WD: Ruler Disappears with Table Selected in Page Layout View (121789)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0c
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95 7.0a
- Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q121789 SYMPTOMS
If you select all or part of a table in Microsoft Word, the horizontal
and vertical rulers may disappear. If you scroll to the bottom of the
selection, the rulers reappear. Sometimes they remain displayed if you
scroll back up to the top of the selection.
CAUSE
This happens only in page layout view if your table row selection is longer
than one page. By design, the Word horizontal ruler displays the settings
for the last paragraph in a selection (if nothing is selected, Word
displays the settings for the paragraph where the insertion point is
located). Similarly, Word displays the vertical ruler only for the page
where the selection ends (or where the insertion point is located).
Sometimes, when you select all or a column of a longer table (longer than
two pages), Word displays the rulers only when you scroll near the end of
the selection. Once you scroll a couple pages away from the end of the
selection, one or both rulers disappear again.
REFERENCES
"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0. Document number
WB51157-1093, pages 22, 7-8, 231; document number WB60460-0794, pages
24, 7-8, 238.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/16/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbprb kbtable KB121789 |
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