Office 2016 - Changing the Default Zoom Size

I managed to change this in Word 2016 by:

1. finding the zoom scale at the bottom right of the screen
2. hover the cursor over the zoom percentage (default 100%)
3. click that percentage, a window opens
4. in the window, choose the zoom level you want
5. this will affect all new documents as well as existing ones you open

Nope, this does not work. Followed your directions and then quit Word 2016 on my Mac and then opening all pre-existing docs as well as new ones all open to either their previously used mag level or to 100%. The fact that this is a 30+ year problem that MS has refused to address speaks volumes about its ability to really create software with a UI that a user needs or wants.

Nope.  You can change the zoom but Word won’t remember it if you quit Word and then start it again. People have been looking for a fix for this for years. Don’t waste your time.

No this is a 30-40-year-old bug which MS refuses to address. When opening a new Blank workbook will always be in landscape position. Scotched to top left corner covering about one-third vertical and horizontal Position.

Once you adjust Screen precisely as you want and save the document, then all formatting including zoom level is retained. But each new workbook goes to default setup, the top Left corner in Portrait view.

Have no idea whether the fix is impossible to do, or lack of interest but has been the same way for 30-40 years.

The way I got around it, is to create two templates sized shaped and zoomed to the proper level, one for Portrait, one for Landscape. Save as separate templates and Open using the Template view and choose either portrait or landscape Template. As long as you resave the document as an actual Excel xlsx document (or not a Template), then the Template is retained unchanged for use another time. 

You also can create one or the other type setup and Name it as Start leaving off the extension. Then place in the Start Folder will be located somewhere in the Container files for office. Then it will always open to that view.  Someone else will have to point out exactly where that start Folder is located for 2016.

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I actually don't want to change the zoom level (I have to work on the same excel sheets with people on PC and Mac). I think MS should generally change the default cell size for the 100% zoom level. Compared to the PC version, 100% is too small. I always have to change the zoom level to about 130% to get the same look and feel as on the PC.

I searched the internet and there are many blogs, forum-posts, etc. that confirm this (unnecessary) difference between PC and Mac.