Zoom box

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vinsoft

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel You can enlarge or reduce the display of a document by clicking the arrow next to the Zoom box on the Standard toolbar and select the desired percentage.
Do You can set the default percentage to 150% for example?
 
C

CyberTaz

Click in the box, type any whole number from 10-500, press return.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
 
V

vinsoft

Every time I open a document now I must choose 120%,
is that possible to set this number as default?
 
C

CyberTaz

No, the Zoom depends on how the document was last saved.

I believe an Apple Script can be used to set the Zoom percentage but how
automatic it can be made I'm not sure.

For NEW documents you can open the Normal.dotm template, set the Zoom to
120%, make some other change (such as 'space'-'backspace') then save &
close. New docs will then open at that Zoom.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
 
V

vinsoft

That's all OK.
Someone can help me to write this scrpt?
This is the first month that I am using Mac.
Thanks
 
C

CyberTaz

As recently posted by MVP Michel Bintener:

Hi,

Word automatically opens a document with the zoom setting that was
active when the document was last saved. You can't make Word open
documents at a default zoom setting; the best solution in Word 2008 is
to create an AppleScript that can resize a window for you with a
keyboard shortcut.

Open AppleScript Editor (use Spotlight to find it), then copy the
following code into the new window:

tell application "Microsoft Word"
activate
tell active window
set width to 1020
set height to 800
end tell
set view type of view of active window to page view
set percentage of zoom of view of active window to 150
end tell

You can of course modify the parameters width (here: 1020), height
(here: 800), and zoom (here: 150) so that they match your needs. Height
and width are in pixels, so you might want to find out what your screen
resolution is so you can adjust the script to make the best use of your
Mac's screen. When you are done, save the document as a script in
~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Word Script Menu Items. Note: if you
call the script "Resize window\cr.scpt" (without the quotation marks),
you will only need to press Ctrl+R in Word to resize the current
document. The "\c" indicates that you have to press Ctrl, and the letter
that follows is the second part of the keyboard command. You can change
it into anything you want, of course.

As for your second question: try View>Toolbars>Formatting.

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP (Macintosh)

*** Please always reply to the newsgroup. ***

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
 

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