There's no setting that will make documents open in Print Layout view (they
will, by default, open in the view in which they were saved), though you can
accomplish this with a macro. To keep them from opening in Reading Layout
view, however, clear the check box on the General tab of Tools | Options.

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"KR" wrote in message
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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

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