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.
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" <andreanos...@nospamcox.net> 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
> = 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.
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.
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.
Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: > This most likely indicates that a poorly written add-in is changing your > settings at startup.
> "Andrea" <andreanos...@nospamcox.net> wrote in message > news:e4IqCt0FHHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> 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.
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" <andreanos...@nospamcox.net> 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" <andreanos...@nospamcox.net> wrote in message > > news:e4IqCt0FHHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > >> 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.
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" <andreanos...@nospamcox.net> wrote in message > news:OVyove7FHHA.1804@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> 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" <andreanos...@nospamcox.net> wrote in message >>> news:e4IqCt0FHHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>>> 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.
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.
> 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.
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.
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.
> 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.
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.
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.
-- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
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.
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.
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?
-- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
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.
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.
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.
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.
It sounds very much as if some add-in is changing these settings.
-- 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" <andreanos...@nospamcox.net> 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
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!
-- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
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
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" <andreanos...@nospamcox.net> wrote in message > news:%23dIdkp6GHHA.1064@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> 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
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
-- 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" <andreanos...@nospamcox.net> 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" <andreanos...@nospamcox.net> wrote in message > > news:%23dIdkp6GHHA.1064@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > >> 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
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" <andreanos...@nospamcox.net> 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
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 > ~$normal.dot template from 2005.
This disk cleaning program is probably a registry cleaner. And it sounds to me like it's cleaning out the Word Data key, where the setting setting is saved.
Try turning it off for a few days and see what happens.
>I did save normal.dot, and I am using Word as Outlook editor, although >Outlook was closed when I made the changes and it was closed when I opened >Word and saw that the options hadn't held. I did have an original AutoOpen >macro with only the reading layout line and another one with all the >options (called AutoOpen2). It sounds as if I should have deleted one? I've >now done that. I looked at the newest link you sent. I use a disk cleaning >program obsessively, so there weren't any .tmp files anywhere, but there >were a couple of other junk files, including a ~$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.
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.
> 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 >> ~$normal.dot template from 2005.
> This disk cleaning program is probably a registry cleaner. And it sounds > to me like it's cleaning out the Word Data key, where the setting setting > is saved.
> Try turning it off for a few days and see what happens.
> "Andrea" <andreanos...@nospamcox.net> wrote in message > news:umk7ZI6GHHA.1912@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> I did save normal.dot, and I am using Word as Outlook editor, although >> Outlook was closed when I made the changes and it was closed when I >> opened Word and saw that the options hadn't held. I did have an original >> AutoOpen macro with only the reading layout line and another one with >> all the options (called AutoOpen2). It sounds as if I should have >> deleted one? I've now done that. I looked at the newest link you sent. I >> use a disk cleaning program obsessively, so there weren't any .tmp files >> anywhere, but there were a couple of other junk files, including a >> ~$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
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!
> 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 >>> ~$normal.dot template from 2005.
>> This disk cleaning program is probably a registry cleaner. And it sounds >> to me like it's cleaning out the Word Data key, where the setting setting >> is saved.
>> Try turning it off for a few days and see what happens.
>> "Andrea" <andreanos...@nospamcox.net> wrote in message >> news:umk7ZI6GHHA.1912@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >>> I did save normal.dot, and I am using Word as Outlook editor, although >>> Outlook was closed when I made the changes and it was closed when I >>> opened Word and saw that the options hadn't held. I did have an original >>> AutoOpen macro with only the reading layout line and another one with >>> all the options (called AutoOpen2). It sounds as if I should have >>> deleted one? I've now done that. I looked at the newest link you sent. I >>> use a disk cleaning program obsessively, so there weren't any .tmp files >>> anywhere, but there were a couple of other junk files, including a >>> ~$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
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