Zoom default in Word for Mac

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Zoom default in Word for Mac

I just got Word for Mac recently. Whenever I open a document, the text is tiny. The zoom is set at 100%, but that's too low for comfortable reading/typing. (Now I know why my Mac-using friends always sent me Word documents set at 125% zoom!) I am wondering, is there any way to set the zoom defaults so that all documents will always open at a higher zoom level? Or do I have to increase the zoom manually every time I open a document?

mutters NeoOffice never had this problem...

Intel MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11), Had to get Word for work purposes, but I was pretty happy with NeoOffice...

Posted on Dec 1, 2007 10:29 AM

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Answer 1

Allan Jones

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Dec 1, 2007 10:37 AM in response to The Clumsy Ninja

I have Office X and I assume the later version works the same. I open a new Word document, manually set the zoom to 200 percent (for my wide-screen 22" flat-panel monitor) type some gibberish, and then save. After that, new documents opened with the keyboard shortcut command-n pop up at the same magnification. Using the "New..." command from the file menu does not also preserve the magnification.

Allan

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Answer 2

Dec 1, 2007 10:56 AM in response to Allan Jones

Thanks Allan, that answered my question.

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