You can turn off reading layout for your computer.
Tools > Options > General
There is no way to keep your documents from opening in reading layout on
someone else's computer, though. Even if you put a macro in your document to
open it in print view, it is likely that the recipient will not let the
macro run.
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Charles Kenyon
Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
http://addbalance.com/word
Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
http://addbalance.com/usersguide
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