MS Word always defaulting at 250%

[jwolf6589]

How do I fix this? Every document that I open are always zoomed in this high and I have to manually change each time.

 

[BrianBaughn]

Is a new document also at 250%?

 

[jwolf6589]

Is a new document also at 250%?

Yes

 

[BrianBaughn]

What view percentage do you get if you open a new document, change the view percentage, close that document, then open a new document?

 

[jwolf6589]

What view percentage do you get if you open a new document, change the view percentage, close that document, then open a new document?

Same 250%

 

[BrianBaughn]

What versions of Word and macOS?

I'm not sure how to do it but getting the Word preferences to reset might do the trick. The method may depend on the version you're running.

 

[jwolf6589]

What versions of Word and macOS?

I'm not sure how to do it but getting the Word preferences to reset might do the trick. The method may depend on the version you're running.

Latest of everything.

 

[bogdanw]

The zoom level doesn’t appear to be stored in ~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Word/Data/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.Word.plist
but deleting the file might make Word revert to its normal behavior, remembering the last zoom level used.

 

[jwolf6589]

The zoom level doesn’t appear to be stored in ~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Word/Data/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.Word.plist
but deleting the file might make Word revert to its normal behavior, remembering the last zoom level used.

Thanks that fixed it. Now it's going to 100% when I want everything at 150%. How do I fix?

 

[bogdanw]

Open one document, set zoom to 150%, quit Word, all documents should now open with 150% zoom. At least that is the expected behaviour.

 

[jwolf6589]

Open one document, set zoom to 150%, quit Word, all documents should now open with 150% zoom. At least that is the expected behaviour.

That does not happen. MS adds new features and old bugs return it seems with all their software.

 

[BrianBaughn]

When did this start to happen?

Also…so people in the future reading this will know…what versions of macOS and Word?

 

[jwolf6589]

When did this start to happen?

Also…so people in the future reading this will know…what versions of macOS and Word?

I had mentioned the very latest of everything.

 

[BrianBaughn]

I had mentioned the very latest of everything.

But a year from now it wouldn't be the "latest of everything"

 

[bogdanw]

That does not happen.

Try to switch between Page Width and One Page.
One Page seems to remember the zoom level.

 

[jwolf6589]

Try to switch between Page Width and One Page.
One Page seems to remember the zoom level.
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Wow!!! That fixed it thanks!!!

Word 16.82
Sonoma 14.3