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How do I see my top margin setting in Word's "normal" view?
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/ |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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