Learn how to apply different Views to a Document in Microsoft Word. A View displays documents into different layouts; each having an advantage over the other.

How to Change the Default Open View in MS Word. When you open one of your business documents in Microsoft Word 2010, it is displayed in the Print Layout view, which is the default view.

If you work in desktop publishing or otherwise produce documents for printing, you probably prefer Print Layout. Word offers no direct way to set Print Layout as the default view.

How to master Word's advanced View and Zoom settings To toggle Read Mode on and off, click the icon all the way to the left of the Zoom slider at the bottom-right corner of your Word screen.

How to switch to single-page view in Microsoft Word Word offers a choice between Print Layout and Draft. With a document open, click the View menu.

How to Show the Ruler in Word Word has a ruler feature that enables you to do reasonably accurate layout work right within a Word document. If you want to set a tab, or see how big your text box ...

Change page-number orientation and other header and footer elements when switching between portrait and landscape layouts in Word 2003, 2007, and 2010.

Microsoft has added the ability to view a Word document across several pages on the Word website, and more formatting options for Word web users are reportedly in the works as well.