When I open Word 2003, my new docs will not open in Print Layout, ie. so I
can see the empty Header area, and margins to the left and right. The only
way I can get to that View is to go: View|Header and Footer|Close. How can I
tell Word what View I want it to open in ALL THE TIME?

Hi mrmnz

Does the following help?
Where did my header and footer go?
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/WhiteSpace.htm

Bear in mind that this is a per-document setting, and it is saved with the
document.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"mrmnz" wrote in message
...
When I open Word 2003, my new docs will not open in Print Layout, ie. so I
can see the empty Header area, and margins to the left and right. The
only
way I can get to that View is to go: View|Header and Footer|Close. How
can I
tell Word what View I want it to open in ALL THE TIME?

Start Word. From the View menu, choose Print Layout. Close Word.
When you start Word again, you should be in Print Layout.

"mrmnz" wrote:

When I open Word 2003, my new docs will not open in Print Layout, ie. so I
can see the empty Header area, and margins to the left and right. The only
way I can get to that View is to go: View|Header and Footer|Close. How can I
tell Word what View I want it to open in ALL THE TIME?

If the other solutions don't do what you want, start by disallowing opening
in Reading Layout. This option is on the
general tab of the options dialog.

I have code in normal.dot that switches me into print view when Word starts
and when a new document based on normal.dot is created. It may be overkill.

Sub AutoNew()
'
' AutoNew Macro
' Macro written 12/13/01 by Charles Kyle Kenyon
' Switches to normal view, sets style panel, switches to print view
'
On Error GoTo NoOpenDoc
' Set to print view
'
If ActiveWindow.View.SplitSpecial = wdPaneNone Then
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdPrintView
Else
ActiveWindow.View.Type = wdPrintView
End If
Exit Sub 'skip error handler
'
NoOpenDoc: ' No open document error handler
Documents.Add ' Add blank document based on normal.dot
Resume
End Sub

Sub AutoExec()
AutoNew
End Sub


Like I said, this may be overkill.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"mrmnz" wrote in message
...
When I open Word 2003, my new docs will not open in Print Layout, ie. so I
can see the empty Header area, and margins to the left and right. The
only
way I can get to that View is to go: View|Header and Footer|Close. How
can I
tell Word what View I want it to open in ALL THE TIME?

Thanks very much to all of you. I will check out all options when I get to
work tomorrow (which is where I use Word 2003).

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

If the other solutions don't do what you want, start by disallowing opening
in Reading Layout. This option is on the
general tab of the options dialog.

I have code in normal.dot that switches me into print view when Word starts
and when a new document based on normal.dot is created. It may be overkill.

Sub AutoNew()
'
' AutoNew Macro
' Macro written 12/13/01 by Charles Kyle Kenyon
' Switches to normal view, sets style panel, switches to print view
'
On Error GoTo NoOpenDoc
' Set to print view
'
If ActiveWindow.View.SplitSpecial = wdPaneNone Then
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdPrintView
Else
ActiveWindow.View.Type = wdPrintView
End If
Exit Sub 'skip error handler
'
NoOpenDoc: ' No open document error handler
Documents.Add ' Add blank document based on normal.dot
Resume
End Sub

Sub AutoExec()
AutoNew
End Sub


Like I said, this may be overkill.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"mrmnz" wrote in message
...
When I open Word 2003, my new docs will not open in Print Layout, ie. so I
can see the empty Header area, and margins to the left and right. The
only
way I can get to that View is to go: View|Header and Footer|Close. How
can I
tell Word what View I want it to open in ALL THE TIME?