Default view to Page Width view

[tinks]

How can I save the default for a new document to be in Page Width view? I
tried modifying the view in the Normal.dotm and saving it but that did not
work.
Our company has some staff on 2007 and some on 2000 so we are defaulting to
save as 2003 docs.

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

How can I save the default for a new document to be in Page Width view? I
tried modifying the view in the Normal.dotm and saving it but that did not
work.
Our company has some staff on 2007 and some on 2000 so we are defaulting to
save as 2003 docs.

This is a "per document" setting.
What you did will work with newly created documents from Normal.dotm, but
will not affect documents that have been saved with a different zoom setting.

 

[Stefan Blom]

But of course you can force a view setting by using a couple of auto macros
in normal.dotm (normal.dot for older Word versions):

Sub AutoOpen()
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = 3
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Zoom.PageFit = 2
End Sub

Sub AutoNew()
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = 3
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Zoom.PageFit = 2
End Sub

See also http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

 

[tinks]

You mean this macro is already available or that I would need to add it to my
normal.dotm?

 

[Graham Mayor]

You would need to add them

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[kfewer]

Thanks, Graham. I modified the code for someone who wanted their default view
set to 115%. It works great for opening an existing document and when I click

 

[Graham Mayor]

Change the zoom setting in the template -
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/SaveViewAndZoom.htm

and/or

See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

Sub AutoNew()
With ActiveWindow.View
.Type = wdPrintView
.Zoom.Percentage = 115
End With
End Sub
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