Word for Mac 16.25 cannot remember window size

I just updated to 16.26. Predictably, it only solves the problem half. It opens larger than before, but still too small and doesn't remember for new docs.

Microsoft doesn't care. Don't forget that Excel has always had this problem.

There is only one solution: reinstall 2016 and leave it at that.

This will never, ever change. As will many of the other bugs.

Just received notice about Office 365 for Mac update. It include Word Update 16.26.0 (19060901). Does this fix the problem? I did a Google search on Word Update 16.26.0 and couldn't find anything. Does anybody know about this update?

Hi All,

We have received several reports about the same issue recently. For others to easily identify the information here, I’m summarizing the issue as follows:

Issue description:

After updating to version 16.25 (190512), Word for Mac can no loner remember the window size closed last time. It always opens at a fixed size.

Environment:

Word for Mac version 16.25 (190512) on all three latest version of Mac OS.

Assessment:

We can reproduce the same behavior on our side. And we are reporting the issue to our related team for further investigation. Once there is any update, we will post back as soon as possible. As a workaround, you can open the Word for Mac application first and open the file from the recent list or from the File menu.

Thanks,

Ran

Your recommendation does not work all the time. It seems to work for the same session, but not always. Same thing with a new session, although fewer documents open to my preference in a new session. In all cases, when I start a new document, the window opens to a partial screen and nowhere close to my preference. The document window seems to be about 2/3rds of a screen high and perhaps half a screen wide, with a print view full page document at 88%. This is the case in Word version 16.27. In Word version 16.25 the window was smaller and nothing opened to the full page window I was accustomed to.

I use a 27 inch iMac and Word for Mac. The operating system is macOS Mojave 10.14.5. My preferred window for documents is scaled to the full height of the screen, less the top menu bar and the bottom program bar. On my monitor the window is about 12.5 inches tall. I size the window width to accommodate a print view of the document in full page scaled at 145% with about a quarter inch of blank space on either side. With the ribbon showing at the top of the window, this gives me a screen document the same size as a hard copy letter size page. I often have several documents in this size window open at the same time, and can display two complete pages at a time. I find this a great setup for editing and composing. This arrangement always worked with Word versions prior to 16.25. Saved documents would open to this size. New documents would start in this size window. That no longer is the case. I sincerely hope Microsoft can restore the former capability.

Open Word and in the Help drop down menu select Check for Updates.

If no update is available select the Insider Update option and Fast after reading the warnings. That will give you the latest version which is effectively a beta version for testing.

This answer should be at the very top of this article!  It immediately fixed the problem.  Get a clue, MSFT!