Permanently increase viewing size of Word '08 doc

[Pndrgnsvc]

On my 27" iMac, the Office/Word 2008 documents I compose are routinely too small for my vision, ergo, I change the display size to 125%. And that works great -- as long as it lasts.

But after quitting Office, Word always reverts back to 100%.

I have been unable to find a setting that will permanently set the size to 125%, so I am hoping that a local wizard or wizardess will have the cure.

All thoughts, guesses, & musings are most welcome.

 

[Repo]

I found this quote here:

For Word 2008:

Open the template named “Normal.dotm” with Word 2008. The path should be:
“<harddrive>:Users:<username>:Library:Applica tion Support:Microsoft: Office:User Templates:Normal.dotm”

(note: if your <username> folder is encrypted with Filevault, you will have to browse to the file in the Finder and open it by double clicking on the file or by Control-Clicking on the file and selecting “Open With… “ then choosing “Microsoft Word.app”.)

Set the zoom to your desired setting

Do a Save As from the File menu. Select the type to be "Word Macro-Enabled Template (.dotm)", Use "Normal.dotm" as the filername and save it to the desktop.

Quit Word.

Move the new Normal.dotm from the desktop to the location of the original Normal.dotm, replacing the original (you will get the normal warnings - just allow the new file to replace the old one).

 

[Pndrgnsvc]

Ah, you professionals always make it look easy. Truly, your time and expertise are appreciated.

Indeed many thanks for rising to the occasion. I had been mucking about for far too long, and whilst I found many other ways of saving things, I was at a loss re Macros. You saved the day.

Bravo!

 

[Repo]

You're very welcome!

It'd be nice if Microsoft added a preference option to set a default zoom setting for new documents. Less hoops to jump through.