Page Layout Zoom Settings

You may have noticed that when you are using Page Layout view, Word can change magnification levels (the zoom setting) automatically. There are a couple of rules of thumb to remember in regards to the zoom settings:

• If you are opening an existing document that you previously viewed in Page Layout view, Word uses the zoom setting you were using when last viewing the document. This is because zoom settings are saved with the document.
• If you are opening an existing document that you have never viewed in Page Layout view before, Word uses the zoom setting you were last using--period. This is because there was no last zoom setting for the document, so the last system setting was used.
• If you are opening a new document, then Word uses the zoom setting last used for whatever document you were using.

You should note, as well, that you should check the zoom setting in your Normal.dot template file. This can also have an effect on newly created files. Open Normal.dot, set the zoom setting for Page Layout view, and then save the file again.