[Stefan Blom]

On the General tab of Tools | Options, clear the option to "Allow
starting in Reading Layout".

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Rick B" wrote in message
...
When I open a Word document that is sent to me through email, it
always
opens in the "Reading Layout". I always change this to "Print
Layout". Is
there any way to make this default? Is it opening in the "reading
layout"
because the document is in a read-only format?

The reading layout skews some documents and is (surprisingly) harder
to read
than the print layout for me.

Thanks!

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Rick B