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Open Word in same-sized and -placed window
No, Word does NOT remember the last size/position of the window when I close it. It doesn't matter what document I'm opening, it ALWAYS comes up about 2/3 the width of my monitor, nearly centered, and not quite full height. ALWAYS. It doesn't matter what I resize it to. It doesn't matter if I close it with <Shift>-`X`.
What you see in that screen shot is what I ALWAYS get, no matter how I've resized the window before closing it. Maybe, just maybe, if I maximize the window it would remember that, but I don't want to work with a maximized Word window - I'm typing on paper and (in the US) most paper is 8.5x11", so I want my document window to more-or-less reflect that ratio, so I want a tall/skinny rectangle window.
And, while the add-in might work to save the window positions, it's just another case of Microsoft not giving a darn about what their customers want and, instead, declaring "you will work our way and you'll like it" - just like Steve Jobs telling iPhone users "your holding it wrong".
Go look at the decade-plus old requests (with 1000s of votes) for simple feature improvements in Excel for importing CSV files for more evidence of how little MS thinks about what their users want. It's sad that Jay Freedman's work-around has to exist to make the software work the way customers want it to. Don't get me wrong, I'm very appreciative that he created his work-around, but there is NO reason he should have had to make it!
Since it doesn't work for you, using the add-in is your only option at the moment.
You can of course send feedback to Microsoft by using the portal at https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/forum/fb6d67e3-301c-ec11-b6e7-0022481f8472 but that would be a long term solution, and there is no guarantee that your suggestion will be implemented.
there is no guarantee that your suggestion will be implemented.
That's the understatement of the decade...
And yes, I can use the add-in. The point is I shouldn't have to. MS just doesn't care - they're too busy pushing CoPilot on the world.
But, I get it. You've got your MVP to worry about and you probably can't criticize MS or you'll risk loosing it.
If I could reproduce the particular issue you are describing—that you do not see the last used window position and size as you restart Word—I would obviously report it myself.
As far as I can remember, Word has never been able to store the size and position with individual documents.
Older versions, prior to Word 2013, did store the view and zoom ratio with individual documents. Removing that was a mistake, in my opinion. I don't know why it was done.
Sorry - several of my previous replies were a bit testy.
Honestly, I don't want or need Word to individually remember the last location of each document I've edited, I just want it to remember and restore its own position each time I launch the application.
This is an extremely frustrating experience that impacts Word, Excel & Access, as well as just about every other application and has been going on for years. I don't really think that it's just a Word issue, it's an entire Windows issue. I run 2 monitors at the office and 4 at home and, unless an application window is maximized, I have to rearrange almost every application after every single reboot. Sometimes, when I use my KVM at home to switch monitors between machines, I have to rearrange after switching back.
Obviously, I'm not the only one who has this issue (I'm not the one who started this thread), but it seems to be a rare thing that only plagues a few randomly selected people, so I guess that we, as the chosen ones, will just have to soldier on.