In Word 2003, how do I get the view to automatically show a single page?

chrisjj · #1 09-07-2025, 05:59 AM

The nearest thing I've found is View > Zoom > Whole page, but this does not keep the vertical scroll to show just one page e.g. upon Find.

One workaround would be a key to set zoom and scrolls to show just current page of the caret position, but I find none.

Charles Kenyon · #2 09-07-2025, 08:47 AM

Another thing that would require a macro, I believe.
It should be both an AutoOpen and an AutoNew macro in the Normal.dot file.

The thing is that Word takes the setting from the last used, for the particular file, I believe. So, any time you would change the view, you would get that view upon reopening that document. If that document was the last one open when you closed Word, that would be the starting point for a new document.

It has been about 15 years since I have routinely used Word 2003 for anything. While I have access to Word 97 on my computer, I do not have Word 2003 at this time. If you would prefer I not respond to your questions, say so.

Stefan Blom · #3 09-07-2025, 10:42 AM

Older versions of Word were bad at preserving a single page view. Recent versions are a little better, but not much better. As Charles suggested, you'll need a macro.

Stefan Blom · #4 09-07-2025, 10:46 AM

Something like this would do the trick:

Code:

Sub SetSinglePageView()

On Error GoTo errhandler
ActiveWindow.View.Type = 3 'Print Layout
ActiveWindow.View.Zoom.PageColumns = 1
ActiveWindow.View.Zoom.Percentage = 100   'specify the zoom you want
errhandler:
Exit Sub
End Sub

You'd have to add the macro to the Normal template and also call the macro from Sub AutoOpen() and Sub AutoNew() in the Normal template.

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