How can I force existing document to open without showing white space between pages

i know how to hide the white space. But after I close a document, it doesn’t save that as a default setting, so when I re-open it, i have to do it again. Is there some way to save that setting? At different times I have both double clicked between the pages and selected the Hide Whitespace icon. Both of these methods work, but only for the current session. I have set ‘no white space’ as default for new documents, but this does not affect existing documents.