How do I get WORD to open in print layout every time?

C

CTK

When I open WORD doccuments, it changes the viewing screen and I need to
select Print Layout every time. How do I set print layout?
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

Documents open in the view in which they were saved. Word is supposed to
open in the view in which it was saved, but I find this is very
inconsistent.
 
G

Graham Mayor

Suzanne likes to avoid vba but the view can be forced using auto macros.
An autoopen and an autonew macro in normal.dot each containing the lines

With ActiveWindow.View
.Type = wdPrintView
.Zoom.Percentage = 500
.Zoom.Percentage = 100
End With

will open every document at 100% (the zoom to 500% first fixes an occasional
bug that affects cursor size)
See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP


<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

It isn't so much that I "like to avoid it" (though a case might be made for
that) as that I don't know how to write it.
 
Top