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

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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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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

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Anonymous

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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Anonymous

2010-11-14T09:59:36+00:00

No everyone. You can either display a word document (2007) as either one page or side by side (and when you want to only display one you can manual zoom in)

Go to the 'view' tab on the far right up the top (next to review) and then look at the zoom section (3rd from the right) and there you will see 'one page' followed by 'two pages', just click one page and that should be what your looking after, no matter how far you zoom out it will never go to 2 pages side by side.

You would think all this would be under the 'page layout' tab wouldn't you?.... bloody Microsoft
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2010-08-22T23:29:47+00:00

Are you sure that you have your percentages right? On my machine, at any zoom setting above 70% (using the zoom slider at the bottom right of the screen - Right click on the Status Bar and check that item if it is not showing) a single page is displayed. At 70% or less, two pages are displayed.

-- Hope this helps.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP,

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Yes, I'm using print layout and normal template.

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Anonymous

2010-08-22T16:11:54+00:00

Are you using the Print Layout and the Normal template?

Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

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