reading Layout View

Thank you. I'll keep an eye on this now that I've unticked the Office part
of the diskcleaner. So far, so good. I like this particular diskcleaner
(except for the Office component apparently) more than the Windows tool
because it cleans out caches from more programs, e.g., SeaMonkey, Yahoo.

Graham Mayor wrote:
I have examined the normal.dot you sent and that works fine - it even
changed my registry so I will have to roll back to yesterday to fix all
the preferences it contained

I am inclined to agree with Shauna that your disc cleaner is the problem.
Treat such software with caution. Those that attack the registry can
sometimes be more trouble than help. It is simple enough to clear out
temporary files manually. In fact Windows itself provides a tool to do
that called Disc Cleanup.


Andrea wrote:
Hi Shauna,

The software is open source and free, so one uses it with some risk. I
haven't had a problem with it before and don't know if it's the cause
of the problem yet. Believe me, I'll be thrilled to find some
resolution. I've looked at all of the programs that it addresses
because the user picks and chooses and can add additional plugins at
will, but I can't see anything else that could interfere with Word. I
did pause at Microsoft Works, but I don't use that and don't have it
checked off. Most of the plugins are set to delete recent files; I
don't know why it was written to "clean" the Office settings. If it
turns out to be the cultprit, I'll post a message to the Diskcleaner
page--as the web site requests.
Shauna Kelly wrote:
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.



  #29  
Old December 13th, 2006, 09:42 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Andrea
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 37
Default Reading Layout View

It's been a few days and the settings are holding, so I think that the
problem is solved. Thank you all for your help--and especially Shauna, who
came up with the solution!

-Andrea

Andrea wrote:
Thank you. I'll keep an eye on this now that I've unticked the Office part
of the diskcleaner. So far, so good. I like this particular diskcleaner
(except for the Office component apparently) more than the Windows tool
because it cleans out caches from more programs, e.g., SeaMonkey, Yahoo.

Graham Mayor wrote:
I have examined the normal.dot you sent and that works fine - it even
changed my registry so I will have to roll back to yesterday to fix all
the preferences it contained

I am inclined to agree with Shauna that your disc cleaner is the problem.
Treat such software with caution. Those that attack the registry can
sometimes be more trouble than help. It is simple enough to clear out
temporary files manually. In fact Windows itself provides a tool to do
that called Disc Cleanup.


Andrea wrote:
Hi Shauna,

The software is open source and free, so one uses it with some risk. I
haven't had a problem with it before and don't know if it's the cause
of the problem yet. Believe me, I'll be thrilled to find some
resolution. I've looked at all of the programs that it addresses
because the user picks and chooses and can add additional plugins at
will, but I can't see anything else that could interfere with Word. I
did pause at Microsoft Works, but I don't use that and don't have it
checked off. Most of the plugins are set to delete recent files; I
don't know why it was written to "clean" the Office settings. If it
turns out to be the cultprit, I'll post a message to the Diskcleaner
page--as the web site requests.
Shauna Kelly wrote:
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.



  #30  
Old December 24th, 2006, 04:01 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
[email protected]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 5
Default Programs that Delete Word Settings (Was Reading Layout View)

Shauna Kelly wrote:

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


I had a similar problem, described below, and posted an angry letter to
the CCleaner forum. In the end I am not sure I was justified. The
developer's advocate shifted the blame to Microsoft, perhaps not
unreasonably. What do you think?

My Posting:
CCleaner deletes MS Word data key in registry, Bug that resets Word
2003 setting to default


Such a problem has been reported with regard to registry cleaners in
Microsoft forums . The odd thing here is that using only the temp
cleaner and trash emptier alone--even when the temp cleaner says it
deleted 0 bytes--resets Word 2003 setting to default. The pattern of
affected setting make it clear it is deleting either the data key or
the Settings value from the data key.


If this serious bug has not been previously reported, it is probably
because many users either don't reset Word settings from default or
don't recognize the difference after resetting.


Latest version of CCleaner


Advocate's first response:

This has been known for well over 1 1/2 years now, and a forum search
would have revealed such information. If you wish to use Word 2003
with your settings intact you'll have to untick the cleaning of Office
2003 in CCleaner



Taking your advice (to shift blame too g, I get angry:

Amazing. I am expected to do a forum search to discover that a product
widely promoted on the net has a bug that hasn't been resolved for
over 1 1/2 years. Misleading promotion, if you ask me. Eventually
consumers will wise up to the fact that a free product is no excuse
for incompetent programming. No product is free; surely the developer
obtains benefits from promoting his product, and owes a duty of
informed consent to users.



Expecting a response in kind, I read this quite reasonable answer:

The problem isn't the developer, or the product CCleaner. Any other
cleaning app that also offers to clean Office 2003 will probably
result into the same problem because Microsoft placed some of the MRU
lists within the actual settings such is the case in Word 2003. Hence
the reason to only clean the list inside of Word 2003, and not use any
other program to do it. To my knowledge that's the only way to clean
Word 2003 without losing all settings. The same can also extend to
other Office 2003 apps.


To safely clean things like Publisher 2003, etc., without enabling the
full cleaning of Office 2003 (which I myself will never enable again
since I use Office 2003) check out the winapp2.ini add-on, the
Publisher 2003 and Script Editor 2003 cleaning routines I submitted
and know they're safe and non-destructive to settings.


A tip before using any cleaning program on MS Office 2003 is to go into:
Start All Programs Microsoft Office Microsoft Office Tools
Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard


With Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard you can also restore
your settings, and it works like a charm between WinXP re-installs too.


Here's just a few other threads on it: http://forum.ccleaner.com/index.
php?showtopic=4089 http://forum.ccleaner.com/index.php?showtopic=3935
http://forum.ccleaner.com/index.php?showtopic=3073 http://forum.
ccleaner.com/index.php?showtopic=2940 http://forum.ccleaner.com/index.
php?showtopic=1222


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Stephen Diamond

 




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