# Opening a document in Open Office
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-a-document-in-open-office/625448
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 17, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-a-document-in-open-office/625448 "2012-06-17T19:28:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-a-document-in-open-office/625448/1 "2012-06-17T19:28:18Z")
I have Open Office (3.3) on my home machine, and I’m used to most of its quirks. There’s one thing that I’d love to fix the setting on, though, if I could figure out where the damn setting is.
When I open a new document, it always opens as “print layout,” and I prefer “web layout.”
Is there a setting somewhere where I can toggle the default of that from “print” to “web”? I’ve spent a fair amount of time poking around in Tools/customize and Tools/options and neither seems to have that setting.
Anyone know?
TIA.
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### Author:  [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-a-document-in-open-office/625448/2 "2012-06-17T20:01:23Z")
Here’s what I found one the OO board.
[[Solved] Default View Layout](http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=50050#p228178)
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-a-document-in-open-office/625448/3 "2012-06-18T15:47:55Z")
Cool! Thanks!