It is not necessary to 'save as' to apply the setting. What is necessary is
to have a change in the document that Word sees as something to save. Simply
inserting a character in the document and then deleting it would have the
required effect and then Save will save the 'change' and the view. If you
have a Createdate date field in the document, SaveAs will produce the
unwanted side effect of updating the field to the current date.
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site
www.gmayor.com
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http://word.mvps.org
Johnbax wrote:
The answer is (I have just found) that if you want to change the view
of the document without editing it, you should do 'save as',
selecting the same file name, and then close the document. That way
the new view will be saved with the document. Surprising that it
doesn't say this in 'Help', but just says (incorrectly) that the new
view will be saved automatically.
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
That rather depends on what else you change in the document before
saving it. Merely changing the view is not sufficient change to
record as a change to be saved. You can force any view with auto
running macros see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Johnbax wrote:
It is not true that 'word documents always open in the view in which
they were saved'. If I open a file that has been saved in 'normal'
view, convert it to 'print layout view' and save it, it will
continue to open in 'normal'. There appears to be no way of dealing
with this.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Word documents always open in the view in which they were saved
UNLESS (a) the document is opened directly from an email attachment
and (b) the recipient has "Allow starting in Reading Layout"
enabled on the General tab of Tools | Options. Opening in Reading
Layout can cause some specific problems (especially associated
with TOCs). You therefore have three options:
1. Suggest that recipients not open documents directly from
attachments (good luck with this).
2. Suggest that recipients disable Reading Layout view (many of
them may thank you for the information on how to do this).
3. If there are TOC problems opening in Reading Layout, advise
recipients to switch to Print Layout view and then update the TOC.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"cran" wrote in message
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Have somehow saved a file in a view that does not show the header
in the opening view, but when View Print Layout is selected
the document is seen fully. Since this document is sent to various
places, unless the instructions are given to open in print layout
it is seen in the reading layout format. Please help!
Am using Offfice Professional 2003!
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cran