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MS Office Forum / Word / Page Layout / February 2004Word 2003 opens in strange mode
How do I tell Word 2003 to open documents in 'Normal' or 'Print Layout' instead of some sort of weird preview that doesn't even get the pages right?  SignatureThanks "He had had his immortality thrust upon him by an unfortunate accident with an irrational particle accelerator, a liquid lunch and a pair of rubber bands. The precise details of the accident are not important because no one has ever managed to duplicate the exact circumstances under which it happened, and many people have ended up looking very silly, or dead, or both, trying." See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/SaveViewAndZoom.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) SignatureWords into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > How do I tell Word 2003 to open documents in 'Normal' or 'Print Layout' > instead of some sort of weird preview that doesn't even get the pages right? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > happened, and many people have ended up looking very silly, or dead, or > both, trying." I didn't state the problem correctly. The documents that are opening strangely aren't new (blank), but documents that were mailed to me as an attachment. > See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/SaveViewAndZoom.htm > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > happened, and many people have ended up looking very silly, or dead, or > > both, trying." As I believe the referenced article makes clear, all documents open in the view in which they were saved. You therefore can't do anything about the way documents you receive open the first time. However, if you change the view and make some other change, then resave, the document will open in your preferred view the next time. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) SignatureWords into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > I didn't state the problem correctly. The documents that are opening > strangely aren't new (blank), but documents that were mailed to me as an [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > > happened, and many people have ended up looking very silly, or dead, or > > > both, trying." The weird thing is that I've never used this "reading layout" before... is this something new to Word 2003? I've found the answer - for some reason it wasn't coming up in the online help search that was on by default - "Note When you open a Microsoft Word document that you have received as an e-mail attachment, Word automatically switches to reading layout view. If you don't want to use reading layout view for e-mail attachments, clear the Allow starting in Reading Layout check box on the General tab of the Options dialog box (Tools menu)." > As I believe the referenced article makes clear, all documents open in the > view in which they were saved. You therefore can't do anything about the way [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > or > > > > both, trying." Yes, Reading Layout view is new in Word 2003 but has obviously made a hit with the people who are sending documents to you! I agree it's weird (and certainly not suitable for editing or displaying highly formatted documents), but it does appear very satisfactory for just reading plain text. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) SignatureWords into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > The weird thing is that I've never used this "reading layout" before... is > this something new to Word 2003? [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] > > or > > > > > both, trying." > Yes, Reading Layout view is new in Word 2003 but has obviously made a hit > with the people who are sending documents to you! Everything that is sent as an email attachment opens in reading layout by default. Ah, okay. I don't open attachments directly from email. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) SignatureWords into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > > Yes, Reading Layout view is new in Word 2003 but has obviously made a hit > > with the people who are sending documents to you! > > Everything that is sent as an email attachment opens in reading layout by > default. |
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