Going back to Word 97, Normal View *was* the "normal view" - most everything
else was awkward for editing purposes. [Un]Fortuntely, the more graphic
views improved Page Layout/Print Layout view has become the "normal view"
for the majority of users.
I'm convinced that the *real* reason for changing to "Draft View" is simply
that Normal isn't Normal anymore - even though there are some who insist
that it was simply to avoid confusion of Normal View with Normal.dot - a
perceived conflict extant for decades - which hasn't been a serious problem
for anyone willing to add the appropriate additional 4 chars (view or .dot)
to their communication
Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
On 3/19/07 4:33 PM, in article
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"Larry" wrote:
Anyone have any idea of how to set Word so that it will open by default as
it used to open, to the "Normal" view, now called the Draft view.
Looking at a factory fresh version of Word 97, when I open Word, it opens in
the Normal view.
In Word 2007, if a document is put in the draft view, and changes are made
and saved, and the document is closed, when it is opened again it opens in
the Print Layout view. Is there some way to change this undesired behavior?
"Larry" wrote in message
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No matter what I do, Word 2007 keeps opening in Print Layout and I have to
switch it back to Draft view. I don't see any place in the Word Options
to
set the view and keep it that way. In earlier versions of Word, I have
much
more control over the Document view.