Bob,

As you posted in the new user group I thought my earlier anwer might be a
bit vague. See the following link for instructions how to insert macros
provided in these groups and a primer on what a AutoOpen and AutoNew macor
is:

http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

You would only need:

Sub AutoOpen
ActiveWindow.View.Zoom.PageFit = wdPageFitTextFit
End Sub

And

Sub AutoNew
ActiveWindow.View.Zoom.PageFit = wdPageFitTextFit
End Sub

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
A Peer in Peer to Peer Support

Bob S wrote:
I use Word 2003. How can you change the default zoom size to "Text
width"? Thanks.