When I click the "open" icon in "Word" it opens the "Look in" box which fills
the screen. There is no minimizing option so how do I reduce its size? This
does not happen in Excel or other Microsoft Office programs.

Double-click the title bar at the top of the dialog.

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Phoebe wrote:
> When I click the "open" icon in "Word" it opens the "Look in" box
> which fills the screen. There is no minimizing option so how do I
> reduce its size? This does not happen in Excel or other Microsoft
> Office programs.

Thank you SO MUCH!!! I knew it had to be something simple!!

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

> Double-click the title bar at the top of the dialog.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
> all may benefit.
>
> Phoebe wrote:
> > When I click the "open" icon in "Word" it opens the "Look in" box
> > which fills the screen. There is no minimizing option so how do I
> > reduce its size? This does not happen in Excel or other Microsoft
> > Office programs.
>
>
>

thank you BOTH!

"Phoebe" wrote:

> Thank you SO MUCH!!! I knew it had to be something simple!!
>
> "Jay Freedman" wrote:
>
> > Double-click the title bar at the top of the dialog.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Jay Freedman
> > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > Phoebe wrote:
> > > When I click the "open" icon in "Word" it opens the "Look in" box
> > > which fills the screen. There is no minimizing option so how do I
> > > reduce its size? This does not happen in Excel or other Microsoft
> > > Office programs.
> >
> >
> >