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Allow opening in reading layout
Please can somebody tell me how to prevent a document from opening in
reading layout as the default in Word 2003? UNticking the "allow ..." box doesn't seem to work. |
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Allow opening in reading layout
In what way doesn't it work? Is the option checked again if you revisit the
Options dialog box? Also, note that "Allow..." applies to your installation only; it will *not* be saved with the document. In other words, if you send a document to other people, they control how the document opens on their machines. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Mike Faithfull" wrote in message ... Please can somebody tell me how to prevent a document from opening in reading layout as the default in Word 2003? UNticking the "allow ..." box doesn't seem to work. |
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Allow opening in reading layout
"Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... In what way doesn't it work? Is the option checked again if you revisit the Options dialog box? Also, note that "Allow..." applies to your installation only; it will *not* be saved with the document. In other words, if you send a document to other people, they control how the document opens on their machines. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP Ahh .. very interesting. The symptoms I am seeing seem to be at odds with your assertion that the "Allow .. " isn't saved with the document. Why say that? Well, what I'm finding is that some documents (often created by someone else) open in Reading view. I kind of expected that 'unticking' the 'allow' box would persist for all documents, but although when re-opening the previously offending documents they now come up in print view, other not-previously-opened documents still come up in reading view and I have to untick the box again. Strangely, these "not previously opened" documents almost always HAVE actually been opened at some time in the past without exhibiting this unwanted characteristic. This problem has only started recently. As I am working across a secure VPN to a remote server using Terminal Services and Cisco Secure VPN Client at this end, and my laptop was recently rebuilt, I can't help thinking this has something to do with it, but I am not competent to figure out what! Actually, as a user I only have a passing interest in the cause, but I really would like to stop it happening !! |
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Allow opening in reading layout
"Mike Faithfull" wrote in message
... "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... In what way doesn't it work? Is the option checked again if you revisit the Options dialog box? Also, note that "Allow..." applies to your installation only; it will *not* be saved with the document. In other words, if you send a document to other people, they control how the document opens on their machines. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP Ahh .. very interesting. The symptoms I am seeing seem to be at odds with your assertion that the "Allow .. " isn't saved with the document. Why say that? Well, what I'm finding is that some documents (often created by someone else) open in Reading view. I kind of expected that 'unticking' the 'allow' box would persist for all documents, but although when re-opening the previously offending documents they now come up in print view, other not-previously-opened documents still come up in reading view and I have to untick the box again. Strangely, these "not previously opened" documents almost always HAVE actually been opened at some time in the past without exhibiting this unwanted characteristic. This problem has only started recently. As I am working across a secure VPN to a remote server using Terminal Services and Cisco Secure VPN Client at this end, and my laptop was recently rebuilt, I can't help thinking this has something to do with it, but I am not competent to figure out what! Actually, as a user I only have a passing interest in the cause, but I really would like to stop it happening !! I think you are right: the remote server might be changing settings for you. But I have to admit I don't know anything about VPN. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP |
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