Fit to width but keep same font size?

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google3luo359

I am trying to use Fit to Width in Word after re-sizing a window to my
liking.
Word thinks it's smarter than I am, and re-sizes the font as the
window width becomes narrower.
The narrower the window the smaller the font!

If I select the text and choose the normal size font, I now have to
scroll in the window to the right, which completely defeats the whole
reason I am choosing fit-to-width.

Surely there must be a way to use Fit to Width so that Word keeps the
font size the same in the new window size?

TIA
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

If you're in Normal/Draft view, you can use the "Wrap to window" setting.
This is at Tools | Options | View in Word 2003 and earlier; in Word 2007 and
2010, it's in the Advanced Options, under "Show document content": Show text
wrapped within the document window.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
 
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google3luo359

Ahhh.. thank you very much!
I was looking for that feature but couldn't find it on the View menu
or anywhere else that was immediately obvious.

I think perhaps Wrap to Window should be turned on as default?
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

It depends. Without it, straightforward text is reasonably WYSIWYG in Normal
view in Word 2003 and earlier (this is not true of Draft view in Word
2007/2010), and many users do still work in Normal view.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org


Ahhh.. thank you very much!
I was looking for that feature but couldn't find it on the View menu
or anywhere else that was immediately obvious.

I think perhaps Wrap to Window should be turned on as default?
 
G

google3luo359

OK, now I'm confused.
The Wrap to Window setting worked for the file I had open a few days
ago.
I just checked and the W2W is set checked, activated.

But the document I have open now is not wrapping to the window I have
re-sized. I need to use the scroll bar to see the entire line. :(

Would you know what else is at play here and how can I fix this? I'm
using Word 2002 (10.2627)

TIA !
 
G

google3luo359

 OK, now I'm confused.
The Wrap to Window setting worked for the file I had open a few days
ago.
Click to expand...
Would you know what else is at play here and how can I fix this?  I'm
using Word 2002 (10.2627)
Click to expand...


OK I just figured it out.
I don't know what setting I had the file in, but when I changed it to
'Normal view',
all was well again. :)
 
S

Stefan Blom

The setting applies to Normal view (as you have noticed) and to Outline
view.

-- 
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




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OK, now I'm confused.
The Wrap to Window setting worked for the file I had open a few days
ago.
Click to expand...
Would you know what else is at play here and how can I fix this? I'm
using Word 2002 (10.2627)
Click to expand...


OK I just figured it out.
I don't know what setting I had the file in, but when I changed it to
'Normal view',
all was well again. :)
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

This is made quite clear in the Options dialog in Word 2003 and earlier but
not in Word 2007/2010.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

The setting applies to Normal view (as you have noticed) and to Outline
view.
Click to expand...


Thanks for the tip Stefan!
 
S

Stefan Blom

In general, the Options dialog box in Word 97-2003 is more logical than the
(Word) Options dialog in Word 2007-2010.

-- 
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
This is made quite clear in the Options dialog in Word 2003 and earlier but
not in Word 2007/2010.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

The setting applies to Normal view (as you have noticed) and to Outline
view.
Click to expand...


Thanks for the tip Stefan!
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

While one can certainly argue with lumping practically everything into
"Advanced," I have to admit that the less-terse descriptions in Word
2007/2010 are easier to understand. For example, compare "Print drawings
created in Word" with just "Drawing objects" under "Include with document"
on the Print tab of Tools | Options. Neither of these is ideal, since
"Drawings" (on the View tab) and "Drawing objects" both cover anything in
the drawing layer, that is, "floating" or "wrapped," but unless you know
what the drawing layer is, further detail wouldn't be helpful.

Similarly, compared "Drag-and-drop text editing" with "Allow text to be
dragged and dropped," or even (in the original instance) "Show text wrapped
within the document window" with "Wrap text to window." Certainly it would
be even more helpful to say, "Show text wrapped within the document window
(Draft and Outline view only)," but it's still probably an improvement.
"Show field codes instead of their values" is superior to the bald "Show:
Field codes." And "Print in background" is a huge improvement over
"Background printing," which was very misleading (users constantly confused
it with "Print background colors and images"). So I think at least in
verbosity the new Options dialog is an improvement, and the shift from the
odd "Popular" (2007) to "General" (2010) was another step in the right
direction.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
 
S

Stefan Blom

Good point.

I was thinking primarily of the overall organization of the dialog box, not
the specific wording of the options. It is clear that the latter has been
improved in some cases, which obviously is a good thing.

-- 
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
While one can certainly argue with lumping practically everything into
"Advanced," I have to admit that the less-terse descriptions in Word
2007/2010 are easier to understand. For example, compare "Print drawings
created in Word" with just "Drawing objects" under "Include with document"
on the Print tab of Tools | Options. Neither of these is ideal, since
"Drawings" (on the View tab) and "Drawing objects" both cover anything in
the drawing layer, that is, "floating" or "wrapped," but unless you know
what the drawing layer is, further detail wouldn't be helpful.

Similarly, compared "Drag-and-drop text editing" with "Allow text to be
dragged and dropped," or even (in the original instance) "Show text wrapped
within the document window" with "Wrap text to window." Certainly it would
be even more helpful to say, "Show text wrapped within the document window
(Draft and Outline view only)," but it's still probably an improvement.
"Show field codes instead of their values" is superior to the bald "Show:
Field codes." And "Print in background" is a huge improvement over
"Background printing," which was very misleading (users constantly confused
it with "Print background colors and images"). So I think at least in
verbosity the new Options dialog is an improvement, and the shift from the
odd "Popular" (2007) to "General" (2010) was another step in the right
direction.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
 

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