Microsoft Word – Set Default View and Keep Among Restarts

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Every time I open a document in Word 2007 or Word 2010 on a wide-screen display I get the two-page view (which is actually very annoying for me). I would like to make Word display the one-page view, preferably with a specific zoom factor, by default and hence never display the two-page view. Is there a way to achieve that in 2007 or 2010 version?

Acceptable solutions include writing macros or using a 3rd party utility.

Best Answer

A custom macro executed automatically upon opening a document is the right way. This blog post pointed me into the right direction. However, the code needed a slight modificaiton to make it work with both Word 2010 and Word 2007. Here it goes:

Public Sub AutoOpen()
    ThisDocument.Application.ActiveWindow.View.Zoom.PageColumns = 1
    ThisDocument.Application.ActiveWindow.View.Zoom.Percentage = 100
End Sub

Shall be installed into the Normal.dotm template.

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