Viewing Your Entire Document Width

Summary: The Zoom tool is very useful to help you see all of your document information. Here's how to make sure you can see all the document information horizontally. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003, and Word 2007.)

If you are creating wide documents, such as those you will print in landscape mode, then you may find yourself scrolling left and right within your document window all the time. For some people, this can be disturbing. One of the things you might try to overcome this disturbance is the following:

Display the Zoom dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.) In versions of Word prior to Word 2007, click View | Zoom. In Word 2007 display the View tab of the ribbon and click the Zoom tool.
Make sure the Page Width radio button is selected.
Click on OK.

These actions cause Word to reduce (or increase) the magnification applied to your document so that the entire width of your document will fit on the screen at once. Depending on your document and the resolution of your monitor, this can be a nice tool to use.

Tip #663 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

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