How to stop Word documents from showing 2 pages side by side?

Question

Running Word '03 on Windows 7. It often displays 2 pp side by side instead of one page below the last. I only have this problem -- sorry, "feature" -- on Windows 7 OS. I know how to fix it when it happens, but I want to make it stop happening altogether. Assistance appreciated!

Answer 1

Jeff P thanks for the tutorial but it mentions "If you would like to disable Reading Layout View as the default, you can change this behavior by clicking on the Tools menu and going to Options. Under the General tab, uncheck the box next to “Allow starting in Reading Layout” to be rid of this nuisance." however, there is no such option under the General tab...???

Answer 2

Bottom right hand corner is a percentage of magnification tab. Increase magnification until only one page is present on the screen. Hope it helps some.

Answer 3

This was a new feature in Word 2003 that I think everyone hated. I've linked to a tutorial on how to disable it.