Indentation and tab markers on horizontal ruler don't snap

I am using MS Word 2000 on a computer with Windows XP
Professional operating system. My preferred measurment
unit for the horizontal rules is inches. In the past,
whenever I openned a new word document, I was able to get
the Indentation and tab markers on the horizontal rulers
to snap to the 1/8" tick marks. On this computer though,
whenever I open a new word document, these markers on the
horizontal ruler don't snap to any of the tick marks.
If I open a document sent to me by somebody else where
the markers snap, then it will always snap, but I can't
turn on the snapping feature on a new document.
I would appreciate any help from anyone on this issue.

Greg
Thu Dec 18 14:12:45 CST 2003

Al,

Try opening the Drawing Toolbar, click on Draw>Grid>Snap object to grid.

Greg Maxey
A peer in "peer to peer" support
Rockledge, FL
To e-mail, edit out the "w...spam" in gmaxey@whamspammvps.org

Al Gary wrote:
> I am using MS Word 2000 on a computer with Windows XP
> Professional operating system. My preferred measurment
> unit for the horizontal rules is inches. In the past,
> whenever I openned a new word document, I was able to get
> the Indentation and tab markers on the horizontal rulers
> to snap to the 1/8" tick marks. On this computer though,
> whenever I open a new word document, these markers on the
> horizontal ruler don't snap to any of the tick marks.
> If I open a document sent to me by somebody else where
> the markers snap, then it will always snap, but I can't
> turn on the snapping feature on a new document.
> I would appreciate any help from anyone on this issue.

Al
Thu Dec 18 16:52:31 CST 2003

Greg,

I tried your suggestion, but the "Snap object to grid"
was already checked off. Any other suggestion would be
appreciated.

Al Gary

>-----Original Message-----
>Al,
>
>Try opening the Drawing Toolbar, click on Draw>Grid>Snap
object to grid.
>
>Greg Maxey
>A peer in "peer to peer" support
>Rockledge, FL
>To e-mail, edit out the "w...spam" in
gmaxey@whamspammvps.org
>
>Al Gary wrote:
>> I am using MS Word 2000 on a computer with Windows XP
>> Professional operating system. My preferred measurment
>> unit for the horizontal rules is inches. In the past,
>> whenever I openned a new word document, I was able to
get
>> the Indentation and tab markers on the horizontal
rulers
>> to snap to the 1/8" tick marks. On this computer
though,
>> whenever I open a new word document, these markers on
the
>> horizontal ruler don't snap to any of the tick marks.
>> If I open a document sent to me by somebody else where
>> the markers snap, then it will always snap, but I can't
>> turn on the snapping feature on a new document.
>> I would appreciate any help from anyone on this issue.
>
>
>.
>

TF
Thu Dec 18 17:00:58 CST 2003

Al

Are you still seeing inches on your ruler or are you seeing some other weird
scale?

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://www.mvps.org/word/

"Al Gary" <algary2001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I am using MS Word 2000 on a computer with Windows XP
Professional operating system. My preferred measurment
unit for the horizontal rules is inches. In the past,
whenever I openned a new word document, I was able to get
the Indentation and tab markers on the horizontal rulers
to snap to the 1/8" tick marks. On this computer though,
whenever I open a new word document, these markers on the
horizontal ruler don't snap to any of the tick marks.
If I open a document sent to me by somebody else where
the markers snap, then it will always snap, but I can't
turn on the snapping feature on a new document.
I would appreciate any help from anyone on this issue.

Graham
Fri Dec 19 01:22:49 CST 2003

You need to set the *size* of the grid to reflect the snap you want to
achieve.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
E-mail gmayor@mvps.org
Web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word
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Al Gary wrote:
> Greg,
>
> I tried your suggestion, but the "Snap object to grid"
> was already checked off. Any other suggestion would be
> appreciated.
>
> Al Gary
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Al,
>>
>> Try opening the Drawing Toolbar, click on Draw>Grid>Snap object to
>> grid.
>>
>> Greg Maxey
>> A peer in "peer to peer" support
>> Rockledge, FL
>> To e-mail, edit out the "w...spam" in gmaxey@whamspammvps.org
>>
>> Al Gary wrote:
>>> I am using MS Word 2000 on a computer with Windows XP
>>> Professional operating system. My preferred measurment
>>> unit for the horizontal rules is inches. In the past,
>>> whenever I openned a new word document, I was able to get
>>> the Indentation and tab markers on the horizontal rulers
>>> to snap to the 1/8" tick marks. On this computer though,
>>> whenever I open a new word document, these markers on the
>>> horizontal ruler don't snap to any of the tick marks.
>>> If I open a document sent to me by somebody else where
>>> the markers snap, then it will always snap, but I can't
>>> turn on the snapping feature on a new document.
>>> I would appreciate any help from anyone on this issue.
>>
>>
>> .

algary2001
Mon Dec 22 16:01:01 CST 2003

Terry,

I am still seeing inches on the ruler. This problem does
not seem to be related to the measurment unit on the
ruler.

>-----Original Message-----
>Al
>
>Are you still seeing inches on your ruler or are you
seeing some other weird
>scale?
>
>--
>Terry Farrell - Word MVP
>http://www.mvps.org/word/
>
>"Al Gary" <algary2001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:010201c3c5a2$5eca0ea0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>I am using MS Word 2000 on a computer with Windows XP
>Professional operating system. My preferred measurment
>unit for the horizontal rules is inches. In the past,
>whenever I openned a new word document, I was able to get
>the Indentation and tab markers on the horizontal rulers
>to snap to the 1/8" tick marks. On this computer though,
>whenever I open a new word document, these markers on the
>horizontal ruler don't snap to any of the tick marks.
>If I open a document sent to me by somebody else where
>the markers snap, then it will always snap, but I can't
>turn on the snapping feature on a new document.
>I would appreciate any help from anyone on this issue.
>
>
>.
>

TF
Mon Dec 22 16:24:13 CST 2003

I believe that you need to force a save to normal.dot to save this setting.
The setting for the 'snap to grid' is on the drawing toolbar: go to Draw,
Grid and set the grid to the correct measurements. However, to make it stick
you need to open normal.dot, change the setting, and then make some other
edit change that will force Word to 'Save Changes to the Global Template'.

Terry

<algary2001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:025401c3c8d7$16412dc0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
Terry,

I am still seeing inches on the ruler. This problem does
not seem to be related to the measurment unit on the
ruler.

>-----Original Message-----
>Al
>
>Are you still seeing inches on your ruler or are you
seeing some other weird
>scale?
>
>--
>Terry Farrell - Word MVP
>http://www.mvps.org/word/
>
>"Al Gary" <algary2001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:010201c3c5a2$5eca0ea0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>I am using MS Word 2000 on a computer with Windows XP
>Professional operating system. My preferred measurment
>unit for the horizontal rules is inches. In the past,
>whenever I openned a new word document, I was able to get
>the Indentation and tab markers on the horizontal rulers
>to snap to the 1/8" tick marks. On this computer though,
>whenever I open a new word document, these markers on the
>horizontal ruler don't snap to any of the tick marks.
>If I open a document sent to me by somebody else where
>the markers snap, then it will always snap, but I can't
>turn on the snapping feature on a new document.
>I would appreciate any help from anyone on this issue.
>
>
>.
>

Al
Mon Dec 22 16:39:13 CST 2003

Graham,

Thanks a lot. It worked. I don't know how my default grid
size was changed to begin with. I would have never
thought the grid applies to the ruler in addition to the
drawing space.

Regards,
Al Gary

>-----Original Message-----
>You need to set the *size* of the grid to reflect the
snap you want to
>achieve.
>
>--
><>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<>
> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
> E-mail gmayor@mvps.org
> Web site www.gmayor.com
> Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word
><>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<>
>
>
>
>Al Gary wrote:
>> Greg,
>>
>> I tried your suggestion, but the "Snap object to grid"
>> was already checked off. Any other suggestion would be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Al Gary
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> Al,
>>>
>>> Try opening the Drawing Toolbar, click on
Draw>Grid>Snap object to
>>> grid.
>>>
>>> Greg Maxey
>>> A peer in "peer to peer" support
>>> Rockledge, FL
>>> To e-mail, edit out the "w...spam" in
gmaxey@whamspammvps.org
>>>
>>> Al Gary wrote:
>>>> I am using MS Word 2000 on a computer with Windows XP
>>>> Professional operating system. My preferred
measurment
>>>> unit for the horizontal rules is inches. In the past,
>>>> whenever I openned a new word document, I was able
to get
>>>> the Indentation and tab markers on the horizontal
rulers
>>>> to snap to the 1/8" tick marks. On this computer
though,
>>>> whenever I open a new word document, these markers
on the
>>>> horizontal ruler don't snap to any of the tick marks.
>>>> If I open a document sent to me by somebody else
where
>>>> the markers snap, then it will always snap, but I
can't
>>>> turn on the snapping feature on a new document.
>>>> I would appreciate any help from anyone on this
issue.
>>>
>>>
>>> .
>
>
>.
>