MakeCompatibilityDefault Method

Microsoft Word Visual Basic

Sets the compatibility options on the Compatibility tab in the Options dialog box (Tools menu) as the default settings for new documents.

expression.MakeCompatibilityDefault

expression    Required. An expression that returns a Document object.

Example

This example sets a few compatibility options for the active document and then makes the current compatibility options the default settings.

With ActiveDocument
    .Compatibility(wdSuppressSpBfAfterPgBrk) = True
    .Compatibility(wdExpandShiftReturn) = True
    .Compatibility(wdUsePrinterMetrics) = True
    .Compatibility(wdNoLeading) = False
    .MakeCompatibilityDefault
End With