Setting up Word to automatically open in Standard mode, zoom=pagemargins

[Edward Lipsett]

I've tried to find ways to handle this through the normal.dot file and can't
find it... Word wants to open in layout mode and 200% zoom, forcing me to
manually select mode and zoom.

Any way to get Word to do what I want instead of what it wants?

Thanks for your time.

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Edward Lipsett
Fukuoka, Japan

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Edward:

Word will open each document in the view and zoom it as last saved in.

The onyl way to have a particular view happen every time is to create an
AutoOpen() macro that specifies the view you want.

Turn on your Macro Recorder and record yourself setting the view and zoom
you want. Name the macro "AutoOpen" and make sure you save it in your
Normal template.

Make a copy of the macro and name it "AutoNew" if you want it to apply to
newly-created documents as well.

Hope this helps

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. GMT + 10 Hrs

+61 4 1209 1410, <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]

 

[Edward Lipsett]

Hope this helps

Sure sounds like it will.
I'll try it out... Thanks!
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Edward Lipsett
Fukuoka, Japan

 

[Edward Lipsett]

Make a copy of the macro and name it "AutoNew" if you want it to apply to
newly-created documents as well.

Thank you, John.
The macro approach works just fine for new documents created manually, but
the default document opened automatically when Word is launched is still the
old default (200%, layout mode).

I presume there's another magic macro name to save the macro to?

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Edward Lipsett
Fukuoka, Japan

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Edward:

Yeah, there is "AutoExec"

AutoNew runs at new document creation.

AutoOpen runs at opening of any document.

AutoExec runs at the startup of Word.

AutoClose runs at the close of any document.

AutoExit runs at Word shut-down.

Don't go overboard with these, they'll all go away with the arrival of Word
2008 :-(

Hope this helps...

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. GMT + 10 Hrs

+61 4 1209 1410, <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]

 

[Edward Lipsett]

Don't go overboard with these, they'll all go away with the arrival of Word
2008 :-(

I have enough problems getting work done as it is without having to worry
about next year...

Thanks again, John.
It works... And now I see where all these commands are located, so hopefully
I can stop bugging you now.

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Edward Lipsett
Fukuoka, Japan

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Edward:

Oh, please don't stop bugging us -- we need your questions far more than you
need our answers

You see, for many of us, this is one of our most important hobbies. It's
part of our lives. If no-one asked any questions, then what would we do?
Our Significant Others are already threatening with the "Honey Do..." list:
you wouldn't want to leave us without an excuse, would you??

Cheers

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. GMT + 10 Hrs

+61 4 1209 1410, <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]