size of Word document

[quince]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Sometimes Word document opens full size, sometimes opens half size. I want it to open full size all the time. How to do this. Why does it open half size?

 

[CyberTaz]

Document windows reopen at the same display dimensions that were in effect
at the time edits of the file were last saved. There is no explicit control
or setting within the program to alter that. In order to accomplish what you
are asking for it would be necessary to have an Apple Script force
adjustment of the window size.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[quince]

Document windows reopen at the same display dimensions that were in effect

> at the time edits of the file were last saved. There is no explicit control
> or setting within the program to alter that. In order to accomplish what you
> are asking for it would be necessary to have an Apple Script force
> adjustment of the window size.
>
> Regards |:>)
> Bob Jones

Thanks so much, Bob Jones. I'm not sure I understand. Computer science is difficult for me. I don't remember reducing documents to half size, but maybe so. Thanks for your response. Pax, quince

 

[John McGhie]

Well, the fault is not yours

For reasons best known to themselves, Microsoft chose to keep the "Zoom
Ratio" in the document when it is saved.

So if the file was recently opened on a small screen, the user may have
scaled it to 50% so they could see a whole page. This is often done as the
last thing when finishing a document, so you can see how the pagination is
working: you need to be able to see two facing pages.

Later, you open it on your larger screen, and a zoom of 50% means the
document is too small to read.

The cure is to adjust it to the size you want, then SAVE the document.

In the next version of Word, you can create a macro to automatically adjust
the size of any document you open. Call back when you get Word 2011, and
we'll give you the macro

Cheers

Thanks so much, Bob Jones. I'm not sure I understand. Computer science is
difficult for me. I don't remember reducing documents to half size, but
maybe so. Thanks for your response. Pax, quince

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[quince]

Well, the fault is not yours

>
> For reasons best known to themselves, Microsoft chose to keep the "Zoom
> Ratio" in the document when it is saved.
>
> So if the file was recently opened on a small screen, the user may have
> scaled it to 50% so they could see a whole page. This is often done as the
> last thing when finishing a document, so you can see how the pagination is
> working: you need to be able to see two facing pages.
>
> Later, you open it on your larger screen, and a zoom of 50% means the
> document is too small to read.
>
> The cure is to adjust it to the size you want, then SAVE the document.
>
> In the next version of Word, you can create a macro to automatically adjust
> the size of any document you open. Call back when you get Word 2011, and
> we'll give you the macro
>
> Cheers
>
>
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> "[email protected]" wrote:
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> The email below is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
> matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!
>
> John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
> McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
> Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 | mailto:[email protected]
>
>
>

 

[quince]

John, Thanks for taking the time to respond to my question and for the 'heads up' on saving documents at full size. Who would have guessed? pax, quince

 

[John McGhie]

Well, given that it is NOT documented in the Help, EVERYONE has to guess!!


Cheers

John, Thanks for taking the time to respond to my question and for the 'heads
up' on saving documents at full size. Who would have guessed? pax, quince

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The email below is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 | mailto:[email protected]