Continuing Problems with defaults for templates

[Guest]

I have Word 200

I wanted to change the default zoom on my documents from 126% to either Page Width or 75%. While I was at it, I decided to change the margins to 1†all around. I followed the directions on the document, “How Can I make Word open new documents in a certain view or at a specified zoom ratio?†.

My Normal template now defaults to Normal rather than Print Layout. The zoom is 116%. The margin changes worked fine. If I select on Print Layout on the View menu, it automatically goes to the selected zoom setting (I’ve tried both Page Width and 75%.)

It worked fine until I loaded the Avery add-in

If I can’t have my default of 1†margins with a zoom setting of 75% or Page Width and a Print Layout view, I’d rather have the program default to the Print Layout and reset the zoom and margins like I did before I started trying to change things. What do I do now? I'd rather tweak the template than get into macros. I'm a little gun-shy about playing with macros

Thank

 

[Graham Mayor]

Given that the Avery add-in is a dreadful piece of programming that is
neither necessary nor desirable, losing it would be the first step,
whereupon it would not try and override your preferences. However, despite
your reticence it is a simple matter to add a couple of macros to fix the
issue - see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

The code you want is:

Sub Autonew()
With ActiveWindow.View
.Type = wdPrintView
.Zoom.Percentage = 75
End With
End Sub

Sub AutoOpen()
ActiveWindow.Caption = ActiveDocument.FullName
With ActiveWindow.View
.Type = wdPrintView
.Zoom.Percentage = 75
End With
End Sub


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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACT]

Get rid of the Avery Add-In. You don't need it and it causes all sorts of
problems.

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