view only one page on the screen at a time

Anonymous
2010-01-24T01:25:52+00:00

Hi,

I'm running Microsoft Office XP on win7 64bit and can't seem to find a way to view only one page in a Word document. If I download or write more than one page they come up in two page side by side format on the screen. Is there a way to set one page at a time viewing as default?

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Anonymous
2014-05-09T03:34:10+00:00

Guys, there is a VERY easy fix for Office XP / 2003 users:

Make your MS Word window fullscreen

Now it might display 2 pages side by side (depending on your screen resolution)

To get back to a single page while using the PRINT LAYOUT view, follow below:

Click on VIEW -> choose WEB LAYOUT -> Click VIEW again -> now go back to PRINT LAYOUT

The problem should be solved, if it occurs again in the future, just follow these quick steps

Good luck

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-05-19T07:16:58+00:00

    Stefan, this works really nice if you open word documents from anywhere else but e-mails (which happens to be the standard way I do). When opened from e-mail you get an error which declares that macro fails because there is no document open.

    This might also be caused by the protected view though.

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  2. Stefan Blom 352.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-10-23T22:10:24+00:00

    If you are using Word 2010 or earlier, the only way to force a particular view and zoom on every document that you open in Word is to add a couple of auto macros to your Normal template:

    Sub AutoOpen()

    ActiveWindow.View.Type = 3  'Print layout view

    With ActiveWindow.View.Zoom

         .PageColumns = 1

         .Percentage = 100 'set percentage as required

    End With

    End Sub

    Sub AutoNew()

    ActiveWindow.View.Type = 3  'Print layout view

    With ActiveWindow.View.Zoom

         .PageColumns = 1

         .Percentage = 100 'set percentage as required

    End With

    End Sub

    Of course, you can use these macros in later versions as well, if you wish.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-10-21T23:30:52+00:00

    Doesn't work. When I go back to PRINT LAYOUT, I'm back to a two-page display.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-01-21T15:49:19+00:00

    Svenson14 - It works on for Office 2010, as long as you leave the 100% Zoom key alone!.  If you've got the page set on 100% and are getting two pages displayed, put it into Web Layout view and then put it back into Print Layout view and, Hey Presto, one page width is on the screen.  I'm amazed that this discussion has been going on form 3 or 4 years and none of the Learned Contributors knew about this fix.  It mightn't be permanent but it's pretty easy to implement for a problem that only seems to occur from time to time (for me at least)

    Charles,

    Sorry but, I've tried this and this exactly what I would call a workaround, not a fix or solution.  As soon as you close the document and re-open it, the view is back to two pages.

    I believe the original request from this thread was the desire to have a one page view **by default.**This sounds like such a simple thing that word should be completely capable of doing.  There's no need for someone to need to change their view every time they open a document.

    It's 2015, any mundane, repetitive task preformed on a computer should be done by a computer.

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