In my view, there is a flaw in Word that is getting worse over time: The default zoom is 100%. With 4K monitors becoming more and more common, and with higher resolutions no doubt coming soon, this zoom leaves us with a tiny Word document that we must manually zoom in on each time.

So here’s the solution:

• In Word, click File, Options, Customize Ribbon
• In the right pane, ensure “Developer” is checked
• Click OK and click on the Developer tab in the ribbon near the right end of the ribbon
• Click “Visual Basic”
• A new window will open
• In that new Window, expand “Normal” at the top left and right-click on Microsoft Word Objects
• Click Insert, Module
• Double click the module to ensure it is open and on the right hand side, paste the following:

Sub AutoOpen()
  ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Zoom.PageFit = wdPageFitBestFit
End Sub

• Click save in the toolbar (the picture of the disk)
• Close the “Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications” window.

Now whenever you open a document it will automatically zoom to the right width!