I can't find how to control this. Sometimes for a long period all documents 
open in Draft mode which is what I want but sometimes they open in other 
layout modes and I have to constantly switch to Draft layout mode. Also the 
same happens with the Document Map view that appear on the left side. I used 
to have all documents open with that Document Map view but currently for 
about a month all documents open with Thumbnails view and I have to always 
switch to Document Map view every time.

Ross_123 wrote:
> I can't find how to control this. Sometimes for a long period all
> documents open in Draft mode which is what I want but sometimes they
> open in other layout modes and I have to constantly switch to Draft
> layout mode. Also the same happens with the Document Map view that
> appear on the left side. I used to have all documents open with that
> Document Map view but currently for about a month all documents open
> with Thumbnails view and I have to always switch to Document Map view
> every time.

You can use a macro like this:

Sub AutoOpen()
    With ActiveWindow
        .DocumentMap = True
        .Thumbnails = False
        .View.Type = wdNormalView
    End With
End Sub

and a similar one named AutoNew(). Read 
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm for explanation of this and other 
things you can do when opening a document.

You should also look at 
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/SaveViewAndZoom.htm.

-- 
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP        FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so 
all may benefit. 

The view is saved with the document--so documents open the way they were saved.

The display of the Document Map, on the other hand, seems to be "global" in 
Word: the setting that was last used remains throughout the current session (and 
possibly even if you exit and restart Word). But note that the Document Map may 
be visible in Print Layout view and hidden in Draft view.

-- 
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
(Message posted via NNTP)



"Ross_123" <Ross_123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:1221D790-2134-4658-A476-2C00E4ACDAB9@microsoft.com...
>I can't find how to control this. Sometimes for a long period all documents
> open in Draft mode which is what I want but sometimes they open in other
> layout modes and I have to constantly switch to Draft layout mode. Also the
> same happens with the Document Map view that appear on the left side. I used
> to have all documents open with that Document Map view but currently for
> about a month all documents open with Thumbnails view and I have to always
> switch to Document Map view every time. 

Note also that documents, even if saved in Draft view, will not open in 
Draft view unless you have explicitly selected that option in Office Button 
| Word Options | Advanced: General: "Allow opening a document in Draft 
view."

-- 
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Stefan Blom" <StefanBlom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:uu3uP4P%23KHA.5848@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> The view is saved with the document--so documents open the way they were 
> saved.
>
> The display of the Document Map, on the other hand, seems to be "global" 
> in Word: the setting that was last used remains throughout the current 
> session (and possibly even if you exit and restart Word). But note that 
> the Document Map may be visible in Print Layout view and hidden in Draft 
> view.
>
> -- 
> Stefan Blom
> Microsoft Word MVP
> (Message posted via NNTP)
>
>
>
> "Ross_123" <Ross_123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
> news:1221D790-2134-4658-A476-2C00E4ACDAB9@microsoft.com...
>>I can't find how to control this. Sometimes for a long period all 
>>documents
>> open in Draft mode which is what I want but sometimes they open in other
>> layout modes and I have to constantly switch to Draft layout mode. Also 
>> the
>> same happens with the Document Map view that appear on the left side. I 
>> used
>> to have all documents open with that Document Map view but currently for
>> about a month all documents open with Thumbnails view and I have to 
>> always
>> switch to Document Map view every time.
>
>
>