Should we be calling SDI 'new'? It's been around since 1999.
Terry Farrell
: It's not a new instance of Word; it's Word's new Single Document
Interface,
: introduced in Word 2000, in which each document gets its own window (see
:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/SDIMDI.htm). Most of us have come
to
: prefer this, but if you don't, you can change it by clearing the check box
: for "Windows in Taskbar" on the Edit tab of Tools | Options. For more
: suggestions for making Word 2002 more like previous versions, see
:
http://home.zebra.net/~sbarnhill/CustomizingWord2002.htm
:
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: Suzanne S. Barnhill
: Microsoft MVP (Word)
: Words into Type
: Fairhope, Alabama USA
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:
: : > Thank you. That did it.
: >
: > How do I avoid it's opening the new document as (what appears to be)
: another
: > instance of Word instead of within the present Word window?
: >
: > Any other similar hints about moving to Word 2002?
: >
: > --
: >
: > Jeff McPherson
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: > "Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACTERS FROM EMAIL
ADDRESS"
: > : > > Right Click on the menu bar and select Customize and then go to the
: > Commands
: > > tab and select the All Commands category and scroll down the list of
: > > commands until to come to the FileNewDialog command. Left click and
: drag
: > > it onto the toolbar. Once it's on the toolbar, you can right click on
: it
: > to
: > > customize it by giving it a button face. I copied the blank document
: > button
: > > face onto it and then edited it so that it appears as a document that
is
: > not
: > > blank (lines across the page) to distinguish it from the blank
document
: > > button.
: > >
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: > > benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions
: forwarded
: > > directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.
: > > Hope this helps
: > > Doug Robbins - Word MVP
: > > : > > >I was using Word from Office 97 and just moved to Office XP and its
: Word.
: > > >
: > > > In my Word 97, I could go to File/New... and select which template I
: > > > wished
: > > > to start with. Actually I had placed an icon for this on my Word 97
: > > > taskbar
: > > > for easy access.
: > > >
: > > > In the Word from Office XP, this same command now opens a panel on
the
: > > > right, with at the bottom of it something called "general templates"
: > which
: > > > if I click on finally gives the template view I had in Word 97 to
: choose
: > > > from. That is too many steps. Is there a command for "general
: > templates"
: > > > I
: > > > could use to place on my taskbar to provide that same view I had in
: W97
: > or
: > > > do I need to create a macro just to achieve the same result?
: > > >
: > > > Thanks.
: > > >
: > > > --
: > > >
: > > > Jeff McPherson
: > > > Email address deliberately false to avoid spam
: > > > (e-mail address removed)
: > > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free by AVG
: > > >
: > > >
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