Views

When you open a drawing you can specify what view the drawing opens to. Just open the drawing using the Open command in windows. Check mark the Select Initial View option in the dialog box:

Once you select a file to open another dialog box will come up to let you choose what view you want to open:

Select the view you want and then press OK and the view you chose should be the view you see when the file opens. The M indicates model space and if a P shows up it indicates a paper space view.