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I have a document that I prefer to view in the Outline view. WHen I save the
document, I save and close it with just the main headers showing. When I
reopen the document, the entire document is open, not just the headers
showing. I have looked for some way to control this to no avail. I want to
open it just the way I closed it. How to?

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Hi smk23

smk23 wrote:
I have a document that I prefer to view in the Outline view. WHen I save the
document, I save and close it with just the main headers showing. When I
reopen the document, the entire document is open, not just the headers
showing. I have looked for some way to control this to no avail. I want to
open it just the way I closed it. How to?


I'm afraid there's no out-of-the-box method to do what you ask for. IOW,
the H&F view is one of the few you cannot preserve like that.

You can of course create an AutoOpen-Macro which simply switches to that
view. But before going that route, tell us why you want the document to
open in the header first (maybe there's a good alternative to what you
are asking that does not need any code-based automation at all).

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It's the headings (in Outline view) that he wants to see, not headers.

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Hi smk23

smk23 wrote:
I have a document that I prefer to view in the Outline view. WHen I save

the
document, I save and close it with just the main headers showing. When

I
reopen the document, the entire document is open, not just the headers
showing. I have looked for some way to control this to no avail. I want

to
open it just the way I closed it. How to?


I'm afraid there's no out-of-the-box method to do what you ask for. IOW,
the H&F view is one of the few you cannot preserve like that.

You can of course create an AutoOpen-Macro which simply switches to that
view. But before going that route, tell us why you want the document to
open in the header first (maybe there's a good alternative to what you
are asking that does not need any code-based automation at all).

2cents
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If the document is saved in Outline view, it will open in that view.
But for Word to display only specific heading levels, a macro is
needed. A simple version would be something like this (stored in
normal.dot):

Sub AutoOpen()
If ActiveWindow.View.Type = wdOutlineView _
Or ActiveWindow.View.Type = wdMasterView Then
ActiveWindow.View.ShowHeading 3 'Specify the desired level
End If
End Sub

See http://gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm for assistance.

For a more advanced solution, try asking in a programming newsgroup.

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I have a document that I prefer to view in the Outline view. WHen I

save the
document, I save and close it with just the main headers showing.

When I
reopen the document, the entire document is open, not just the

headers
showing. I have looked for some way to control this to no avail. I

want to
open it just the way I closed it. How to?

Thanks
--
sam







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