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Reading Layout View
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. |
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This most likely indicates that a poorly written add-in is changing your
settings at startup. -- 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 ... 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. |
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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. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org 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. |
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I forgot to add that I also deleted two add-ins from the registry and the
Global Templates and Addin window. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: This most likely indicates that a poorly written add-in is changing your settings at startup. "Andrea" wrote in message ... 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. |
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Disabling add-ins in Tools | Templates and Add-ins merely unloads them for
the current session. Unless you actually remove them from the Word/Office Startup folder (or uninstall them if they're COM add-ins), you won't have solved the problem. -- 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 ... I forgot to add that I also deleted two add-ins from the registry and the Global Templates and Addin window. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: This most likely indicates that a poorly written add-in is changing your settings at startup. "Andrea" wrote in message ... 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. |
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Sorry again for not being clear. I had checked the paths under the global
template window and did remove them from the Startup folders. Each was in a different folder. The reason I haven't written back about Graham Mayor's suggestions for macros is that I wasn't sure that I followed the directions carefully for the Return Settings macro I was supposed to run after deleting the registry key, so I created a new macro, deleted the settings part of the key again, and ran the macro. (There are also 2 auto open macros macros installed: OpenOptions.AllowReadingMode = False and ActiveWindow.View.Type = wdNormalView. It's too soon to tell if the settings have been retained because it's usually all right for a while. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Disabling add-ins in Tools | Templates and Add-ins merely unloads them for the current session. Unless you actually remove them from the Word/Office Startup folder (or uninstall them if they're COM add-ins), you won't have solved the problem. "Andrea" wrote in message ... I forgot to add that I also deleted two add-ins from the registry and the Global Templates and Addin window. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: This most likely indicates that a poorly written add-in is changing your settings at startup. "Andrea" wrote in message ... 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. |
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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. |
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See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org 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. |
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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. |
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Just to add to what I posted a few minutes ago, even with my just installed
AutoNew and AutoOpen macros, assuming they're correct, I just reopened Word and the options I'd set weren't retained. It usually takes more time before they get undone, but regardless, they weren't retained. Either I didn't create them correctly (copying and pasting everything from a recorded macro of each tab in Options), or I really need the AutoExec macro too, or this problem just can't be fixed. 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. |
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