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Force Specific Zoom Settings In Word

If you have a preference for a specific zoom setting in Word, you can force your documents to open using that setting. You can accomplish this by creating a new Word template that has your desired zoom level. The steps to configuring zoom settings in a Word template are outlined below.

  1. Open Microsoft Word.
  2. Select View and click Zoom.
  3. Choose the desired zoom settings.
  4. Click the Office Button, point to Save As and click Word Template.
  5. Name the template normal1.dot.
  6. Close Word.
  7. Navigate to: Documents and Settings \ %user% \ Application Data \ Microsoft \ Templates
  8. Rename the existing normal.dot to normal old.dot
  9. Rename normal1.dot to normal.dot.
  10. Launch MS Word. The new Word document will open with your preferred zoom level.

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