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Window.DisplayRulers property (Word)

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True if rulers are displayed for the specified window or pane. Read/write Boolean.

Syntax

expression. DisplayRulers

expression A variable that represents a Window object.

Remarks

This property is equivalent to the Ruler command on the View menu. If DisplayRulers is False, the horizontal and vertical rulers won't be displayed, regardless of the state of the DisplayVerticalRuler property.

Example

This example toggles the ruler display for the active window.

ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.DisplayRulers = _ 
 Not ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.DisplayRulers

This example switches the window to print layout view and displays the horizontal and vertical rulers.

With ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow 
 .View.Type = wdPrintView 
 .DisplayVerticalRuler = True 
 .DisplayRulers = True 
End With

See also

Window Object

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