Re: Print Preview magnification settings do not stick

From: Suzanne S. Barnhill (sbarnhill_at_mvps.org)
Date: 11/23/04

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    I'm not sure when the rot set in, but it certainly seems to be getting
    progressively worse. I skipped Word 2000, so can't speak to that, but I
    still think it probably started with the introduction of SDI. I have noticed
    that settings I change in one document seem to be inherited by the next
    opened in the same "window" (that is, if I have one document open, then open
    a second, make changes in the Zoom, and close it, then the next document I
    open may have the same Zoom setting even though that's not what was saved
    with the document). What's really driving me crazy right now is the ruler. I
    noticed that it was being displayed in Print Preview (where I don't need it,
    and it takes up screen real estate), so I closed it. Usually such settings
    apply only to Print Preview, but now I'm having the devil of a time getting
    it to stay put in Normal or Print Layout view, and Word frequently opens
    with different settings from the ones in effect when I closed it (no ruler,
    Print Layout view instead of Normal, 105% Zoom instead of 100%, etc.). 

    -- 
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Joseph Rottenberg" <joe_rottenberg@adp.com> wrote in message
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> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> > Let's just say that Word *used* to preserve the previously used settings
in
> > the application, in documents, and in specific views such as Print
Preview.
> > This has become gradually less dependable, and if you care enough about
it,
> > the only way to ensure consistency is to use a macro.
> >
> > -- 
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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>
> OK. Thanks for your response. I coded the macro and it seems to do the
> trick. But I'm still curious as to the point at which it stopped
> sticking - was it XP or SP2? Because the version of Word (2000) that
> I'm using is the same that I've had for a while. Also, does Microsoft
> acknoweldge this to be a problem, or is this "behavior by design"? I
> don't have a problem with Print Preview always opening to the same
> magnification (and not the last one used), so long as I'm the one that
> decides what that zoom level should be.
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