The control is View | Thumbnails. You may need to do this in Normal.dot; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/SaveViewAndZoom.htm

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"TeaVan" wrote in message
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Word always opens a new document with the split view (left frame is a
thumbnail view, right frame is the document) and I can turn it off by
clicking WindowRemove Split, but it always defaults back to a new
document
with the split. How do I change this on the master document or template? I
don't remember this behavior before Office 2003. Thanks for any help you
can
provide.