I added an AutoExec macro to a global template that switches to print view.
I don't know of any way short of this to reliably keep Word starting in the
same view. The settings are sticky, I believe, and if the last document you
are in when you close Word is in a particular view, Word will open in that
view. The exception to this, in later versions, is the Reading Layout which
can be triggered by the document being opened unless you turn it off in
Word.
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/saveviewandzoomcontent.htm shows how to do
it with normal.dot but you said you wanted another way. An AutoExec in a
different global can be that way.
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Charles Kenyon
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