Word 2010: how do I change default viewing zoom of document?

Okay, I guess I've got to choose "normal.dotm" from the dropdown list? Thanks for being so patient with a complete macro-newbie

Orbital Shark said:

I've just noticed that once I finish creating a macro then exit Word, I get no save notification. When I open word again, the macros I created are still there so it seems that the mecros must be part of an "auto-saved" template

Same over here (since I figured out that all the text has to be pasted into one macro) I can't complain - after all, they were disappearing all the time when I did it the wrong way

Thank you very much for experimenting around in Word to find out why the macros are recalcitrant when Word automatically opens/generates a blank document I consider the problem solved, your code works beautifully, and I gave you a rep for your patience, time and excellent help! Happy Easter!

I can't get this to work when I open Word 2010 for the first time (and a new document opens automatically with it), nor does it work when I open a .docx file sent to me as an attachment. The macro DOES, however, seem to work when I already have Word open and click File -> New. While scouring around, I noticed that the AutoOpen sub is frequently listed with an underscore (as 'Auto_Open'). Could this be part of the problem? I want EVERY SINGLE DOCUMENT I open to be 111% zoom, regardless of what it may have been saved at. Will this macro accomplish that? Thanks!

I also get the following error when trying to open a Word document from an attachment:

Run-time error '4248':

The command is not available because no document is open.

When I click 'Debug', it highlights the first ActiveWindow command of the AutoOpen sub. Any suggestions??

Sub AutoOpen()
On Error GoTo ErrHandler
ActiveWindow.View.Type = 3 'print layout
ActiveWindow.View.Zoom.Percentage = 110
Exit Sub
ErrHandler:
If Err <> 0 Then
Err.Clear
Resume Next
End If
End Sub