You know perhaps this Word annoyance, when you open several documents the program tends to forget individual zoom settings. Next time you open some of these documents, you will be surprised by the loss of your beloved zoom level!

I like Page Width view, because I use Window Manipulator to adjust the size of any window easily, and it is convenient to have the document zoom level follow the changes of Word’s window.

To activate Page Width view whenever Word forgot my preference, I have a macro that corresponds to a button (you can assign it to a keyboard shortcut, if you will), I placed at the Ribbon, so that I can instantly activate this mode.

You can download this macro from this page and import it to Word, then go to options and assign a button or shortcut to it.

Read this post if you are not familiar with importing MS Word macros using .bas files.

Download Page Width View macro for MS Word

Being yourself an author or student you will perhaps appreciate especially this feature, that the very structure of the book will teach you how to work. The book contains even chapters on how to prepare a document for professional publishers such as Amazon. Reading Steven Adams' Writing a book or thesis in Microsoft Word you are surprised realizing it makes you want to work -- to think, write, use Word and be creative!