Default Document Screen View

[Guest]

This is a problem that I have been trying to solve for at least 3 or 4 years.
Every 6 months or so, I describe it on one forum or another and plead for
assistance. Despite some very helpful responses, the problem does not go
away.

The problem occurs in MS Word. I encounter it in both Word 2000, Word 2002,
Word 2003 and Word XP. When working on a Word document, I prefer as large a
screen space for the document as possible. In particular, I do not need and
do not want to look at either the Ruler (at the top of the document space) or
the Horizontal Scroll Bar (at the bottom of the document space). They can
easily be removed via the View and Tools/Options menu selections. However,
after saving the document, exiting Word, and then coming back later to open
the document, I find that both the Ruler and the Scroll Bar are there.

I also have tried (perhaps 20 or 30 times) to edit the NORMAL.DOT template
that manages the default formatting features. It apparently does not control
the default document screen view that I am trying to modify.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to permanently change the default
screen view so that it does NOT include these two features? Thank you in
advance.

George Moseley

 

[Helmut Weber]

Hi George,
did you try to change normal.dot by
inserting one character,
setting the screen view,
saving it, removing the character,
and saving again?
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Greetings from Bavaria, Germany
Helmut Weber, MVP
"red.sys" & chr(64) & "t-online.de"
Word XP, Win 98
http://word.mvps.org/

 

[Guest]

Hi George,
did you try to change normal.dot by
inserting one character,
setting the screen view,
saving it, removing the character,
and saving again?
---
Greetings from Bavaria, Germany
Helmut Weber, MVP
"red.sys" & chr(64) & "t-online.de"
Word XP, Win 98
http://word.mvps.org/

Guten abend, Helmut,

Thank you for your suggestion. I will try it and see if it works.

Wiedersehen,
George

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/SaveViewAndZoom.htm, but note that in
Word 2002 and 2003, you may need a macro because Word seems to be very
irresponsible about maintaining the settings in Normal.dot.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Graham Mayor]

If all else fails, an autonew and an autoopen macro in normal.dot each
containing the following will force your will on the application no matter
what:

With ActiveWindow
.DisplayHorizontalScrollBar = False
.DisplayVerticalScrollBar = False
.DisplayLeftScrollBar = False
.DisplayVerticalRuler = False
.DisplayRightRuler = False
.ActivePane.DisplayRulers = False
End With
Application.DisplayStatusBar = False

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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[Guest]

Graham -

This is interesting. I think this might solve my similar problem: I want to
always open documents in Normal view at 100% zoom.

I know nothing about creating macros in NORMAL.DOT (although I know what
NORMAL.DOT is and what it is for). Can you point me to a resource that could
assist me with this?

Thanks!

 

[Guest]

Graham -

This is interesting. I think this might solve my similar problem: I want to
always open documents in Normal view at 100% zoom.

I know nothing about creating macros in NORMAL.DOT (although I know what
NORMAL.DOT is and what it is for). Can you point me to a resource that could
assist me with this?

Thanks!

 

[Graham Mayor]

You need to create an autonew and an autoopen macro each containing the same
code (or add the code to existing macros of the same name - though if you
have no knowledge of macros the probability is that you will need to create
them).
See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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My web site www.gmayor.com

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[Guest]

Graham:

Very helpful. Your Web site has good info. I get it now!

One remaining Q: The macro works great for creating new and opening existing
docs. What about when I click on the Word icon and open a blank doc? The same
macro doesn't work because there is no "ActiveWindow".

Thanks for your guidance!

 

[Guest]

Graham:

Very helpful. Your Web site has good info. I get it now!

One remaining Q: The macro works great for creating new and opening existing
docs. What about when I click on the Word icon and open a blank doc? The same
macro doesn't work because there is no "ActiveWindow".

Thanks for your guidance!