Centering the page in center of your monitor

Anonymous
2010-08-30T08:43:41+00:00

How do I center a page in the center of my monitor? I go to view > 1 page, but if I do that, although the page is centered, as soon as I zoom in, the entire page is set off to the left, as if it were in a 2 page view. I want to fix my view at one page, centered in the middle of my screen, with any zoom level I like.

using msword 2010, w7 64, 1920x1080 monitor

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Anonymous
2010-09-06T09:06:51+00:00

I learn something new about Word every day ...

I have to go out and can't check this properly at the moment (and the behaviour seems a little odd at first glance) but there is a setting in VBA - Zoom.PageColumns - that (partially) controls what you want. I will dig a little further on my return.

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  1. Paul Edstein 82,871 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2011-05-01T21:28:52+00:00

    Hi Stefan,

    Yes, that is true (though only one auto macro is needed. I use one myself:

    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

      'Restore the window now that we're finished

      .Visible = True

    End With

    End Sub

    The version I use has a couple of extra lines (not shown above) to ensure the rulers are displayed and to show the document's name & path in the title bar.

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  2. Stefan Blom 352.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2011-05-01T13:38:49+00:00

    You don't need a macro for this!

    There is a very simple manual procedure for getting a centered, single page at any zoom level:

    • choose View|Zoom

    • click on the 'Many pages' button and choose a single page

    • input/choose the zoom percentage of your choice, then click OK.

    But if you want to force this setting on all documents, ones that you create as well as those you receive from others, a couple of auto macro surely would be helpful?

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  3. Paul Edstein 82,871 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2011-04-30T22:02:16+00:00

    I'm getting all sorts of errors with that macro. How should I copy it? I get lines marked in red.

    You don't need a macro for this!

    There is a very simple manual procedure for getting a centered, single page at any zoom level:

    • choose View|Zoom

    • click on the 'Many pages' button and choose a single page

    • input/choose the zoom percentage of your choice, then click OK.

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  4. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2011-04-30T17:36:55+00:00

    See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm for helpful instructions on installing the macro. You should be able to select the macro as presented on the previous page and copy it (Ctrl+C), then paste it into the macro editor. It does not appear to me that any of the lines have wrapped prematurely, so it should work okay, but if a line is erroring, it may be because it has been broken; try deleting a line break to see if that helps.

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