![]() ![]() If you position the mouse pointer over the gray line for a short period of time (about the time it takes to normally display a Tool Tip), the ruler becomes visible. What happens is that with the ruler turned off (again, from the View menu), it "rolls up" to a thin gray line that appears just below the toolbar. If the Provide Feedback with Animation check box is selected, the ruler is available even when turned off-at least in some of the views. Select Options from the Tools menu, then make sure the General tab is selected. This availability is controlled by a rather obscure setting in Word. The ruler is not visible if you are using the Outline or Master Document views.Įven with the ruler turned off, it may still be available to you. ![]() It is also visible if the Document Map is turned on. In reality, the ruler is only displayed in Normal, Page Layout (Word 97), Print Layout (Word 2000 and later), and Web Layout (Word 2000 and later) views. When this option is selected, the ruler is visible most of the time. You can control the availability of the ruler by using the Ruler option on the View menu. You may not know it, but the behavior of the ruler is fairly complex, and is affected by several settings in Word. Most people who do a lot of work with Word utilize the horizontal ruler that appears just below the toolbar at the top of your document.
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