Word 2007 displays two pages next to each other in my documents instead of one.

Anonymous
2010-08-22T12:31:25+00:00

Hey, I have this problem where Word 2007 displays two pages next to each other instead of just one. In display options I can select show only one page, but this changes the size to 73% and that's not big enough for me. If I change the size to 100% after that it reverts to show two pages next to each other. If there is only one page in the document that page is shown in the left side of Word instead of in the middle. I have found a workaround where I first click web layout, and then back to print layout and it will show as normal until I close the document and open it again. So I'm just wondering if there is a permanent solution to my problem. This problem started when I installed Word 2007.

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Anonymous
2010-08-24T00:56:13+00:00

You're seeing this because you have the Word window sized extremely wide on a high-resolution 1680x1050 display. If you want to see just one page in the center of the Word window at 100% zoom, drag

the right edge of the window to the left so it's nearly the same width as the ribbon.

Word makes its decision of how many pages to display on the basis of the current width of the page (as set by the zoom factor) compared to the current width of the client window (the blue space). If

it can fit two pages, then it will show two pages -- there is no way to tell it not to. Because you want a specific zoom (100%), the only factor you can adjust is the window width.

Jay Freedman

MS Word MVP  FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

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Anonymous
2012-02-16T03:01:09+00:00

Just found a fourth way to fix this annoying problem.

For me, it has been recurring on one old document, but not on any other documents I have.

Go to Page Layout, Size and change to a different size (for me I changed from A4 to A5).

Then go and change the setting back ( for me, to A4).

No more problems for me.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-03-16T08:10:29+00:00

    You need to Zoom IN, not Zoom out.  At what zoom ratio Word will switch from one page to two depends upon the aspect ratio of your monitor

    On my lap top, the switch occurs between 80% and 90%.  move the Word window to the external monitor that I have attached to the lap top, the switch occurs between 110% and 120%

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-03-15T11:46:34+00:00

    I'm afraid this isn't true, it still reverts to two pages if you zoom out.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-02-10T17:14:59+00:00

    I have just been faffing around for about 20 minutes to half hour with the same problem and reading solutions with macros and changing window sizes and stuff but like others here, am exasperated and frustrated by some people (no disrespect) because as people are struggling to explain, it's NOT all documents that this is affecting. I opened up a different document/letter that was already displaying as I wished (one page with the next underneath it not next to it at 100% zoom) and it started off fine then I must have accidently struck a key or keys and then my problems started. Every time I selected a single sheet display, it went to 76% and zooming further out towards 100% and zip, back it went to side by side. So I went looking and found this site. I've had Word 2007 working fine before now so I know it's got nothing at all to do with my monitor or anything else. I certainly don't need macros.

    So cut a long story short, what did I do? I selected single sheet and when it zoomed out to 76%, held down the control key and zoomed in using the middle mouse wheel and this time BINGO! Success. Back to what I wanted, sheets showing underneath each other and at 106% zoom. I couldn't get it to land right on 100% but 106% works fine for me so onwards and upwards. :)

    I can only agree 100% with those who say they hope Microsoft get this sorted out for a future release. I'll second that totally!

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