[Stefan Blom]

In what way doesn't it work? Is the option checked again if you revisit the
Options dialog box?

Also, note that "Allow..." applies to your installation only; it will *not*
be saved with the document. In other words, if you send a document to other
people, they control how the document opens on their machines.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Mike Faithfull" wrote in message
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Please can somebody tell me how to prevent a document from opening in
reading layout as the default in Word 2003? UNticking the "allow ..." box
doesn't seem to work.