[Diana]

A little background: We have through a group policy set the Reading Layout
view to be turned off in Word 2003. However, when opening a Word attachment
to an e-mail, the attachment opens in the Reading Layout view. I know that
this can be turned off (under Tools/Options/General and deselecting Allow
starting in Reading Layout).

My question is this: is there a Registry setting that will turn off the
Reading Layout view when opening an e-mail attachment in Word without the
user having to manually deselect it?

[Graham Mayor]

No - what views users employ is a matter for them. You would do better
training users not to open documents directly from e-mails. This leads to
the loss of work and is a constant theme in these Word forums. It is much
better in Office 2007. See http://www.gmayor.com/outlook_attachments.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Diana wrote:
A little background: We have through a group policy set the Reading
Layout view to be turned off in Word 2003. However, when opening a
Word attachment to an e-mail, the attachment opens in the Reading
Layout view. I know that this can be turned off (under
Tools/Options/General and deselecting Allow starting in Reading
Layout).

My question is this: is there a Registry setting that will turn off
the Reading Layout view when opening an e-mail attachment in Word
without the user having to manually deselect it?