view only one page on the screen at a time

I think what trumpy9404 (and lilly74) are asking is how do you view one page only (centered) in Word while retaining the zoom level at 100%. Terry, you can always enforce a one-page, centered view by choosing a high enough zoom level, but who wants to work with print that big?

This question has been asked before in other forums, but no one at Microsoft or elsewhere seems to have an answer.  The problem occurs in Word 2007, and to my surprise it has even been carried through to Word 2010 without a fix.  Some people (including me) simply don't like the two-page layout in Word, and just want one page on the screen, centered, at 100%.  Word doesn't seem to be able to provide that.

With today's wider screens the problem is simply exacerbated.  The level of zoom which you need to go to to achieve a single-page, centered view is simply unworkable.

It surprises me that this problem has been allowed to persist, and has not been fixed in the latest versions of Word.  So, is there a setting buried somewhere in the depths of Word 2007 and Word 2010 which no one has found, or do we just look forward to Microsoft waking up by 2013?

The solution is to set Word's window size to less than full screen width (or to take up part of the window with panes).

The last time this subject came up the thread got rather out of hand, so to re-iterate:

The point at which one page is displayed is determined by a combination of the screen resolution, the zoom setting and the width of the Word window. To ensure one page view, reduce the screen resolution OR increase the zoom OR reduce the size of the window.

There is however a possible workaround suggested by fellow Word MVP Tony Jollans:

Save the following code saved in both an autoopen and an autonew macro in the normal template

With ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Zoom

    .PageColumns = 1

    .Percentage = 100 'set percentage as required

End With

(http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm  will explain how)

This will set single page view at 100% zoom for every document opened or created.

Hi,

     Check for the settings under “View” tab. “Print Layout” is the option that has to be checked. If this does not work click “View | Zoom” and then set the value to 100%.