How make "Wrap to Text" option permanent in current documents

[MGCamp]

Whenever I open a current Word 2003 document, the "Wrap to Window" option
under Tools, Options is always unchecked. I want this option set, so I
checkmark this option, go on about working with the document, save it and
close it. When I open this document (or any other Word document), the "Wrap
to Text" is right back to being unchecked. I want "Wrap to Window" to STAY
CHECKED in ALL of my Word documents. How do I do this?

 

[Graham Mayor]

Word 2003 particularly has a bad habit of randomly losing settings from
options stored in the Settings sub key of the Word Data key in the registry.
This is as a result of minor corruption in that key. Different users do not
experience the same settings so it is difficult to provide a one solution
that fits all. You can rename of delete the settings sub key and Word will
build a new one, but the probability is that the conditions that caused the
minor corruption still exist and you will soon experience the same problem
again.

The permanent answer is to force the particular problematic settings with
autonew and autoopen macros. I have listed some that give problems at
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm . The code you need in your auto
macros for this particular issue would be:

ActiveWindow.View.WrapToWindow = True

I assume you realise that the setting is only relevant for Normal and
Outline views. For Page Layout view Word will wrap to the window regardless
of this setting. If it doesn't that is an indication of a corrupt template.

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