Any way to disable reading pane view in Word?

[Jonny69]

As title, is there any way to disable the 'reading pane' view permanently in Word? It's when you open a Word doc from an email, it tries to lay it out so it's easier to read. Well it doesn't, it just screws up all the formatting and rearranges the images!!!

How can I kill it forever?

 

[Griffin]

i take no credit for this found on another forum...

"When you open Microsoft Word 2003 documents from e-mail attachments or from other sources, Word 2003 displays them in what is called a "Reading Layout". While this layout is supposed to make the documents easier to scan through as it repaginates them to better fit your screen, many people dislike this feature as it can mess up tables of contents, lists, tables, and long paragraphs.

If you'd like to disable this feature and open documents in the default (Print Layout) instead, follow this tip.

1. Click the "Tools" menu and choose "Options".
2. When the "Options" multi-tabbed dialog box appears, click "General".
3. Uncheck "Allow starting in Reading Layout".
4. Click "OK" to close the dialog box."

 

[Jonny69]

Aarrrrgh that was too simple

 

[Matt-Page]

Aarrrrgh that was too simple

Haha! You may now smash your head on the desk!

 

[Griffin]