You can, however, override the settings in the document with a couple of
macros:
(http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm). You can change the zoom from
100% as required.

Sub Autonew()
With ActiveWindow.View
.Type = wdNormalView
.Zoom.Percentage = 100
End With
End Sub

Sub AutoOpen()
ActiveWindow.Caption = ActiveDocument.FullName
With ActiveWindow.View
.Type = wdNormalView
.Zoom.Percentage = 100
End With
End Sub

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org





Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Any saved document will open in the view in which it was saved. The
default view in Normal.dot (or any other template) affects only *new*
documents based on that template. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/SaveViewAndZoom.htm


"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
Having problem changing the default view to Normal instead of Print
Layout. I change Normal.dot and save it. Seems to work for first
time but when I open an older document the default now changes back
to Print Layout. Will not save as the last used mode??