How do I change the default size of my window? It seems that when I make the
window smaller to view something else for a second, all the documents I open
after that, will open in the smaller size windows. Its a pain to always have
to hit Maximize to get to the size I normally view things in. How do I change
this?

Word uses the size of the current window to determine the size of new
ones. This becomes obvious if you use the Tile Vertically command on
the taskbar to view documents side by side; just closing the documents
will re-use their size as you create new ones (even if you also exited
Word). So, what you can do, when you are done with your smaller
window, is to make sure that you maximize it before closing it; then
subsequently opened windows should have the correct size.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"MrsTrajan" wrote in message
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How do I change the default size of my window? It seems that when I
make the
window smaller to view something else for a second, all the
documents I open
after that, will open in the smaller size windows. Its a pain to
always have
to hit Maximize to get to the size I normally view things in. How do
I change
this?

Thanks. That seems decpetively simple. Does the same hold true in Internet
Explorer? I often get smaller windows opening up there as well. Or is that a
function of the way the page is designed?

"MrsTrajan" wrote:

How do I change the default size of my window? It seems that when I make the
window smaller to view something else for a second, all the documents I open
after that, will open in the smaller size windows. Its a pain to always have
to hit Maximize to get to the size I normally view things in. How do I change
this?

One annoyance of IE is that you can't force it to open maximized. But you
*can* drag the Normal window to fill the entire screen, and then IE windows
will open "maximized" except in cases where the window size is defined (as
in the case of popups or other new windows generated by clicking on links).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"MrsTrajan" wrote in message
...
Thanks. That seems decpetively simple. Does the same hold true in Internet
Explorer? I often get smaller windows opening up there as well. Or is that
a
function of the way the page is designed?

"MrsTrajan" wrote:

How do I change the default size of my window? It seems that when I make
the
window smaller to view something else for a second, all the documents I
open
after that, will open in the smaller size windows. Its a pain to always
have
to hit Maximize to get to the size I normally view things in. How do I
change
this?