Change Default View to Normal?

This could be the effect of an add-in.

Suzanne thanks for your help. As I mentioned I have a Word 2003 document
and it always opens up in "Print Layout" even if I change it to "Normal" and
save it. Going to Templates and Add-In's there is a Global Template called
rhd.dot, not sure what it is but can't seem to delete that as well. Could
that be causing the problem? Very frustrating.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
This could be the effect of an add-in.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
Back to the original question my system does not save the document view
type. Even if I put it in NORMAL and save it. When I close it and open
it
again it goes right back to Print Layout.

Why is this happening?? Any ideas?

That's the Remove Hidden Data add-in, I think. It's rather embarrassing to
Microsoft that one of the flaws in this add-in is that it dirties Normal.dot
and requires you to resave it at exit. If you don't have "Prompt to save
Normal template" checked on the Save tab of Tools | Options (and you
should!), then you won't be getting a prompt to save Normal.dot, but Word
will be saving it every time you quit Word. This is never a good idea. If
you're not using the Remove Hidden Data tool, I'd advise uninstalling the
add-in. I don't guarantee that it is the source of your problem, but it
causes problems of its own.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
This could be the effect of an add-in.

Suzanne thanks for your help. As I mentioned I have a Word 2003 document
and it always opens up in "Print Layout" even if I change it to "Normal"
and
save it. Going to Templates and Add-In's there is a Global Template called
rhd.dot, not sure what it is but can't seem to delete that as well. Could
that be causing the problem? Very frustrating.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
This could be the effect of an add-in.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
Back to the original question my system does not save the document
view
type. Even if I put it in NORMAL and save it. When I close it and
open
it
again it goes right back to Print Layout.

Why is this happening?? Any ideas?

"Prompt to save Normal template" checked on the Save tab of Tools |
Options

Can't find these feature, what tab is it on, thought I scanned them all??

Also what directory should the normal.dot be in. Should it be in the User
Templates or Startup folder as defined in File Locations. Still have weird
results where everything is turning to Print View. I did uninstall the
Remove Hidden Data Tool as you mentioned.

Thanks again, Al

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
That's the Remove Hidden Data add-in, I think. It's rather embarrassing to
Microsoft that one of the flaws in this add-in is that it dirties
Normal.dot
and requires you to resave it at exit. If you don't have "Prompt to save
Normal template" checked on the Save tab of Tools | Options (and you
should!), then you won't be getting a prompt to save Normal.dot, but Word
will be saving it every time you quit Word. This is never a good idea. If
you're not using the Remove Hidden Data tool, I'd advise uninstalling the
add-in. I don't guarantee that it is the source of your problem, but it
causes problems of its own.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
This could be the effect of an add-in.

Suzanne thanks for your help. As I mentioned I have a Word 2003
document
and it always opens up in "Print Layout" even if I change it to "Normal"
and
save it. Going to Templates and Add-In's there is a Global Template
called
rhd.dot, not sure what it is but can't seem to delete that as well.
Could
that be causing the problem? Very frustrating.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
This could be the effect of an add-in.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
Back to the original question my system does not save the document
view
type. Even if I put it in NORMAL and save it. When I close it and
open
it
again it goes right back to Print Layout.

Why is this happening?? Any ideas?

As noted, it's on the Save tab. Normal.dot should be in the User Templates
folder. Note that in Windows XP, this is a Hidden folder, so you must set
your Windows folder options to display hidden and system files in order to
see/find it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
"Prompt to save Normal template" checked on the Save tab of Tools |
Options

Can't find these feature, what tab is it on, thought I scanned them all??

Also what directory should the normal.dot be in. Should it be in the User
Templates or Startup folder as defined in File Locations. Still have weird
results where everything is turning to Print View. I did uninstall the
Remove Hidden Data Tool as you mentioned.

Thanks again, Al

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
That's the Remove Hidden Data add-in, I think. It's rather embarrassing
to
Microsoft that one of the flaws in this add-in is that it dirties
Normal.dot
and requires you to resave it at exit. If you don't have "Prompt to save
Normal template" checked on the Save tab of Tools | Options (and you
should!), then you won't be getting a prompt to save Normal.dot, but
Word
will be saving it every time you quit Word. This is never a good idea.
If
you're not using the Remove Hidden Data tool, I'd advise uninstalling
the
add-in. I don't guarantee that it is the source of your problem, but it
causes problems of its own.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
This could be the effect of an add-in.

Suzanne thanks for your help. As I mentioned I have a Word 2003
document
and it always opens up in "Print Layout" even if I change it to
"Normal"
and
save it. Going to Templates and Add-In's there is a Global Template
called
rhd.dot, not sure what it is but can't seem to delete that as well.
Could
that be causing the problem? Very frustrating.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
This could be the effect of an add-in.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
Back to the original question my system does not save the document
view
type. Even if I put it in NORMAL and save it. When I close it
and
open
it
again it goes right back to Print Layout.

Why is this happening?? Any ideas?

Thanks Suzanne, well this is where I am now. Have no AddOn's installed,
uninstalled Remove Hidden Data tool and checked my options to ask to save
Normal.dot. I deleted all my normal.dot files I could find and let it
recreate a new one. If I change the view to NORMAL and quit Word and then
restart Word the blank document that starts with Word is properly showing in
NORMAL mode. But if I open a new blank document or any other existing
document it switches to PRINT LAYOUT mode. Any ideas what could be causing
this?? Any directories I should maybe clear out?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
As noted, it's on the Save tab. Normal.dot should be in the User Templates
folder. Note that in Windows XP, this is a Hidden folder, so you must set
your Windows folder options to display hidden and system files in order to
see/find it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
"Prompt to save Normal template" checked on the Save tab of Tools |
Options

Can't find these feature, what tab is it on, thought I scanned them
all??

Also what directory should the normal.dot be in. Should it be in the
User
Templates or Startup folder as defined in File Locations. Still have
weird
results where everything is turning to Print View. I did uninstall the
Remove Hidden Data Tool as you mentioned.

Thanks again, Al

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
That's the Remove Hidden Data add-in, I think. It's rather
embarrassing
to
Microsoft that one of the flaws in this add-in is that it dirties
Normal.dot
and requires you to resave it at exit. If you don't have "Prompt to
save
Normal template" checked on the Save tab of Tools | Options (and you
should!), then you won't be getting a prompt to save Normal.dot, but
Word
will be saving it every time you quit Word. This is never a good idea.
If
you're not using the Remove Hidden Data tool, I'd advise uninstalling
the
add-in. I don't guarantee that it is the source of your problem, but
it
causes problems of its own.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
This could be the effect of an add-in.

Suzanne thanks for your help. As I mentioned I have a Word 2003
document
and it always opens up in "Print Layout" even if I change it to
"Normal"
and
save it. Going to Templates and Add-In's there is a Global Template
called
rhd.dot, not sure what it is but can't seem to delete that as well.
Could
that be causing the problem? Very frustrating.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
This could be the effect of an add-in.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
Back to the original question my system does not save the
document
view
type. Even if I put it in NORMAL and save it. When I close it
and
open
it
again it goes right back to Print Layout.

Why is this happening?? Any ideas?

Existing documents will open in the view in which they were saved, but I
can't imagine why you would get Document1 in Normal view and subsequent new
blank docs in Print Layout. All I can say is that Word 2003 is extremely
unreliable on this score (it also tends to lose track of other display
settings, so I'm constantly having to restore my ruler). Many users have
resorted to AutoExec or AutoOpen macros to guarantee a predictable
environment. I'm sorry I can't help further, but perhaps Graham Mayor will
come along with one of his helpful macros.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
Thanks Suzanne, well this is where I am now. Have no AddOn's installed,
uninstalled Remove Hidden Data tool and checked my options to ask to save
Normal.dot. I deleted all my normal.dot files I could find and let it
recreate a new one. If I change the view to NORMAL and quit Word and then
restart Word the blank document that starts with Word is properly showing
in
NORMAL mode. But if I open a new blank document or any other existing
document it switches to PRINT LAYOUT mode. Any ideas what could be
causing
this?? Any directories I should maybe clear out?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
As noted, it's on the Save tab. Normal.dot should be in the User
Templates
folder. Note that in Windows XP, this is a Hidden folder, so you must
set
your Windows folder options to display hidden and system files in order
to
see/find it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
"Prompt to save Normal template" checked on the Save tab of Tools |
Options

Can't find these feature, what tab is it on, thought I scanned them
all??

Also what directory should the normal.dot be in. Should it be in the
User
Templates or Startup folder as defined in File Locations. Still have
weird
results where everything is turning to Print View. I did uninstall
the
Remove Hidden Data Tool as you mentioned.

Thanks again, Al

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
That's the Remove Hidden Data add-in, I think. It's rather
embarrassing
to
Microsoft that one of the flaws in this add-in is that it dirties
Normal.dot
and requires you to resave it at exit. If you don't have "Prompt to
save
Normal template" checked on the Save tab of Tools | Options (and you
should!), then you won't be getting a prompt to save Normal.dot, but
Word
will be saving it every time you quit Word. This is never a good
idea.
If
you're not using the Remove Hidden Data tool, I'd advise
uninstalling
the
add-in. I don't guarantee that it is the source of your problem, but
it
causes problems of its own.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
This could be the effect of an add-in.

Suzanne thanks for your help. As I mentioned I have a Word 2003
document
and it always opens up in "Print Layout" even if I change it to
"Normal"
and
save it. Going to Templates and Add-In's there is a Global
Template
called
rhd.dot, not sure what it is but can't seem to delete that as
well.
Could
that be causing the problem? Very frustrating.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
This could be the effect of an add-in.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
Back to the original question my system does not save the
document
view
type. Even if I put it in NORMAL and save it. When I close
it
and
open
it
again it goes right back to Print Layout.

Why is this happening?? Any ideas?

And here it is
Save the following in normal.dot See
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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





Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Existing documents will open in the view in which they were saved,
but I can't imagine why you would get Document1 in Normal view and
subsequent new blank docs in Print Layout. All I can say is that Word
2003 is extremely unreliable on this score (it also tends to lose
track of other display settings, so I'm constantly having to restore
my ruler). Many users have resorted to AutoExec or AutoOpen macros to
guarantee a predictable environment. I'm sorry I can't help further,
but perhaps Graham Mayor will come along with one of his helpful
macros.


"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
Thanks Suzanne, well this is where I am now. Have no AddOn's
installed, uninstalled Remove Hidden Data tool and checked my
options to ask to save Normal.dot. I deleted all my normal.dot
files I could find and let it recreate a new one. If I change the
view to NORMAL and quit Word and then restart Word the blank
document that starts with Word is properly showing in NORMAL mode.
But if I open a new blank document or any other existing document it
switches to PRINT LAYOUT mode. Any ideas what could be causing
this?? Any directories I should maybe clear out?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
As noted, it's on the Save tab. Normal.dot should be in the User
Templates folder. Note that in Windows XP, this is a Hidden folder,
so you must set your Windows folder options to display hidden and
system files in order to see/find it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
"Prompt to save Normal template" checked on the Save tab of
Tools | Options

Can't find these feature, what tab is it on, thought I scanned
them all??

Also what directory should the normal.dot be in. Should it be in
the User Templates or Startup folder as defined in File Locations.
Still have weird results where everything is turning to Print
View. I did uninstall the Remove Hidden Data Tool as you
mentioned.

Thanks again, Al

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
That's the Remove Hidden Data add-in, I think. It's rather
embarrassing to Microsoft that one of the flaws in this add-in is
that it dirties Normal.dot and requires you to resave it at exit.
If you don't have "Prompt to save Normal template" checked on the
Save tab of Tools | Options (and you should!), then you won't be
getting a prompt to save Normal.dot, but Word will be saving it
every time you quit Word. This is never a good idea. If you're
not using the Remove Hidden Data tool, I'd advise uninstalling
the add-in. I don't guarantee that it is the source of your
problem, but it causes problems of its own.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
This could be the effect of an add-in.

Suzanne thanks for your help. As I mentioned I have a Word 2003
document and it always opens up in "Print Layout" even if I
change it to "Normal" and save it. Going to Templates and
Add-In's there is a Global Template called rhd.dot, not sure
what it is but can't seem to delete that as well. Could that be
causing the problem? Very frustrating.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
This could be the effect of an add-in.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
Back to the original question my system does not save the
document view type. Even if I put it in NORMAL and save it.
When I close
it
and
open
it
again it goes right back to Print Layout.

Why is this happening?? Any ideas?

Graham,

Thanks for the help but I think my Word 2003 has major problems. New
documents are automatically going to Print View mode only and they have a
large header of 4.5 inches. Can't seem to decrease the header size at all
it is locked even when using page setup for whole document and header edit.
Miss Wordperfect reveal codes. Any recommendations other then to re-install
Word 2003, would that possibly work?

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
And here it is
Save the following in normal.dot See
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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





Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Existing documents will open in the view in which they were saved,
but I can't imagine why you would get Document1 in Normal view and
subsequent new blank docs in Print Layout. All I can say is that Word
2003 is extremely unreliable on this score (it also tends to lose
track of other display settings, so I'm constantly having to restore
my ruler). Many users have resorted to AutoExec or AutoOpen macros to
guarantee a predictable environment. I'm sorry I can't help further,
but perhaps Graham Mayor will come along with one of his helpful
macros.


"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
Thanks Suzanne, well this is where I am now. Have no AddOn's
installed, uninstalled Remove Hidden Data tool and checked my
options to ask to save Normal.dot. I deleted all my normal.dot
files I could find and let it recreate a new one. If I change the
view to NORMAL and quit Word and then restart Word the blank
document that starts with Word is properly showing in NORMAL mode.
But if I open a new blank document or any other existing document it
switches to PRINT LAYOUT mode. Any ideas what could be causing
this?? Any directories I should maybe clear out?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
As noted, it's on the Save tab. Normal.dot should be in the User
Templates folder. Note that in Windows XP, this is a Hidden folder,
so you must set your Windows folder options to display hidden and
system files in order to see/find it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
"Prompt to save Normal template" checked on the Save tab of
Tools | Options

Can't find these feature, what tab is it on, thought I scanned
them all??

Also what directory should the normal.dot be in. Should it be in
the User Templates or Startup folder as defined in File Locations.
Still have weird results where everything is turning to Print
View. I did uninstall the Remove Hidden Data Tool as you
mentioned.

Thanks again, Al

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
That's the Remove Hidden Data add-in, I think. It's rather
embarrassing to Microsoft that one of the flaws in this add-in is
that it dirties Normal.dot and requires you to resave it at exit.
If you don't have "Prompt to save Normal template" checked on the
Save tab of Tools | Options (and you should!), then you won't be
getting a prompt to save Normal.dot, but Word will be saving it
every time you quit Word. This is never a good idea. If you're
not using the Remove Hidden Data tool, I'd advise uninstalling
the add-in. I don't guarantee that it is the source of your
problem, but it causes problems of its own.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
This could be the effect of an add-in.

Suzanne thanks for your help. As I mentioned I have a Word 2003
document and it always opens up in "Print Layout" even if I
change it to "Normal" and save it. Going to Templates and
Add-In's there is a Global Template called rhd.dot, not sure
what it is but can't seem to delete that as well. Could that be
causing the problem? Very frustrating.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
This could be the effect of an add-in.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
Back to the original question my system does not save the
document view type. Even if I put it in NORMAL and save it.
When I close
it
and
open
it
again it goes right back to Print Layout.

Why is this happening?? Any ideas?

Change the vertical layout from Center to Top (Layout tab of Page Setup),
then click Default... and answer yes.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
Graham,

Thanks for the help but I think my Word 2003 has major problems. New
documents are automatically going to Print View mode only and they have a
large header of 4.5 inches. Can't seem to decrease the header size at all
it is locked even when using page setup for whole document and header
edit.
Miss Wordperfect reveal codes. Any recommendations other then to
re-install
Word 2003, would that possibly work?

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
And here it is
Save the following in normal.dot See
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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





Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Existing documents will open in the view in which they were saved,
but I can't imagine why you would get Document1 in Normal view and
subsequent new blank docs in Print Layout. All I can say is that Word
2003 is extremely unreliable on this score (it also tends to lose
track of other display settings, so I'm constantly having to restore
my ruler). Many users have resorted to AutoExec or AutoOpen macros to
guarantee a predictable environment. I'm sorry I can't help further,
but perhaps Graham Mayor will come along with one of his helpful
macros.


"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
Thanks Suzanne, well this is where I am now. Have no AddOn's
installed, uninstalled Remove Hidden Data tool and checked my
options to ask to save Normal.dot. I deleted all my normal.dot
files I could find and let it recreate a new one. If I change the
view to NORMAL and quit Word and then restart Word the blank
document that starts with Word is properly showing in NORMAL mode.
But if I open a new blank document or any other existing document it
switches to PRINT LAYOUT mode. Any ideas what could be causing
this?? Any directories I should maybe clear out?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
As noted, it's on the Save tab. Normal.dot should be in the User
Templates folder. Note that in Windows XP, this is a Hidden folder,
so you must set your Windows folder options to display hidden and
system files in order to see/find it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
"Prompt to save Normal template" checked on the Save tab of
Tools | Options

Can't find these feature, what tab is it on, thought I scanned
them all??

Also what directory should the normal.dot be in. Should it be in
the User Templates or Startup folder as defined in File Locations.
Still have weird results where everything is turning to Print
View. I did uninstall the Remove Hidden Data Tool as you
mentioned.

Thanks again, Al

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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That's the Remove Hidden Data add-in, I think. It's rather
embarrassing to Microsoft that one of the flaws in this add-in is
that it dirties Normal.dot and requires you to resave it at exit.
If you don't have "Prompt to save Normal template" checked on the
Save tab of Tools | Options (and you should!), then you won't be
getting a prompt to save Normal.dot, but Word will be saving it
every time you quit Word. This is never a good idea. If you're
not using the Remove Hidden Data tool, I'd advise uninstalling
the add-in. I don't guarantee that it is the source of your
problem, but it causes problems of its own.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Al Franz" wrote in message
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This could be the effect of an add-in.

Suzanne thanks for your help. As I mentioned I have a Word 2003
document and it always opens up in "Print Layout" even if I
change it to "Normal" and save it. Going to Templates and
Add-In's there is a Global Template called rhd.dot, not sure
what it is but can't seem to delete that as well. Could that be
causing the problem? Very frustrating.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
This could be the effect of an add-in.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
Back to the original question my system does not save the
document view type. Even if I put it in NORMAL and save it.
When I close
it
and
open
it
again it goes right back to Print Layout.

Why is this happening?? Any ideas?

Suzanne has detailed the likely fix, but note that reinstalling Word rarely
fixes anything as it does not change the many user settings - see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
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Al Franz wrote:
Graham,

Thanks for the help but I think my Word 2003 has major problems. New
documents are automatically going to Print View mode only and they
have a large header of 4.5 inches. Can't seem to decrease the header
size at all it is locked even when using page setup for whole
document and header edit. Miss Wordperfect reveal codes. Any
recommendations other then to re-install Word 2003, would that
possibly work?

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
And here it is
Save the following in normal.dot See
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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





Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Existing documents will open in the view in which they were saved,
but I can't imagine why you would get Document1 in Normal view and
subsequent new blank docs in Print Layout. All I can say is that
Word 2003 is extremely unreliable on this score (it also tends to
lose
track of other display settings, so I'm constantly having to restore
my ruler). Many users have resorted to AutoExec or AutoOpen macros
to guarantee a predictable environment. I'm sorry I can't help
further, but perhaps Graham Mayor will come along with one of his
helpful macros.


"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
Thanks Suzanne, well this is where I am now. Have no AddOn's
installed, uninstalled Remove Hidden Data tool and checked my
options to ask to save Normal.dot. I deleted all my normal.dot
files I could find and let it recreate a new one. If I change the
view to NORMAL and quit Word and then restart Word the blank
document that starts with Word is properly showing in NORMAL mode.
But if I open a new blank document or any other existing document
it switches to PRINT LAYOUT mode. Any ideas what could be causing
this?? Any directories I should maybe clear out?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
As noted, it's on the Save tab. Normal.dot should be in the User
Templates folder. Note that in Windows XP, this is a Hidden
folder, so you must set your Windows folder options to display
hidden and system files in order to see/find it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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newsgroup so all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
"Prompt to save Normal template" checked on the Save tab of
Tools | Options

Can't find these feature, what tab is it on, thought I scanned
them all??

Also what directory should the normal.dot be in. Should it be in
the User Templates or Startup folder as defined in File
Locations. Still have weird results where everything is turning
to Print
View. I did uninstall the Remove Hidden Data Tool as you
mentioned.

Thanks again, Al

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
That's the Remove Hidden Data add-in, I think. It's rather
embarrassing to Microsoft that one of the flaws in this add-in
is that it dirties Normal.dot and requires you to resave it at
exit. If you don't have "Prompt to save Normal template"
checked on the Save tab of Tools | Options (and you should!),
then you won't be getting a prompt to save Normal.dot, but Word
will be saving it every time you quit Word. This is never a
good idea. If you're
not using the Remove Hidden Data tool, I'd advise uninstalling
the add-in. I don't guarantee that it is the source of your
problem, but it causes problems of its own.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
This could be the effect of an add-in.

Suzanne thanks for your help. As I mentioned I have a Word
2003 document and it always opens up in "Print Layout" even if
I
change it to "Normal" and save it. Going to Templates and
Add-In's there is a Global Template called rhd.dot, not sure
what it is but can't seem to delete that as well. Could that be
causing the problem? Very frustrating.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
This could be the effect of an add-in.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to
the newsgroup so all may benefit.

"Al Franz" wrote in message
...
Back to the original question my system does not save the
document view type. Even if I put it in NORMAL and save it.
When I close
it
and
open
it
again it goes right back to Print Layout.

Why is this happening?? Any ideas?