Look again. It's at the upper right of the General tab in Word 2003's Tools | OPtions dialog.

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"DonH" wrote in message ...
Thanks, Sue. I looked under Tools/Options/General Tab (and all other tabs)
and still found no reference to "allow starting in Reading Layout"
If I open a document in Word it opens in Normal, but when I open an
attachment from Outlook it now opens it as Reading Layout.
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"DonH" wrote in message ...
Bryan, under Tools, Options, I found no General tab. Looked under all tabs,
but did not find "allow starting in Reading Layout" ???
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"Bryan" wrote:

Under "Options" and the "General" tab - is a block on the right near the top
that says "allow starting in Reading Layout" - uncheck that block.
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"DonH" wrote:

Attachments opening in MS-Word are now opening in "Reading Layout" vice
"Normal View" as they used to. How do I change the default back to "Normal
View."

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DonH