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Page Layout as One Page Regardless of Zoom Level |
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The Page Layout display in Word is determined by a
combination of window size, screen resolution and zoom level. If the
window is large enough to display more than one page in the viewing
area, Word will automatically display two pages, or for a one page
document, the displayed page will move from the centre to the left of
the Word window.
This has been the case for all Word versions - certainly
back to Word 97 - and there is no built-in over-ride to cause the page
display to automatically revert to a centre location (see first
illustration below). In the past, with the screen sizes that were in
common use, this was not much of a problem. However more recently there
has been a move to wide screen formats, particularly on laptops, and
this has brought the issue to the fore, as a potential problem for some
users. |
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As I have indicated there is no built-in option to allow
Word to automatically adopt a single page view when there is space for
more pages in the Word window. The simple answer therefore is to reduce
the width of the window until there is no longer sufficient space for
two pages and the screen jumps back to the centre, as shown in the
following illustration |
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For most
people, this should be sufficient, however there will
be those who wish to make better use of the ribbon by working at full
screen size. For those users, help is at hand with a few macros. The
first 'ViewPage' intercepts the built-in Word command to select Print
Layout view, forcing the user's choice of zoom setting (here 100%) and
the display to one page. As this command intercepts the Print Layout
command, clicking the button in the Word status bar will reset the zoom
to the user's preference.
The other
two macros force the required view for any new or
existing documents. The ideal place for these macros is in the document
template, though for all documents you can put the code in the normal
template. |
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If there is already a macro in the template of the
same name, add the code to the existing macro. See
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm. |
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Sub
ViewPage() 'Save in the normal
template
With ActiveWindow
If
.View.SplitSpecial = wdPaneNone Then
.ActivePane.View.Type
= wdPrintView
Else
.View.Type
= wdPrintView
End
If
With .ActivePane.View.Zoom
.PageColumns
= 1
.PageRows
= 1
.Percentage = 100 'set the zoom
AFTER the columns and rows!
End
With
End With
End Sub
Sub
AutoNew() 'Save in the document template
With
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Zoom
.PageColumns = 1
.PageRows = 1
.Percentage = 100
End With
End Sub
Sub
AutoOpen() 'Save in the document template
With
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Zoom
.PageColumns = 1
.PageRows = 1
.Percentage = 100
End With
End Sub |
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