Document View keeps reverting to Print Layout

[Larry]

No matter what I do, Word 2007 keeps opening in Print Layout and I have to
switch it back to Draft view. I don't see any place in the Word Options to
set the view and keep it that way. In earlier versions of Word, I have much
more control over the Document view.

 

[Larry]

Anyone have any idea of how to set Word so that it will open by default as
it used to open, to the "Normal" view, now called the Draft view.

Looking at a factory fresh version of Word 97, when I open Word, it opens in
the Normal view.

In Word 2007, if a document is put in the draft view, and changes are made
and saved, and the document is closed, when it is opened again it opens in
the Print Layout view. Is there some way to change this undesired behavior?

 

[Terry Farrell]

AFAIAA, that isn't possible in W2007.

 

[CyberTaz]

Going back to Word 97, Normal View *was* the "normal view" - most everything
else was awkward for editing purposes. [Un]Fortuntely, the more graphic
views improved Page Layout/Print Layout view has become the "normal view"
for the majority of users.

I'm convinced that the *real* reason for changing to "Draft View" is simply
that Normal isn't Normal anymore - even though there are some who insist
that it was simply to avoid confusion of Normal View with Normal.dot - a
perceived conflict extant for decades - which hasn't been a serious problem
for anyone willing to add the appropriate additional 4 chars (view or .dot)
to their communication

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Larry]

Does that mean that in the VBA code for Word 2007, the following:

ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdNormalView

will no longer work and would have to be changed to something else, like:

ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdDraftView


Larry

Going back to Word 97, Normal View *was* the "normal view" - most everything
else was awkward for editing purposes. [Un]Fortuntely, the more graphic
views improved Page Layout/Print Layout view has become the "normal view"
for the majority of users.

I'm convinced that the *real* reason for changing to "Draft View" is simply
that Normal isn't Normal anymore - even though there are some who insist
that it was simply to avoid confusion of Normal View with Normal.dot - a
perceived conflict extant for decades - which hasn't been a serious problem
for anyone willing to add the appropriate additional 4 chars (view or ..dot)
to their communication

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Anyone have any idea of how to set Word so that it will open by default as
it used to open, to the "Normal" view, now called the Draft view.

Looking at a factory fresh version of Word 97, when I open Word, it opens in
the Normal view.

In Word 2007, if a document is put in the draft view, and changes are made
and saved, and the document is closed, when it is opened again it opens in
the Print Layout view. Is there some way to change this undesired behavior?



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[CyberTaz]

A good question to which I do not know the answer - I don't really write
that much VBA. It's possible that the underlying call remains the same &
that only the UI labeling has been changed, but I honestly don't know. If yo
don't get an answer I'll try to find out.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Does that mean that in the VBA code for Word 2007, the following:

ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdNormalView

will no longer work and would have to be changed to something else, like:

ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdDraftView


Larry

Going back to Word 97, Normal View *was* the "normal view" - most everything
else was awkward for editing purposes. [Un]Fortuntely, the more graphic
views improved Page Layout/Print Layout view has become the "normal view"
for the majority of users.

I'm convinced that the *real* reason for changing to "Draft View" is simply
that Normal isn't Normal anymore - even though there are some who insist
that it was simply to avoid confusion of Normal View with Normal.dot - a
perceived conflict extant for decades - which hasn't been a serious problem
for anyone willing to add the appropriate additional 4 chars (view or .dot)

to their communication

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Anyone have any idea of how to set Word so that it will open by default as
it used to open, to the "Normal" view, now called the Draft view.

Looking at a factory fresh version of Word 97, when I open Word, it opens in
the Normal view.

In Word 2007, if a document is put in the draft view, and changes are made
and saved, and the document is closed, when it is opened again it opens in
the Print Layout view. Is there some way to change this undesired behavior?



No matter what I do, Word 2007 keeps opening in Print Layout and I have to
switch it back to Draft view. I don't see any place in the Word Options
to
set the view and keep it that way. In earlier versions of Word, I have
much
more control over the Document view.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Larry,

You can use the Immediate pane in the VBA editor (Alt+F11) in Word 2007 to test. In your specific instance wdNormalView is still
the matching code.

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Does that mean that in the VBA code for Word 2007, the following:

ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdNormalView

will no longer work and would have to be changed to something else, like:

ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdDraftView


Larry >>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

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