Open Menu - Changing To List View - Word 2007

[Guest]

When I click on Open in Word 2007 the contents come up in “Small Icons†view
but I want them to come up in “List†view. Word Help is of no assistance. How
can I assure that the folder and files are always shown in List view? Is
there a sticky Word command that I have not found?

I have already went to VISTA’S Windows Explorer and selected:
Tools > Folder Options > View > Folder View > Folder Views > Apply To Folder
(after I had selected a folder and chose List).

The problem there is that, while it followed my directions and lists
folders/files in List view, that only applies to use of Windows Explorer - it
has no effect on MS Word menus.

 

[Jay Freedman]

You can change the view in the Open dialog by right-clicking a blank
area in the file pane and clicking View and then the view you want.
This view _should_ stay, even through shutdowns, until you change it.

If it isn't staying set, you may have a problem in the registry. The
view is stored in a binary value named Data under the key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\Open
Find\Microsoft Office Word\Settings\Open\View.

For other binary data registry entries that Word uses, you can delete
the Data value, restart Word, and the value will be rebuilt. I'm not
sure whether this one can be treated that way. So, before you delete
the value, right-click the View key and choose Export to save it in an
external .reg file. Then, if the value isn't rebuilt after deletion,
you can import the .reg file and be back where you started.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Guest]

Jay wrote:

“You can change the view in the Open dialog by right-clicking a blank
area in the file pane and clicking View and then the view you want.
This view _should_ stay, even through shutdowns, until you change it.â€

Many thanks, Jay. That stuck through a full system shutdown and reboot, so I
guess the problem is solved. I hope others will read this and take your
advice, because I’m sure that problem is driving a lot of people up the wall.
Too bad MS does not put an icon in the View portion of the Ribbon or in the
Open dialog page - it would be so simple!