printlayout as default for all documents ?

[Jennik]

Dear ..,

How do I set the printlayout as default for all documents without doiing so
per each document. Is there a general possibility ? I use Microsoft Office
Word 2003 SP2
thanks

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Sort of. You can set the default view for all *new* documents, but existing
docs will open in the view in which they are saved. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/SaveViewAndZoom.htm.

 

[Greg Maxey]

Follow on to Suzanne's post, For documents saved in Normal view you
can force to open in PrintLayout with an AutoOpen() macro in the
template:

Sub AutoOpen()
ActiveWindow.Caption = ActiveDocument.FullName
With ActiveWindow.View
.Type = wdPrintView
.Zoom.PageFit = wdPageFitBestFit
End With
End Sub