Zoom Percentage Question

[Me]

How do I set the default zoom setting in Word 2003?

It changes almost everytime I open Word, so I'd like it to be the same
percentage each time I open Word.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/SaveViewAndZoom.htm (but note that
Word 2002 and 2003 are considerably less dependable in this regard than
earlier versions).

 

[Graham Mayor]

As Suzanne says it used to be simple, but Word 2003 especially has a mind of
its own. You can control the zoom with auto macros in normal.dot. The
following will set it to 100% zoom regardless of what the document thinks it
should be. Change the 100 to any preferred zoom level. I have included also
some of the other regular problem fixes, but you can remove the extra lines
if required. If you want normal rather than print layout view swap the lines
where indicated.

See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

Sub AutoNew()
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.DisplayRulers = True
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.ShowAll = False
ActiveWindow.DisplayHorizontalScrollBar = True
ActiveWindow.DisplayVerticalScrollBar = True
With ActiveWindow.View
'**********************
.Type = wdPrintView
'.Type = wdNormalView
'**********************
.Zoom.Percentage = 100
.DisplayPageBoundaries = True
End With
End Sub

Sub AutoOpen()
ActiveWindow.Caption = ActiveDocument.FullName
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.DisplayRulers = True
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.ShowAll = False
ActiveWindow.DisplayHorizontalScrollBar = True
ActiveWindow.DisplayVerticalScrollBar = True
With ActiveWindow.View

'**********************
.Type = wdPrintView
'.Type = wdNormalView
'**********************
.Zoom.Percentage = 100
.DisplayPageBoundaries = True
End With
End Sub


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