This is an Options setting, and clearly Word is not saving it. When Word
balks at saving your settings, there are two common explanations:

1. The Registry key is damaged; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm

2. An add-in that loads at startup is changing your settings; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...sInstalled.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Coaster Man" wrote in message
...
That's true. Caught me there, ponie soldier. I realized after posting
that
I had mistated. Had a choice to either delete and re-post, which I didn't
have the time to figure out, or wait until a reply. My mistake. I still
have the issue, though. Any ideas, Ms Barnhill? Aside from unchecking
'Allow Starting in Reading Layout' , that is.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You have cheated a bit here by editing your (quoted) initial post, in
which
you did *not* write "I uncheck 'Allow Starting in Reading Layout' but
it
keeps coming back like a bad cold." What you actually wrote was "I
checking
'Allow Starting in Reading Layout' but it keeps coming back like a bad
cold," which was ambiguous, to say the least.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Coaster Man" wrote in message
...
Er Duh. Obviously you did NOT read my entire text. You repeated the
most
obvious answer, which I stated I already knew.

It keeps coming back. In scanning through threads on this board it
should
be obvious to everyone at Microsoft that Reading Layout View was a bad
idea
and should definitely NOT be a primary feature. Bury it somewhere,
please.
Then the few who use it can get to it and those of us who are annoyed
by
it
don't ever have to see it again.

It's like a dominant genetic deformity that keeps cropping up when
least
expected.

If there is no answer to total and permanent disable, then just say
that.
Don't keep playing back the obvious answer which hasn't satisfied
anyone
on
any of the other threads either.

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

UNcheck "Allow starting in Reading Layout".

Coaster Man wrote:

I absolutely hate this feature. I uncheck "Allow Starting in
Reading
Layout" but it keeps coming back like a bad cold. Usually when I
have
received a file from someone. Anyone know how to make this
disappear
forever?