I know how to change the default Zoom in the Normal template in Word 2007.
It is really quite easy, however that only affects new documents you create,
as opposed to say attachments sent to you. Is it possible to just change the
default view when Word opens up, regardless of if it is a new document or
existing one, from 100% to say Page width? I could not find this in Word
settings, might this be a registry hack?

Thanks a bunch,

Word documents "remember" the last zoom, and that's how they open. You can
change this, in effect, however, by including an AutoOpen macro that runs
any time you open an existing document:

To force all documents to open at 120%, the AutoOpen macro would need to
include the line:

ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Zoom.Percentage = 120

If you name a macro AutoOpen, it will be run each time any Word document
[based on that template] is opened. Hence, for most document, putting
AutoOpen into Normal.dotm will usually do the trick.

For me, a zoom of 160 is optimal. Yet, I have clients who love to view
documents at 80% and sometimes smaller. My AutoOpen macro keeps me from
having to reach for the zoom each time I open documents they send me.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Nat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I know how to change the default Zoom in the Normal template in Word 2007.
> It is really quite easy, however that only affects new documents you
> create,
> as opposed to say attachments sent to you. Is it possible to just change
> the
> default view when Word opens up, regardless of if it is a new document or
> existing one, from 100% to say Page width? I could not find this in Word
> settings, might this be a registry hack?
>
> Thanks a bunch,

Thanks that is perfect. Works like a charm.

I really appreciate your help

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

> Word documents "remember" the last zoom, and that's how they open. You can
> change this, in effect, however, by including an AutoOpen macro that runs
> any time you open an existing document:
>
> To force all documents to open at 120%, the AutoOpen macro would need to
> include the line:
>
> ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Zoom.Percentage = 120
>
> If you name a macro AutoOpen, it will be run each time any Word document
> [based on that template] is opened. Hence, for most document, putting
> AutoOpen into Normal.dotm will usually do the trick.
>
> For me, a zoom of 160 is optimal. Yet, I have clients who love to view
> documents at 80% and sometimes smaller. My AutoOpen macro keeps me from
> having to reach for the zoom each time I open documents they send me.
>
> --
> Herb Tyson MS MVP
> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>
>
> "Nat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:44243D52-E395-432F-B653-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I know how to change the default Zoom in the Normal template in Word 2007.
> > It is really quite easy, however that only affects new documents you
> > create,
> > as opposed to say attachments sent to you. Is it possible to just change
> > the
> > default view when Word opens up, regardless of if it is a new document or
> > existing one, from 100% to say Page width? I could not find this in Word
> > settings, might this be a registry hack?
> >
> > Thanks a bunch,
>
>