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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  2. Anonymous
    2011-04-17T04:13:04+00:00

    For a non-macro solution, simply go to Zoom, click on the 'Many Pages' icon, choose a one-page display, then set the zoom level to whatever you want.

    For my own system, I use an AutoOpen macro coded as shown below. This defaults to the Print Layout view, with documents displayed in a single pane at a maximum of 125% enlargement (less if 125% is more than will fit) and puts the document's name and path on the title bar.

    Sub AutoOpen()

    With ActiveWindow

      'Reduce flickering while changing settings

      .Visible = False

      'Switch to Print Preview mode

      If .View.SplitSpecial = wdPaneNone Then

        .ActivePane.View.Type = wdPrintView

      Else

        .View.Type = wdPrintView

      End If

      With .ActivePane.View.Zoom

        'Set for a 1-page view

        .PageColumns = 1

        'Initialize for best fit

        .PageFit = wdPageFitBestFit

        'Test zoom % and reduce to 125% max

        If .Percentage > 125 Then .Percentage = 125

      End With

      'Display the Rulers

      .ActivePane.DisplayRulers = True

      'Displays the Document Path in the Title Bar

      .Caption = ActiveDocument.FullName

      'Restore the window now that we're finished

      .Visible = True

    End With

    End Sub

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-04-16T23:42:37+00:00

    Thank you so much for this.  It took me a while to realise that I had to just delete the macro that was already there and replace it completely with your one (I was just adding the second part to the bit already there originally) but I got it - this is just what I wanted :D  Thanks again!

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