It seems like I automatically pop into print view the majority of time.
Perhaps it sounds crazy but I cannot locate a "Normal.dot" file.

joepd

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The type of material does make a lot of difference, but for probably 95% of
what I do, I use Normal view 95% of the time.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Bill Foley" wrote in message
...
I appreciate your opinion, but I NEVER use Word to just type letters/memo,
therefore, WYSIWYG is important!

THANKS!

--
Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint)
Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP
www.pttinc.com
Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/
Check out Word FAQs at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/index.htm

"Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message
...
No, Bill, don't encourage people to use Page Layout View. That's why
they
get so confused about shuffling pages, spellchecking footnotes, etc.
Normal
View is so much more reflective of how Word operates, it's really a big
step
toward knowing what's going on with your document.

Anyhow, if you are just typing, you don't need to see the margins.

Daiya


On 11/11/04 7:56 AM, "Bill Foley" wrote:

Another great reason to always use Print Layout (Page Layout in older
versions) view instead of Normal View.

--
Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word
Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/
MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/
What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ:
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

Thank you all for the response. I wasn't tying Normal View to Normal.dot but
stating two things I'm seeing. 1. I can't seem to stay in Normal view very
long but rather jump into print view without my request and 2. I don't seem
to have a Normal.dot file whether hidden or not. What is the complete path
to Normal.dot?

Thanks

joepd

"joepd" wrote:

It seems like I automatically pop into print view the majority of time.
Perhaps it sounds crazy but I cannot locate a "Normal.dot" file.

joepd

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The type of material does make a lot of difference, but for probably 95% of
what I do, I use Normal view 95% of the time.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Bill Foley" wrote in message
...
I appreciate your opinion, but I NEVER use Word to just type letters/memo,
therefore, WYSIWYG is important!

THANKS!

--
Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint)
Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP
www.pttinc.com
Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/
Check out Word FAQs at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/index.htm

"Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message
...
No, Bill, don't encourage people to use Page Layout View. That's why
they
get so confused about shuffling pages, spellchecking footnotes, etc.
Normal
View is so much more reflective of how Word operates, it's really a big
step
toward knowing what's going on with your document.

Anyhow, if you are just typing, you don't need to see the margins.

Daiya


On 11/11/04 7:56 AM, "Bill Foley" wrote:

Another great reason to always use Print Layout (Page Layout in older
versions) view instead of Normal View.

--
Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word
Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/
MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/
What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ:
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

Thanks to all who replied. My question was confusing. I was stating two
separate things I am experiencing. 1. I can't seem to stay in Normal mode
long and quickly jump into print layout mode without my requesting it and 2.
I don't seem able to locate a Normal.dot file whether hidden or not. Can
anyone give me the complete path. Thanks again.

Joepd

"joepd" wrote:

It seems like I automatically pop into print view the majority of time.
Perhaps it sounds crazy but I cannot locate a "Normal.dot" file.

joepd

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The type of material does make a lot of difference, but for probably 95% of
what I do, I use Normal view 95% of the time.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Bill Foley" wrote in message
...
I appreciate your opinion, but I NEVER use Word to just type letters/memo,
therefore, WYSIWYG is important!

THANKS!

--
Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint)
Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP
www.pttinc.com
Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/
Check out Word FAQs at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/index.htm

"Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message
...
No, Bill, don't encourage people to use Page Layout View. That's why
they
get so confused about shuffling pages, spellchecking footnotes, etc.
Normal
View is so much more reflective of how Word operates, it's really a big
step
toward knowing what's going on with your document.

Anyhow, if you are just typing, you don't need to see the margins.

Daiya


On 11/11/04 7:56 AM, "Bill Foley" wrote:

Another great reason to always use Print Layout (Page Layout in older
versions) view instead of Normal View.

--
Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word
Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/
MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/
What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ:
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

Normal.dot is a hidden file in the folder defined at tools options file
locations user templates.
If you want normal view to remain for all documents regardless of how they
were saved, you need a pair of macros -
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

Sub AutoNew()
With ActiveWindow.View
.Type = wdNormalView
.Zoom.Percentage = 100
End With
End Sub

Sub AutoOpen()
ActiveWindow.Caption = ActiveDocument.FullName
With ActiveWindow.View
.Type = wdNormalView
.Zoom.Percentage = 100
End With
End Sub


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




joepd wrote:
Thanks to all who replied. My question was confusing. I was stating
two separate things I am experiencing. 1. I can't seem to stay in
Normal mode
long and quickly jump into print layout mode without my requesting it
and 2.
I don't seem able to locate a Normal.dot file whether hidden or not.
Can anyone give me the complete path. Thanks again.

Joepd

"joepd" wrote:

It seems like I automatically pop into print view the majority of
time. Perhaps it sounds crazy but I cannot locate a "Normal.dot"
file.

joepd

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The type of material does make a lot of difference, but for
probably 95% of what I do, I use Normal view 95% of the time.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"Bill Foley" wrote in message
...
I appreciate your opinion, but I NEVER use Word to just type
letters/memo, therefore, WYSIWYG is important!

THANKS!

--
Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint)
Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP
www.pttinc.com
Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/
Check out Word FAQs at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/index.htm

"Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message
...
No, Bill, don't encourage people to use Page Layout View. That's
why they get so confused about shuffling pages, spellchecking
footnotes, etc. Normal View is so much more reflective of how
Word operates, it's really a big step toward knowing what's going
on with your document.

Anyhow, if you are just typing, you don't need to see the margins.

Daiya


On 11/11/04 7:56 AM, "Bill Foley" wrote:

Another great reason to always use Print Layout (Page Layout in
older versions) view instead of Normal View.

--
Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word
Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/
MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/
What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ:
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

As previously stated, the path to Normal.dot is explained in detail at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.htm. I agree that
staying in Normal view is difficult. When you View | Header and Footer, you
will be thrown into Print Layout view, but when you close the header/footer,
you should be back in Normal view. Not so if you try to use any of the
drawing tools, which require that you be in Print Layout view. Formatting
part of a document for multiple columns will also throw you into Print
Layout view. All of this is so that you can see the actual results of what
you have done, none of which are visible in Normal view.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"joepd" wrote in message
...
Thank you all for the response. I wasn't tying Normal View to Normal.dot
but
stating two things I'm seeing. 1. I can't seem to stay in Normal view
very
long but rather jump into print view without my request and 2. I don't
seem
to have a Normal.dot file whether hidden or not. What is the complete
path
to Normal.dot?

Thanks

joepd

"joepd" wrote:

It seems like I automatically pop into print view the majority of time.
Perhaps it sounds crazy but I cannot locate a "Normal.dot" file.

joepd

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The type of material does make a lot of difference, but for probably
95% of
what I do, I use Normal view 95% of the time.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Bill Foley" wrote in message
...
I appreciate your opinion, but I NEVER use Word to just type
letters/memo,
therefore, WYSIWYG is important!

THANKS!

--
Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint)
Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP
www.pttinc.com
Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/
Check out Word FAQs at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/index.htm

"Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message
...
No, Bill, don't encourage people to use Page Layout View. That's
why
they
get so confused about shuffling pages, spellchecking footnotes,
etc.
Normal
View is so much more reflective of how Word operates, it's really
a big
step
toward knowing what's going on with your document.

Anyhow, if you are just typing, you don't need to see the margins.

Daiya


On 11/11/04 7:56 AM, "Bill Foley" wrote:

Another great reason to always use Print Layout (Page Layout in
older
versions) view instead of Normal View.

--
Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word
Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/
MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/
What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ:
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/