Change Word 2010 Default View

This also works for Word 2007


Start Word

Click 'File' -> 'Open'



Click 'Trusted Templates' and open 'Normal.dotm'



Click 'View' -> 'Macros' -> 'Record Macro...'



Set the Macro Name to AutoOpen, click on Ok, to start recording the macro.



Click 'Macros' - > 'Stop Recording'



Click 'Macros' -> 'View Macros'



Select 'AutoOpen' and click on 'Edit'



Paste the following text into the macro

Public Sub AutoOpen()
    ThisDocument.Application.ActiveWindow.View.Zoom.PageColumns = 1
    ThisDocument.Application.ActiveWindow.View.Zoom.Percentage = 100
End Sub




Becomes....



Click 'File' -> 'Close and Return to Microsoft Word'



Obviously, altering

'PageColumns = 1'

to another value will change the default number of columns, while changing

'Percentage = 100'

to another value will change the default amount of zooming.


Credit is given to Ondrej Tucny at
http://superuser.com/questions/237560/any-way-to-set-a-default-view-in-word-2007-or-2010-and-keep-among-restarts/285358#285358