Re: Screen view when opening file

andrew

you ROCK! We have been trying to figure this out for MONTHS. It has annoyed
everyone in my office- that screen is completely uselss. thanks so much!

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

> In Word, go to Tools > Options > General and uncheck "Allow starting in
> Reading Layout".
>
> Also note that if you open a Word attachment directly from an Outlook
> message _and edit it and save it_ then you'll lose your edits as soon as you
> close the document. The reason is that Outlook puts the attachment into a
> temporary folder before it tells Word to open it, and the "saved" edits go
> into that temporary copy. When you close the document, the temporary folder
> is automatically deleted and there's no trace of your edits any more. It's
> good practice always to save the attachment to a real, permanent folder
> before opening it in Word.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
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> Chris R wrote:
> > Correction - I am using Outlook 2003 and when I open a word
> > attachment, it always defaults to screen view.
> >
> > Thx, Chris
> >
> > "Chris R" wrote:
> >
> >> I'm using Word 2003 and when I open a file, it defaults to screen
> >> view. I want everything to default to print view. I went to the
> >> Options menus but did not see an option to do this.
> >>
> >> Thx, Chris
>
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