Allow opening in reading layout

[Mike Faithfull]

Please can somebody tell me how to prevent a document from opening in
reading layout as the default in Word 2003? UNticking the "allow ..." box
doesn't seem to work.

 

[Stefan Blom]

In what way doesn't it work? Is the option checked again if you revisit the
Options dialog box?

Also, note that "Allow..." applies to your installation only; it will *not*
be saved with the document. In other words, if you send a document to other
people, they control how the document opens on their machines.

 

[Mike Faithfull]

In what way doesn't it work? Is the option checked again if you revisit
the Options dialog box?

Also, note that "Allow..." applies to your installation only; it will
*not* be saved with the document. In other words, if you send a document
to other people, they control how the document opens on their machines.

Ahh .. very interesting. The symptoms I am seeing seem to be at odds with
your assertion that the "Allow .. " isn't saved with the document. Why say
that? Well, what I'm finding is that some documents (often created by
someone else) open in Reading view. I kind of expected that 'unticking' the
'allow' box would persist for all documents, but although when re-opening
the previously offending documents they now come up in print view, other
not-previously-opened documents still come up in reading view and I have to
untick the box again. Strangely, these "not previously opened" documents
almost always HAVE actually been opened at some time in the past without
exhibiting this unwanted characteristic.

This problem has only started recently. As I am working across a secure VPN
to a remote server using Terminal Services and Cisco Secure VPN Client at
this end, and my laptop was recently rebuilt, I can't help thinking this has
something to do with it, but I am not competent to figure out what!
Actually, as a user I only have a passing interest in the cause, but I
really would like to stop it happening !!

 

[Stefan Blom]

Ahh .. very interesting. The symptoms I am seeing seem to be at odds with
your assertion that the "Allow .. " isn't saved with the document. Why
say that? Well, what I'm finding is that some documents (often created by
someone else) open in Reading view. I kind of expected that 'unticking'
the 'allow' box would persist for all documents, but although when
re-opening the previously offending documents they now come up in print
view, other not-previously-opened documents still come up in reading view
and I have to untick the box again. Strangely, these "not previously
opened" documents almost always HAVE actually been opened at some time in
the past without exhibiting this unwanted characteristic.

This problem has only started recently. As I am working across a secure
VPN to a remote server using Terminal Services and Cisco Secure VPN Client
at this end, and my laptop was recently rebuilt, I can't help thinking
this has something to do with it, but I am not competent to figure out
what! Actually, as a user I only have a passing interest in the cause, but
I really would like to stop it happening !!

I think you are right: the remote server might be changing settings for you.
But I have to admit I don't know anything about VPN.