Word 2019: Print Preview displays multiple pages, adjust zoom to display one page

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After an Office update, when I do a Print Preview it displays two pages. The current zoom is set at 77%. When I change it to 100% then it displays one page.

When printing a current page, it's confusing when there are two pages on the screen.

How do I change the default zoom in Print Preview to 100% so that it displays one page only?

Thanks in advance.

stefan_blom · Answer

falcios&nbsp;
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As far as I know, you can't change the zoom that Word initially displays in the print preview. [Edit]
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Note that if the issue is that you see an extra blank page, have a look at&nbsp;http://wordfaqs.ssbarnhill.com/BlankPage.htm.

doug_robbins_word_mvp · Answer

Stefan_Blom&nbsp;I don't think that you are right there.&nbsp; There is a Zoom Slider in both "Print Preview and&nbsp; Print" and the "Print Preview Edit" displays.

falcios · Answer

When I'm in Print Preview, it displays 77%, I change the Zoom Slider to 100% so that I see one page. I would like 100% to be the default for all documents. It doesn't save my choice. I even tried changing normal.dotm but that didn't work.An Office Update changed the Print Preview from one page to multiple pages.

stefan_blom · Answer

Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP&nbsp;
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I realize that my reply was a bit unclear. I didn't mean to suggest that you can't zoom the preview, because you can certainly do that. I have now clarified my previous reply.
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I did mean to suggest that you cannot set a preferred zoom for the preview. Perhaps a macro can do that.

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