2007 won't save in Draft View

[Matthew W. I. Dunn]

No matter how many changes I make to a document or saves I attempt, Word 2007
will not save docs in "Draft View." Whenever I open them again, they always
come up as Print Layout.

I do not want to work in Print Layout.

Why won't it save in Draft View?

 

[Susan Ramlet]

Hi, Matthew,

I don't think it's very intuitive, but this may help:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919599

Changing the default view changes how you see all documents by default. The
view setting isn't saved on a per document basis.

Hope that helps--

--
--
Susan Ramlet
MVP - Office

Please reply to the newsgroup. I cannot respond to private requests for
help. Besides, then the community doesn't benefit from your question!

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Hi, Susan,

Actually, that's not what happens here... so if you're seeing something
different, it might be a registry issue. I find that with "Allow opening a
document in Draft view " enabled, Word 2007 now remembers that a document
was last saved in draft view, and reopens it the same way. However,
documents last saved in Page Layout view, continue to open that way (and
documents saved in Outline view are opened that way, as well).

Moreover, even with "Allow opening a document in Draft view " enabled, new
documents continue to be created in whatever view Normal.dotm was last saved
(usually Page Layout, unless the user has explicitly opened it, changed the
view, and saved it), unless it was last saved in Outline or Reading view.

 

[Beth Melton]

That hasn't been my experience and I know it isn't a Registry issue.

If I open Normal.dotm, switch to Draft View, press the spacebar, backspace,
and then Save and Close the file, a newly created document doesn't display
in Draft view even with the "Allow opening a document in Draft View"
selected.

Now, what *does* work for me is to create a new document and switch to Draft
View. Then subsequent new documents will display in Draft view, provided the
"Allow opening a document in Draft View" is selected. Also note the view for
new documents is stored in the Settings value of the Data key.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Beth Melton said:

If I open Normal.dotm, switch to Draft View, press the spacebar,
backspace, and then Save and Close the file, a newly created document
doesn't display in Draft view even with the "Allow opening a document in
Draft View" selected.

After renaming my Data key, I'm now seeing what you're seeing. See? It *was*
a registry issue after all. ;-) Mine... not yours.

However, here, view is still being saved with documents. Regardless of the
current view, when I open a document saved with a different view, that's how
it opens. Am I correct that you see the same thing? (I've confirmed this on
two computers.)

 

[Beth Melton]

Beth Melton said:


After renaming my Data key, I'm now seeing what you're seeing. See? It
*was* a registry issue after all. ;-) Mine... not yours.
LOL

However, here, view is still being saved with documents. Regardless of the
current view, when I open a document saved with a different view, that's
how it opens. Am I correct that you see the same thing? (I've confirmed
this on two computers.)

Yep, I see this as well. And new documents based on templates other than
Normal.dotm will be created in the view they were saved with, provided
"Allow opening a document in Draft View" is selected. One exception I see to
this is the Zoom setting. It appears this is still template based and not
stored in the Registry for documents based on Normal.dot. You know, if they
are going to keep adding exceptions then at the least they could do is keep
some consistency - it's hard to keep track of these behaviors from one
version to the next...


~Beth Melton

 

[Susan Ramlet]

Great info, guys. Thanks for the clarification.

--
--
Susan Ramlet
MVP - Office

Please reply to the newsgroup. I cannot respond to private requests for
help. Besides, then the community doesn't benefit from your question!

 

[Matthew W. I. Dunn]

Uh

. . . I know I'm just a lowly home user . . .

but, could someone pause and, please, explain what a "data key" is and what
you mean by "registry issues"?

Thanks.

 

[Matthew W. I. Dunn]

Data key?

Registry issue?

dotm?

Yeah, everything's crystal clear for me now. Thanks.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

This article, while mostly about earlier versions of Word, should provide
the background to understand that altogether-too technospoken exchange:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm

Note: normal.dot is replaced by normal.dotm in Word 2007.

 

[Beth Melton]

Sorry Matthew, we got carried away with some techobabble didn't we?

I believe Susan provided the answer to your question, in order for documents
to open in the view they were saved in, such as Draft View, you need to
follow the steps in the KB article she cited which are:


1. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options.

2. Click Advanced.

3. Under General, click to select the Allow opening a document in Draft view
check box.

4. Click OK.


As for the Data value in the Registry, your personal preferences, such as
most of those you select in the Word Options dialog box, need to be stored
somewhere between Word sessions and after restarting your computer. That's
where your Registry comes in - it's a place to store information permanently
so an application, or Windows, can read it later. In the Registry there is a
key for Word named "Data". In that key there is a "Settings" value which is
where most of the settings in Word Options are stored. However this
information is stored in a binary format and occasionally it becomes corrupt
and needs to be recreated. That's where the Registry issue Herb mentioned
comes in. The information stored in Word's portion of the Registry is
"self-healing". If it's deleted (or renamed) the next time Word starts it
recreates the missing data using the factory defaults. It's a fairly common
troubleshooting method used to determine where an issue might lie.

This article is very outdated but it will give you an idea of what the Data
value stores:
"What exactly does the Data Key in the Registry store"
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/DataKeySettings.htm

I hope this helps explain things better for you?? If not, we'd be happy to
clarify.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

 

[Matthew W. I. Dunn]

This seems to have done the job. Thanks.

Hi, Matthew,

I don't think it's very intuitive, but this may help:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919599

Changing the default view changes how you see all documents by default. The
view setting isn't saved on a per document basis.

Hope that helps--

--
--
Susan Ramlet
MVP - Office

Please reply to the newsgroup. I cannot respond to private requests for
help. Besides, then the community doesn't benefit from your question!