The downside to such macros is that they override the settings in all
documents, which means that documents you receive from others may not be
displayed as the sender intended them to be.

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"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
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

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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??