Tools options general uncheck allow starting in reading layout.
Documents should open in the view in which they were saved. To override this
requires an autoopen macro

Sub AutoOpen()
ActiveWindow.Caption = ActiveDocument.FullName
With ActiveWindow.View
.Type = wdPrintView
.Zoom.Percentage = 100
.ShowFieldCodes = False
.DisplayPageBoundaries = True
End With
End Sub

see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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KR wrote:
At work we just upgraded to Office2003. When I create new documents
in Word, they come up in "print layout", which is my desired working
view.

When I open Word attachments from Outlook, they often come up in
"reading layout" (2 page, side-by-side) which in most cases messes up
the tables and other info, actually making it harder to read.

Is there a setting somewhere that I haven't found yet that will
automatically make all documents open in print layout?

Thanks,
Keith