[THIN] Re: Welcome to Reading layout popup

Hi Chris,

 

It’s actually a weird registry DWORD value called fAllowAutoReadingMode_1886_1 found in the word12 adm template. It’s set in the “policy” key. But you are right, couldn’t track it using regmon and toggling it off and on in the Word Options…Do a google seach for that exact value, and you’ll get some good posts.

 

Cheers,

Jeremy.

 

From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Rick Mack
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 9:02 PM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: Welcome to Reading layout popup

 

Hi Chris,

 

Office products store settings either in the registry or in .pip files (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912721), or in .qat files (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd347467.aspx) and then there's the reg_binary stuff that you can't do with a group policy anyway unless you've got the DesktopStandard PolicyMaker Registry Extension 2.1. It's a free download and if you hunt around you should be able to find it. Otherwise drop me a line and I'll make it available via my ftp site.

 

Thomas Koetzing has a script to save the qat files: http://www.thomaskoetzing.de/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_details&gid=178

 

But if you did want to turn off the reading layout it's not that easy and may need some scripting, eg:

 

You can use a couple of auto macros in your Normal template (or add the code to these macros if they already exist):

Sub AutoOpen()
Options.AllowReadingMode = False
End Sub

Sub AutoNew()
Options.AllowReadingMode = False
End Sub

For assistance, see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

regards,

 

Rick

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Ulrich Mack
Quest Software
Provision Networks Division

 

On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 2:04 AM, <christopher.walter@cgi.com> wrote:

Hey All,

 

Does anybody know the registry entry that stops the “Welcome to Reading Layout popup” from occurring when opening a Word attachment through Outlook?  I want the reading layout, just the popup removed.  I have tried process monitor and it didn’t show the key that gets changed when clicking on the “Don’t show this again button”  Since I am using mandatory profiles this popup appears again at next logon.

 

Thanks,

 

Chris

 

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