Lost formatting When opening MS Word document

Question

Dear Readers and Gurus,

I opened up a word document and formatted it to my specific parameters, typed in text, set page breaks, set up a titles and headings and even a table of contents and a reference page for a non-fiction book I want to complete. I saved the document the regular way - by File-save as-. When I opened up the same document, all of the information is there still, all of the formatting in the settings is still set, but everything is completely out of place. Instead of a 9x6 page view, it has a full page view and is applied to the entire document. Is there a setting that changes between saving the document, closing the document and reopening the document that is causing these  - what appears to me as "zoom" features to occur? I would really like to get back to the 9x6 page view so that my words and setting stay the same.

Answer 1

You can change the zoom in Word by dragging the slider on the bottom right.

Note that changing the zoom in Word 2013 changes all documents, because the zoom is no longer saved with Word files.

Answer 2

Perhaps your document is opening in Web Layout view?

Answer 3

MVP Jay Freedman has created a macro which replicates the behavior of older versions, that is, the macro lets you save the view and zoom with an individual file. Download the SaveView2013.zip from his web site at http://jay-freedman.info/ (you will find instructions on the web page).

Answer 4

I think i may have something to do with the compatibility mode, but I usually turn it off.

Answer 5

That's  not exactly what I was hoping to get as an anwser. I know how to use the zoom button, but the entre format of the page changes.  Its basically just all text.