Thank you, Doug, for your reply.

First, let me explain the overall picture of what I'm trying to do.
I'm writing a novel. I like to use the Normal View, instead of Print View
(which works well for short documents, but becomes cumbersome in a 400 page
novel)

When I call up the document in Normal View, the text on my screen is left
justified and slammed solidly against the left side of the monitor.

Now, with all the text on the left half of the monitor, the right half of
the monitor is a vast ocean of white dead space. It gives me a feeling of
being lopsided on my screen. I can fix this easily by holding the Shift Key
and clicking the left scroll button. Every click of the left scroll button
shifts the text on the screen to the right an inch.

(I'm sorry, Doug, but I'm quite sure this is not a zoom problem. I mean no
disrespect, but I suspect you may be unfamiliar with this function. It's one
of those quirky, little-known gems of Word. I suggest you open a document
and hold down the shift key and click the bottom left scroll button to
verify what I am referring to.)

If you check the ruler, you will see that this operation does not change the
"actual" margins of the document itself. It just moves the entire ruler to
the right one inch and the document follows the ruler.
Anyway, the upshot of the whole thing is that after three shifts, the text
of my novel is now smack in the middle of the screen with approximately the
same amount of white space on both sides. It is a much more comfortable
feeling.

The actual specs I am using are
19 inch CRT monitor
1024 X 768
Times New Roman 12 point
Right margin of document on ruler is set at the standard (default) six
inches.

Respectfully,
SF