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[Jeff]

Using Word 2002 in XP

When I open Word it opens a blank document 1 - which is normal.

When I then click on "File/Open.." and click on one of my saved documents,
the new document opens as a 2nd window leaving "Document 1" open. This is a
new behavior. I am not sure what I changed, but I think I recall the saved
document replacing the unused Document 1 instead of opening a 2nd window.
How do I get back to that earlier behavior?

Thanks.

 

[Luc]

Jeff,
Go to Tools - options - on the view tab remove the check next to windows on
taskbar, top item in column three of the view section.
Luc

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This will mask but not, I think, change the behavior, which *is* anomalous.
I have to type a space into Document1 to keep it open all day; otherwise it
would be closed whenever I open an existing document (though not necessarily
when I create a new one).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Jeff]

In Suzanne S. Barnhill <[email protected]> posted:
| | This will mask but not, I think, change the behavior, which *is*
| | anomalous. I have to type a space into Document1 to keep it open
| | all day; otherwise it would be closed whenever I open an existing
| | document (though not necessarily when I create a new one).

It seems to have started aft6er I switched on to viewing the Document Map.
Could that be responsible?

 

[Jeff]

In Suzanne S. Barnhill <[email protected]> posted:
| | This will mask but not, I think, change the behavior, which *is*
| | anomalous. I have to type a space into Document1 to keep it open
| | all day; otherwise it would be closed whenever I open an existing
| | document (though not necessarily when I create a new one).

I figured out what causes it. Because the anomalous behavior only started
happening when I started using Document Map, I tried an experiment:

1. I open a document, click on View Document Map, and close Word (without
saving).

2. Now, if I reopen Word, it opens with a blank document (and Document Map),
and when I click to open another document, it opens the second one in an
other window.

3. If I close document map before closing, that wierd behavior does not
happen.

Maybe it is a bug associated with Document Map in my 2002.

| | | "Jeff" <[email protected]> schreef in bericht
| | | | | | | Using Word 2002 in XP
| | | |
| | | | When I open Word it opens a blank document 1 - which is normal.
| | | |
| | | | When I then click on "File/Open.." and click on one of my saved
| | | | documents, the new document opens as a 2nd window leaving
| | | | "Document 1" open. This is a new behavior. I am not sure what
| | | | I changed, but I think I recall the saved document replacing
| | | | the unused Document 1 instead of opening a 2nd window. How do I
| | | | get back to that earlier behavior?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Anything is possible. Try switching the DM off and see if that makes any
difference.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Jeff]

In Suzanne S. Barnhill <[email protected]> posted:
| | Anything is possible. Try switching the DM off and see if that
| | makes any difference.

It did. That was the cause.