set default page size to page width in zoom

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/SaveViewAndZoom.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"fev@FUSE" <fev@FUSE@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Every time I open an existing word document, it opens to page width - far
> to
> big to qork with. I prefer 100% width, by changing on the zoom buttons,
> but
> despite saving with these changes, it doesn't save the page zoom size.
>
> How do I get to the default zoom setting. Office 2007 with Vista.
>
> Thanks
>

Documents should open in the view and zoom they were saved in. If you open a
document, make an edit that needs saving, change the Zoom and then save and
close the document, does it now open in the correct zoom?

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Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"fev@FUSE" <fev@FUSE@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Every time I open an existing word document, it opens to page width - far
> to
> big to qork with. I prefer 100% width, by changing on the zoom buttons,
> but
> despite saving with these changes, it doesn't save the page zoom size.
>
> How do I get to the default zoom setting. Office 2007 with Vista.
>
> Thanks

In Word 2007, the Normal template is called normal.dotm (the filename
extension indicates a macro-enabled template).

In this case, treating the template as corrupt would be overkill, though.
See Terry's reply.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"BillW50" <BillW50.RemoveThis@aol.kom> wrote in message
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> In news:7CDC260D-4E1C-4D06-8619-E75DC4D0F796@microsoft.com,
> fev@FUSE typed on Sun, 9 Aug 2009 08:12:01 -0700:
>> Every time I open an existing word document, it opens to page width -
>> far to big to qork with. I prefer 100% width, by changing on the zoom
>> buttons, but despite saving with these changes, it doesn't save the
>> page zoom size.
>>
>> How do I get to the default zoom setting. Office 2007 with Vista.
>>
>> Thanks
>
> I'm an Office 2000 user so I don't know if I can help much. But under Word
> 2000, I would rename the old Normal.dot and allow Word to create a new
> one. Assuming the old one is corrupt. I don't know, but does Word 2007
> still use Normal.dot files?
>
> --
> Bill
> Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) - Windows XP SP2
>

In news:OEvAstQGKHA.1340@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl,
Stefan Blom typed on Sun, 9 Aug 2009 18:07:21 +0200:
> In Word 2007, the Normal template is called normal.dotm (the filename
> extension indicates a macro-enabled template).
>
> In this case, treating the template as corrupt would be overkill,
> though. See Terry's reply.
>
> --
> Stefan Blom
> Microsoft Word MVP

Ah... thanks for the overview and the correction Stefan.

--
Bill
Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) - Windows XP SP2

For more on this, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/SaveViewAndZoom.htm.

Also, note that if you want to force all documents, new and existing ones,
to open at a particular zoom, you could use auto macros such as the
following:

Sub AutoOpen()
ChangeTheZoom
End Sub

Sub AutoNew()
ChangeTheZoom
End Sub

Sub ChangeTheZoom()
With ActiveWindow.View
.Type = 3 ' Print Layout view (use 1 for Draft view)
.Zoom.Percentage = 100 ' specify the desired zoom
End With
End Sub

Sometimes you may also need to set a timer so that Word gets some time to
load the blank document created on startup:

Sub AutoExec()
Application.OnTime _
When:=Now + TimeValue("00:00:01"), Name:="ChangeTheZoom"
End Sub

Save the macros in normal.dotm (or in an add-in). For more, see
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell DeleteThis @msn.com> wrote in message
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> Documents should open in the view and zoom they were saved in. If you open
> a document, make an edit that needs saving, change the Zoom and then save
> and close the document, does it now open in the correct zoom?
>
> --
> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
>
> "fev@FUSE" <fev@FUSE@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7CDC260D-4E1C-4D06-8619-E75DC4D0F796@microsoft.com...
>> Every time I open an existing word document, it opens to page width - far
>> to
>> big to qork with. I prefer 100% width, by changing on the zoom buttons,
>> but
>> despite saving with these changes, it doesn't save the page zoom size.
>>
>> How do I get to the default zoom setting. Office 2007 with Vista.
>>
>> Thanks
>

Completely OT: Nice to see you back again. It was weird to not read posts
from you.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill.TakeThisOut@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/SaveViewAndZoom.htm
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> http://word.mvps.org
>
> "fev@FUSE" <fev@FUSE@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7CDC260D-4E1C-4D06-8619-E75DC4D0F796@microsoft.com...
>> Every time I open an existing word document, it opens to page width - far
>> to
>> big to qork with. I prefer 100% width, by changing on the zoom buttons,
>> but
>> despite saving with these changes, it doesn't save the page zoom size.
>>
>> How do I get to the default zoom setting. Office 2007 with Vista.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>