Word Document

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Guest

Any chance you would consider adding a new feature to Microsoft Word... I
would love to see the tab options (same option that we have in excel) added
to word. This would allow a user to click on a tab and see one
report/document... then click on another tab to see a related but separate
document. I would find this incredibly helpful... :)

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...cd8513&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
 
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CyberTaz

Which version of Word do you already have? If 2003, for example, go to
Tools> View, check the box for Windows in Task Bar & use the Windows Task
Bar buttons to do exactly what you describe. You might also check keyboard
shortcuts in Word Help for quick was to move from one doc window to another.
 
G

Guest

I do have Word 2003 but did not find the options as you describe below.

Actually I don't believe the option you are referring to is the same thing.
I'd actually like the option to permanently create tabs within a document.
This setup would be the same as excel only instead of spreadsheets it would
be related documents.

What your referring sounds like I would just be opening two documents and
viewing them side by side (Window>Compare Side by Side with...). There are
times when this feature is helpful but not at all the same thing.

If I've misunderstood what you mean let me know. thanks, Kristina
 
C

CyberTaz

Well, the problem is that you're comparing apples to oranges... the sheets
in an Excel Workbook are all a part of the same *file*, whereas each Word
doc constitutes a separate *file* in and of itself. There's no way [based on
OS constraints as well] that you can store files within one another. From a
number of perspectives that would present a very precarious situation - ie,
lose one, lose them all. Also, any time you open "one" you'd be opening them
all which isn't always desireable or practical from a system resources
standpoint.

The suggestion I offered does require that you actually open the individual
files, but it hasn't anything to do with Compare Side by Side. When you
click the Task Bar button that represents an open document that doc window
comes to the front. IOW, it allows you to switch back & forth between open
docs in the manner you described - with the click of a button... or you can
use the kybd shortcut... or you can use the Window Menu.

I get the impression that what you really are looking for is a better way of
managing the organization of your files. For that purpose there are a number
of Windows features that may help as well as customizing capabilities within
Word. I'm sure you'll get some other suggestions, but here are a few general
ideas:

1- If you can't (or don't wish to) store the related files in a single
folder, create folder & put shortcuts to those files in it. Either way, that
folder can be added to the My Places bar of the open dialog so that it is no
further away than Ctrl+O to bring the Open dialog box up.

2- Create macros to open each of the related files and assign them to
buttons on a custom toolbar or as commands in a custom menu.

3- Add a page in each of the related docs (or create a separate doc) and
insert hyperlinks to the other docs in the "group".

4- Use the Customize dialog to add the Work menu to the menu bar & add those
docs to to it.
 
G

Guest

Ok - I don't believe that I am comparing apples to oranges and I don't think
you're understanding what I'm requesting. I don't mean having separate
files... I'm talking about having one file with several tabs (the same as
excel)... instead of using a spreadsheet with formulas each tab would be set
up with the features of word a word document (but again this would be one
report not several (same as excel).

You mention that this would be a poor use of resources to have the system
open all documents - how would this be any different than an excel
spreadsheet with several tabs? How would that take more resources?

- it's a feature that excel has which word doesn't. Your logic about losing
several separate tabs at once (because you haven't created a bunch of
different documents) could be applied to excel as well. I realize that if
you lose a file in either excel or word you would lose all tabs included
within that file. This doesn't keep me from using several tabs in excel and
it wouldn't keep me from creating several tabs in word.

There are reasons why this would be helpful. If it wasn't a helpful feature
there would be no reason to have it in excel either. We'd all just have
several documents in excel as well (you can set up macros and hyperlinks in
excel as well but yet people still set up one excel report with several
tabs). Several times I have created documents in excel even though it takes
quite a bit of time and set up (word wrap etc...) simply because of the tab
option that you get in excel.

I realize that this apparently doesn't make sense to you... but it is
something that I would find helpful (hence the post to this site).

I realize it's been set up this way from the beginning but it doesn't mean
it has to stay that way...

:) Kristina

CyberTaz said:
Well, the problem is that you're comparing apples to oranges... the sheets
in an Excel Workbook are all a part of the same *file*, whereas each Word
doc constitutes a separate *file* in and of itself. There's no way [based on
OS constraints as well] that you can store files within one another. From a
number of perspectives that would present a very precarious situation - ie,
lose one, lose them all. Also, any time you open "one" you'd be opening them
all which isn't always desireable or practical from a system resources
standpoint.

The suggestion I offered does require that you actually open the individual
files, but it hasn't anything to do with Compare Side by Side. When you
click the Task Bar button that represents an open document that doc window
comes to the front. IOW, it allows you to switch back & forth between open
docs in the manner you described - with the click of a button... or you can
use the kybd shortcut... or you can use the Window Menu.

I get the impression that what you really are looking for is a better way of
managing the organization of your files. For that purpose there are a number
of Windows features that may help as well as customizing capabilities within
Word. I'm sure you'll get some other suggestions, but here are a few general
ideas:

1- If you can't (or don't wish to) store the related files in a single
folder, create folder & put shortcuts to those files in it. Either way, that
folder can be added to the My Places bar of the open dialog so that it is no
further away than Ctrl+O to bring the Open dialog box up.

2- Create macros to open each of the related files and assign them to
buttons on a custom toolbar or as commands in a custom menu.

3- Add a page in each of the related docs (or create a separate doc) and
insert hyperlinks to the other docs in the "group".

4- Use the Customize dialog to add the Work menu to the menu bar & add those
docs to to it.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Kristina Demers said:
I do have Word 2003 but did not find the options as you describe below.

Actually I don't believe the option you are referring to is the same
thing.
I'd actually like the option to permanently create tabs within a document.
This setup would be the same as excel only instead of spreadsheets it
would
be related documents.

What your referring sounds like I would just be opening two documents and
viewing them side by side (Window>Compare Side by Side with...). There
are
times when this feature is helpful but not at all the same thing.

If I've misunderstood what you mean let me know. thanks, Kristina
 
D

Daiya Mitchell

Kristina, you said tabs could show a "related but separate document."
Excel's tabs show different parts of the same file, not separate documents.

Most people who want tabs in Word are looking for a quicker way to skip
around a single document, say, from Section 1 to Section 2. For that
type of help, consider these options.
Edit | Go To, Outline View, Document Map, and Browse Object.

More info on some of those here:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingOLView.htm
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/documentmap/index.html
http://daiya.mvps.org/browseobject.htm


Kristina said:
Ok - I don't believe that I am comparing apples to oranges and I don't think
you're understanding what I'm requesting. I don't mean having separate
files... I'm talking about having one file with several tabs (the same as
excel)... instead of using a spreadsheet with formulas each tab would be set
up with the features of word a word document (but again this would be one
report not several (same as excel).

You mention that this would be a poor use of resources to have the system
open all documents - how would this be any different than an excel
spreadsheet with several tabs? How would that take more resources?

- it's a feature that excel has which word doesn't. Your logic about losing
several separate tabs at once (because you haven't created a bunch of
different documents) could be applied to excel as well. I realize that if
you lose a file in either excel or word you would lose all tabs included
within that file. This doesn't keep me from using several tabs in excel and
it wouldn't keep me from creating several tabs in word.

There are reasons why this would be helpful. If it wasn't a helpful feature
there would be no reason to have it in excel either. We'd all just have
several documents in excel as well (you can set up macros and hyperlinks in
excel as well but yet people still set up one excel report with several
tabs). Several times I have created documents in excel even though it takes
quite a bit of time and set up (word wrap etc...) simply because of the tab
option that you get in excel.

I realize that this apparently doesn't make sense to you... but it is
something that I would find helpful (hence the post to this site).

I realize it's been set up this way from the beginning but it doesn't mean
it has to stay that way...

:) Kristina

:

Well, the problem is that you're comparing apples to oranges... the sheets
in an Excel Workbook are all a part of the same *file*, whereas each Word
doc constitutes a separate *file* in and of itself. There's no way [based on
OS constraints as well] that you can store files within one another. From a
number of perspectives that would present a very precarious situation - ie,
lose one, lose them all. Also, any time you open "one" you'd be opening them
all which isn't always desireable or practical from a system resources
standpoint.

The suggestion I offered does require that you actually open the individual
files, but it hasn't anything to do with Compare Side by Side. When you
click the Task Bar button that represents an open document that doc window
comes to the front. IOW, it allows you to switch back & forth between open
docs in the manner you described - with the click of a button... or you can
use the kybd shortcut... or you can use the Window Menu.

I get the impression that what you really are looking for is a better way of
managing the organization of your files. For that purpose there are a number
of Windows features that may help as well as customizing capabilities within
Word. I'm sure you'll get some other suggestions, but here are a few general
ideas:

1- If you can't (or don't wish to) store the related files in a single
folder, create folder & put shortcuts to those files in it. Either way, that
folder can be added to the My Places bar of the open dialog so that it is no
further away than Ctrl+O to bring the Open dialog box up.

2- Create macros to open each of the related files and assign them to
buttons on a custom toolbar or as commands in a custom menu.

3- Add a page in each of the related docs (or create a separate doc) and
insert hyperlinks to the other docs in the "group".

4- Use the Customize dialog to add the Work menu to the menu bar & add those
docs to to it.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

I do have Word 2003 but did not find the options as you describe below.

Actually I don't believe the option you are referring to is the same
thing.
I'd actually like the option to permanently create tabs within a document.
This setup would be the same as excel only instead of spreadsheets it
would
be related documents.

What your referring sounds like I would just be opening two documents and
viewing them side by side (Window>Compare Side by Side with...). There
are
times when this feature is helpful but not at all the same thing.

If I've misunderstood what you mean let me know. thanks, Kristina


:


Which version of Word do you already have? If 2003, for example, go to
Tools> View, check the box for Windows in Task Bar & use the Windows Task
Bar buttons to do exactly what you describe. You might also check
keyboard
shortcuts in Word Help for quick was to move from one doc window to
another.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

message
Any chance you would consider adding a new feature to Microsoft Word...
I
would love to see the tab options (same option that we have in excel)
added
to word. This would allow a user to click on a tab and see one
report/document... then click on another tab to see a related but
separate
document. I would find this incredibly helpful... :)

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...cd8513&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
 
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Guest

I was trying to get across the fact that it would be separate tabs. It would
be the SAME file.

Thanks for your suggestions but it isn't what I'm looking for. I am looking
for one file with separate tabs - each tab with the features of a word
document instead of a spreadsheet. I realize that I am saying "document"
again but that is only to get across the idea that they are separate tabs.

I posted because I have wanted for several years to see the tab feature
added to Word. I don't need information on how to become more organized. It
is simply a request to have tabs added to Word.

Daiya Mitchell said:
Kristina, you said tabs could show a "related but separate document."
Excel's tabs show different parts of the same file, not separate documents.

Most people who want tabs in Word are looking for a quicker way to skip
around a single document, say, from Section 1 to Section 2. For that
type of help, consider these options.
Edit | Go To, Outline View, Document Map, and Browse Object.

More info on some of those here:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingOLView.htm
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/documentmap/index.html
http://daiya.mvps.org/browseobject.htm


Kristina said:
Ok - I don't believe that I am comparing apples to oranges and I don't think
you're understanding what I'm requesting. I don't mean having separate
files... I'm talking about having one file with several tabs (the same as
excel)... instead of using a spreadsheet with formulas each tab would be set
up with the features of word a word document (but again this would be one
report not several (same as excel).

You mention that this would be a poor use of resources to have the system
open all documents - how would this be any different than an excel
spreadsheet with several tabs? How would that take more resources?

- it's a feature that excel has which word doesn't. Your logic about losing
several separate tabs at once (because you haven't created a bunch of
different documents) could be applied to excel as well. I realize that if
you lose a file in either excel or word you would lose all tabs included
within that file. This doesn't keep me from using several tabs in excel and
it wouldn't keep me from creating several tabs in word.

There are reasons why this would be helpful. If it wasn't a helpful feature
there would be no reason to have it in excel either. We'd all just have
several documents in excel as well (you can set up macros and hyperlinks in
excel as well but yet people still set up one excel report with several
tabs). Several times I have created documents in excel even though it takes
quite a bit of time and set up (word wrap etc...) simply because of the tab
option that you get in excel.

I realize that this apparently doesn't make sense to you... but it is
something that I would find helpful (hence the post to this site).

I realize it's been set up this way from the beginning but it doesn't mean
it has to stay that way...

:) Kristina

:

Well, the problem is that you're comparing apples to oranges... the sheets
in an Excel Workbook are all a part of the same *file*, whereas each Word
doc constitutes a separate *file* in and of itself. There's no way [based on
OS constraints as well] that you can store files within one another. From a
number of perspectives that would present a very precarious situation - ie,
lose one, lose them all. Also, any time you open "one" you'd be opening them
all which isn't always desireable or practical from a system resources
standpoint.

The suggestion I offered does require that you actually open the individual
files, but it hasn't anything to do with Compare Side by Side. When you
click the Task Bar button that represents an open document that doc window
comes to the front. IOW, it allows you to switch back & forth between open
docs in the manner you described - with the click of a button... or you can
use the kybd shortcut... or you can use the Window Menu.

I get the impression that what you really are looking for is a better way of
managing the organization of your files. For that purpose there are a number
of Windows features that may help as well as customizing capabilities within
Word. I'm sure you'll get some other suggestions, but here are a few general
ideas:

1- If you can't (or don't wish to) store the related files in a single
folder, create folder & put shortcuts to those files in it. Either way, that
folder can be added to the My Places bar of the open dialog so that it is no
further away than Ctrl+O to bring the Open dialog box up.

2- Create macros to open each of the related files and assign them to
buttons on a custom toolbar or as commands in a custom menu.

3- Add a page in each of the related docs (or create a separate doc) and
insert hyperlinks to the other docs in the "group".

4- Use the Customize dialog to add the Work menu to the menu bar & add those
docs to to it.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

message
I do have Word 2003 but did not find the options as you describe below.

Actually I don't believe the option you are referring to is the same
thing.
I'd actually like the option to permanently create tabs within a document.
This setup would be the same as excel only instead of spreadsheets it
would
be related documents.

What your referring sounds like I would just be opening two documents and
viewing them side by side (Window>Compare Side by Side with...). There
are
times when this feature is helpful but not at all the same thing.

If I've misunderstood what you mean let me know. thanks, Kristina


:


Which version of Word do you already have? If 2003, for example, go to
Tools> View, check the box for Windows in Task Bar & use the Windows Task
Bar buttons to do exactly what you describe. You might also check
keyboard
shortcuts in Word Help for quick was to move from one doc window to
another.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

message
Any chance you would consider adding a new feature to Microsoft Word...
I
would love to see the tab options (same option that we have in excel)
added
to word. This would allow a user to click on a tab and see one
report/document... then click on another tab to see a related but
separate
document. I would find this incredibly helpful... :)

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...cd8513&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
 
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Guest

I think if people had this option it would get used.

I think people are reading my request like it is related to a typical report
that you would write... might be hard to see why you would need tabs for a
report. Yes, a hyperlink/outline etc. would help someone get from one page
to the next - one section to the next - one chapter to the next. This isn't
actually the only reason people use word documents.

Ok - hypothetical...
you go to a meeting for an organization. They want to become more involved
in the area where they live and amongst themselves. You take down all their
ideas and offer to organize it for them.

On one tab - you could place all items related to upcoming meetings and
goals; on the second tab you could place all volunteer options; third tab
working with needy; educational opportunities etc. etc. etc... (hard to think
of exact ideas)
People within the group have varied interests...

I realize you could set up hyperlinks at the top of the document down to
separate sections... but just imagine having the ability to set up each
section as separate color coded tabs... one tab labeled volunteer, one
labeled education, one labeled service...

Again I realize hyperlinks are a solution but it just isn't the same.

Daiya Mitchell said:
Kristina, you said tabs could show a "related but separate document."
Excel's tabs show different parts of the same file, not separate documents.

Most people who want tabs in Word are looking for a quicker way to skip
around a single document, say, from Section 1 to Section 2. For that
type of help, consider these options.
Edit | Go To, Outline View, Document Map, and Browse Object.

More info on some of those here:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingOLView.htm
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/documentmap/index.html
http://daiya.mvps.org/browseobject.htm


Kristina said:
Ok - I don't believe that I am comparing apples to oranges and I don't think
you're understanding what I'm requesting. I don't mean having separate
files... I'm talking about having one file with several tabs (the same as
excel)... instead of using a spreadsheet with formulas each tab would be set
up with the features of word a word document (but again this would be one
report not several (same as excel).

You mention that this would be a poor use of resources to have the system
open all documents - how would this be any different than an excel
spreadsheet with several tabs? How would that take more resources?

- it's a feature that excel has which word doesn't. Your logic about losing
several separate tabs at once (because you haven't created a bunch of
different documents) could be applied to excel as well. I realize that if
you lose a file in either excel or word you would lose all tabs included
within that file. This doesn't keep me from using several tabs in excel and
it wouldn't keep me from creating several tabs in word.

There are reasons why this would be helpful. If it wasn't a helpful feature
there would be no reason to have it in excel either. We'd all just have
several documents in excel as well (you can set up macros and hyperlinks in
excel as well but yet people still set up one excel report with several
tabs). Several times I have created documents in excel even though it takes
quite a bit of time and set up (word wrap etc...) simply because of the tab
option that you get in excel.

I realize that this apparently doesn't make sense to you... but it is
something that I would find helpful (hence the post to this site).

I realize it's been set up this way from the beginning but it doesn't mean
it has to stay that way...

:) Kristina

:

Well, the problem is that you're comparing apples to oranges... the sheets
in an Excel Workbook are all a part of the same *file*, whereas each Word
doc constitutes a separate *file* in and of itself. There's no way [based on
OS constraints as well] that you can store files within one another. From a
number of perspectives that would present a very precarious situation - ie,
lose one, lose them all. Also, any time you open "one" you'd be opening them
all which isn't always desireable or practical from a system resources
standpoint.

The suggestion I offered does require that you actually open the individual
files, but it hasn't anything to do with Compare Side by Side. When you
click the Task Bar button that represents an open document that doc window
comes to the front. IOW, it allows you to switch back & forth between open
docs in the manner you described - with the click of a button... or you can
use the kybd shortcut... or you can use the Window Menu.

I get the impression that what you really are looking for is a better way of
managing the organization of your files. For that purpose there are a number
of Windows features that may help as well as customizing capabilities within
Word. I'm sure you'll get some other suggestions, but here are a few general
ideas:

1- If you can't (or don't wish to) store the related files in a single
folder, create folder & put shortcuts to those files in it. Either way, that
folder can be added to the My Places bar of the open dialog so that it is no
further away than Ctrl+O to bring the Open dialog box up.

2- Create macros to open each of the related files and assign them to
buttons on a custom toolbar or as commands in a custom menu.

3- Add a page in each of the related docs (or create a separate doc) and
insert hyperlinks to the other docs in the "group".

4- Use the Customize dialog to add the Work menu to the menu bar & add those
docs to to it.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

message
I do have Word 2003 but did not find the options as you describe below.

Actually I don't believe the option you are referring to is the same
thing.
I'd actually like the option to permanently create tabs within a document.
This setup would be the same as excel only instead of spreadsheets it
would
be related documents.

What your referring sounds like I would just be opening two documents and
viewing them side by side (Window>Compare Side by Side with...). There
are
times when this feature is helpful but not at all the same thing.

If I've misunderstood what you mean let me know. thanks, Kristina


:


Which version of Word do you already have? If 2003, for example, go to
Tools> View, check the box for Windows in Task Bar & use the Windows Task
Bar buttons to do exactly what you describe. You might also check
keyboard
shortcuts in Word Help for quick was to move from one doc window to
another.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

message
Any chance you would consider adding a new feature to Microsoft Word...
I
would love to see the tab options (same option that we have in excel)
added
to word. This would allow a user to click on a tab and see one
report/document... then click on another tab to see a related but
separate
document. I would find this incredibly helpful... :)

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...cd8513&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
 
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Guest

http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html

Something I just found... SEE!!! People DO want and would use this option.
This example is not exactly right because it's off to the left... I like the
way Excel does it BETTER - much cleaner look.

Kristina Demers said:
I think if people had this option it would get used.

I think people are reading my request like it is related to a typical report
that you would write... might be hard to see why you would need tabs for a
report. Yes, a hyperlink/outline etc. would help someone get from one page
to the next - one section to the next - one chapter to the next. This isn't
actually the only reason people use word documents.

Ok - hypothetical...
you go to a meeting for an organization. They want to become more involved
in the area where they live and amongst themselves. You take down all their
ideas and offer to organize it for them.

On one tab - you could place all items related to upcoming meetings and
goals; on the second tab you could place all volunteer options; third tab
working with needy; educational opportunities etc. etc. etc... (hard to think
of exact ideas)
People within the group have varied interests...

I realize you could set up hyperlinks at the top of the document down to
separate sections... but just imagine having the ability to set up each
section as separate color coded tabs... one tab labeled volunteer, one
labeled education, one labeled service...

Again I realize hyperlinks are a solution but it just isn't the same.

Daiya Mitchell said:
Kristina, you said tabs could show a "related but separate document."
Excel's tabs show different parts of the same file, not separate documents.

Most people who want tabs in Word are looking for a quicker way to skip
around a single document, say, from Section 1 to Section 2. For that
type of help, consider these options.
Edit | Go To, Outline View, Document Map, and Browse Object.

More info on some of those here:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingOLView.htm
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/documentmap/index.html
http://daiya.mvps.org/browseobject.htm


Kristina said:
Ok - I don't believe that I am comparing apples to oranges and I don't think
you're understanding what I'm requesting. I don't mean having separate
files... I'm talking about having one file with several tabs (the same as
excel)... instead of using a spreadsheet with formulas each tab would be set
up with the features of word a word document (but again this would be one
report not several (same as excel).

You mention that this would be a poor use of resources to have the system
open all documents - how would this be any different than an excel
spreadsheet with several tabs? How would that take more resources?

- it's a feature that excel has which word doesn't. Your logic about losing
several separate tabs at once (because you haven't created a bunch of
different documents) could be applied to excel as well. I realize that if
you lose a file in either excel or word you would lose all tabs included
within that file. This doesn't keep me from using several tabs in excel and
it wouldn't keep me from creating several tabs in word.

There are reasons why this would be helpful. If it wasn't a helpful feature
there would be no reason to have it in excel either. We'd all just have
several documents in excel as well (you can set up macros and hyperlinks in
excel as well but yet people still set up one excel report with several
tabs). Several times I have created documents in excel even though it takes
quite a bit of time and set up (word wrap etc...) simply because of the tab
option that you get in excel.

I realize that this apparently doesn't make sense to you... but it is
something that I would find helpful (hence the post to this site).

I realize it's been set up this way from the beginning but it doesn't mean
it has to stay that way...

:) Kristina

:


Well, the problem is that you're comparing apples to oranges... the sheets
in an Excel Workbook are all a part of the same *file*, whereas each Word
doc constitutes a separate *file* in and of itself. There's no way [based on
OS constraints as well] that you can store files within one another. From a
number of perspectives that would present a very precarious situation - ie,
lose one, lose them all. Also, any time you open "one" you'd be opening them
all which isn't always desireable or practical from a system resources
standpoint.

The suggestion I offered does require that you actually open the individual
files, but it hasn't anything to do with Compare Side by Side. When you
click the Task Bar button that represents an open document that doc window
comes to the front. IOW, it allows you to switch back & forth between open
docs in the manner you described - with the click of a button... or you can
use the kybd shortcut... or you can use the Window Menu.

I get the impression that what you really are looking for is a better way of
managing the organization of your files. For that purpose there are a number
of Windows features that may help as well as customizing capabilities within
Word. I'm sure you'll get some other suggestions, but here are a few general
ideas:

1- If you can't (or don't wish to) store the related files in a single
folder, create folder & put shortcuts to those files in it. Either way, that
folder can be added to the My Places bar of the open dialog so that it is no
further away than Ctrl+O to bring the Open dialog box up.

2- Create macros to open each of the related files and assign them to
buttons on a custom toolbar or as commands in a custom menu.

3- Add a page in each of the related docs (or create a separate doc) and
insert hyperlinks to the other docs in the "group".

4- Use the Customize dialog to add the Work menu to the menu bar & add those
docs to to it.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

message
I do have Word 2003 but did not find the options as you describe below.

Actually I don't believe the option you are referring to is the same
thing.
I'd actually like the option to permanently create tabs within a document.
This setup would be the same as excel only instead of spreadsheets it
would
be related documents.

What your referring sounds like I would just be opening two documents and
viewing them side by side (Window>Compare Side by Side with...). There
are
times when this feature is helpful but not at all the same thing.

If I've misunderstood what you mean let me know. thanks, Kristina


:


Which version of Word do you already have? If 2003, for example, go to
Tools> View, check the box for Windows in Task Bar & use the Windows Task
Bar buttons to do exactly what you describe. You might also check
keyboard
shortcuts in Word Help for quick was to move from one doc window to
another.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

message
Any chance you would consider adding a new feature to Microsoft Word...
I
would love to see the tab options (same option that we have in excel)
added
to word. This would allow a user to click on a tab and see one
report/document... then click on another tab to see a related but
separate
document. I would find this incredibly helpful... :)

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...cd8513&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
 
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Guest

Ok - just thought of another example...
Say someone is a writer...
one tab would be story outline; one tab would be character development; and
then one tab for the story... and/or possibly a separate tab for each chapter
of the story - so then if the person has already imagined in their head how
they want the story to end or some heart breaking scene they could write
it... without having to open up a separte document or struggle with trying to
keep it in the right place in the story.
Again I realize you could create several hyperlinks or an outline... but
it's different when they're right there on tabs at the bottom...
click-click-click... all the information is already open and ready for you.
And easier then creating hyperlinks and outlines. It's just there.

Kristina Demers said:
http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html

Something I just found... SEE!!! People DO want and would use this option.
This example is not exactly right because it's off to the left... I like the
way Excel does it BETTER - much cleaner look.

Kristina Demers said:
I think if people had this option it would get used.

I think people are reading my request like it is related to a typical report
that you would write... might be hard to see why you would need tabs for a
report. Yes, a hyperlink/outline etc. would help someone get from one page
to the next - one section to the next - one chapter to the next. This isn't
actually the only reason people use word documents.

Ok - hypothetical...
you go to a meeting for an organization. They want to become more involved
in the area where they live and amongst themselves. You take down all their
ideas and offer to organize it for them.

On one tab - you could place all items related to upcoming meetings and
goals; on the second tab you could place all volunteer options; third tab
working with needy; educational opportunities etc. etc. etc... (hard to think
of exact ideas)
People within the group have varied interests...

I realize you could set up hyperlinks at the top of the document down to
separate sections... but just imagine having the ability to set up each
section as separate color coded tabs... one tab labeled volunteer, one
labeled education, one labeled service...

Again I realize hyperlinks are a solution but it just isn't the same.

Daiya Mitchell said:
Kristina, you said tabs could show a "related but separate document."
Excel's tabs show different parts of the same file, not separate documents.

Most people who want tabs in Word are looking for a quicker way to skip
around a single document, say, from Section 1 to Section 2. For that
type of help, consider these options.
Edit | Go To, Outline View, Document Map, and Browse Object.

More info on some of those here:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingOLView.htm
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/documentmap/index.html
http://daiya.mvps.org/browseobject.htm


Kristina Demers wrote:
Ok - I don't believe that I am comparing apples to oranges and I don't think
you're understanding what I'm requesting. I don't mean having separate
files... I'm talking about having one file with several tabs (the same as
excel)... instead of using a spreadsheet with formulas each tab would be set
up with the features of word a word document (but again this would be one
report not several (same as excel).

You mention that this would be a poor use of resources to have the system
open all documents - how would this be any different than an excel
spreadsheet with several tabs? How would that take more resources?

- it's a feature that excel has which word doesn't. Your logic about losing
several separate tabs at once (because you haven't created a bunch of
different documents) could be applied to excel as well. I realize that if
you lose a file in either excel or word you would lose all tabs included
within that file. This doesn't keep me from using several tabs in excel and
it wouldn't keep me from creating several tabs in word.

There are reasons why this would be helpful. If it wasn't a helpful feature
there would be no reason to have it in excel either. We'd all just have
several documents in excel as well (you can set up macros and hyperlinks in
excel as well but yet people still set up one excel report with several
tabs). Several times I have created documents in excel even though it takes
quite a bit of time and set up (word wrap etc...) simply because of the tab
option that you get in excel.

I realize that this apparently doesn't make sense to you... but it is
something that I would find helpful (hence the post to this site).

I realize it's been set up this way from the beginning but it doesn't mean
it has to stay that way...

:) Kristina

:


Well, the problem is that you're comparing apples to oranges... the sheets
in an Excel Workbook are all a part of the same *file*, whereas each Word
doc constitutes a separate *file* in and of itself. There's no way [based on
OS constraints as well] that you can store files within one another. From a
number of perspectives that would present a very precarious situation - ie,
lose one, lose them all. Also, any time you open "one" you'd be opening them
all which isn't always desireable or practical from a system resources
standpoint.

The suggestion I offered does require that you actually open the individual
files, but it hasn't anything to do with Compare Side by Side. When you
click the Task Bar button that represents an open document that doc window
comes to the front. IOW, it allows you to switch back & forth between open
docs in the manner you described - with the click of a button... or you can
use the kybd shortcut... or you can use the Window Menu.

I get the impression that what you really are looking for is a better way of
managing the organization of your files. For that purpose there are a number
of Windows features that may help as well as customizing capabilities within
Word. I'm sure you'll get some other suggestions, but here are a few general
ideas:

1- If you can't (or don't wish to) store the related files in a single
folder, create folder & put shortcuts to those files in it. Either way, that
folder can be added to the My Places bar of the open dialog so that it is no
further away than Ctrl+O to bring the Open dialog box up.

2- Create macros to open each of the related files and assign them to
buttons on a custom toolbar or as commands in a custom menu.

3- Add a page in each of the related docs (or create a separate doc) and
insert hyperlinks to the other docs in the "group".

4- Use the Customize dialog to add the Work menu to the menu bar & add those
docs to to it.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

message
I do have Word 2003 but did not find the options as you describe below.

Actually I don't believe the option you are referring to is the same
thing.
I'd actually like the option to permanently create tabs within a document.
This setup would be the same as excel only instead of spreadsheets it
would
be related documents.

What your referring sounds like I would just be opening two documents and
viewing them side by side (Window>Compare Side by Side with...). There
are
times when this feature is helpful but not at all the same thing.

If I've misunderstood what you mean let me know. thanks, Kristina


:


Which version of Word do you already have? If 2003, for example, go to
Tools> View, check the box for Windows in Task Bar & use the Windows Task
Bar buttons to do exactly what you describe. You might also check
keyboard
shortcuts in Word Help for quick was to move from one doc window to
another.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

message
Any chance you would consider adding a new feature to Microsoft Word...
I
would love to see the tab options (same option that we have in excel)
added
to word. This would allow a user to click on a tab and see one
report/document... then click on another tab to see a related but
separate
document. I would find this incredibly helpful... :)

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...cd8513&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi Kristina,

You can try MS Office OneNote online, or download a 60 day trial, to see if it might be something you'd like to use from
http://office.microsoft.com/onenote or http://office.microsoft.com/products

As with MS Office Groove (a larger scale collaboration product) the expectation is that the folks in the group would be using the
same application. With MS Office Sharepoint, you can create libraries of related documents that folks can work on in a
collaborative enviornment.

You can create a 'frameset' of Word documents that emulate the tabbed interface you mention, but the files generally get to be very
large, and only one person at a time can work on a single Word document. With the other MS Office collaboration features (changed
and enhanced with the Office 2007 edition [Office 2003 is discontinued], including in Word, and the sister Office products, there
are some effective ways to do what you want. One of the issues with what you mentioned is that not everyone organizes or uses the
thought processes everyone else does. There are likely as many folks who don't like the tabbed approach (too busy, takes up screen
space, can't find things <g>) as there are folks who would like to have it. It may show up in a future version, or with 3rd part
add-ins (which everyone would need to have as well <g>) but it's not a feature built into the current Word versions.

============
Will I be able to create documents using OneNote and then send to others with
them being able to open even if they don't have OneNote? I have never met
anyone who had this product so I'm not sure it would be as useful as just
using word to send a document.

Having never seen it I can't be sure but it sounds like this would be useful
to have... just not sure of its usefulness while working with others in
exchanging documents.>>
--

Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

Have you tried OneNote?

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Kristina Demers said:
I think if people had this option it would get used.

I think people are reading my request like it is related to a typical report
that you would write... might be hard to see why you would need tabs for a
report. Yes, a hyperlink/outline etc. would help someone get from one page
to the next - one section to the next - one chapter to the next. This isn't
actually the only reason people use word documents.

Ok - hypothetical...
you go to a meeting for an organization. They want to become more involved
in the area where they live and amongst themselves. You take down all their
ideas and offer to organize it for them.

On one tab - you could place all items related to upcoming meetings and
goals; on the second tab you could place all volunteer options; third tab
working with needy; educational opportunities etc. etc. etc... (hard to think
of exact ideas)
People within the group have varied interests...

I realize you could set up hyperlinks at the top of the document down to
separate sections... but just imagine having the ability to set up each
section as separate color coded tabs... one tab labeled volunteer, one
labeled education, one labeled service...

Again I realize hyperlinks are a solution but it just isn't the same.

Daiya Mitchell said:
Kristina, you said tabs could show a "related but separate document."
Excel's tabs show different parts of the same file, not separate documents.

Most people who want tabs in Word are looking for a quicker way to skip
around a single document, say, from Section 1 to Section 2. For that
type of help, consider these options.
Edit | Go To, Outline View, Document Map, and Browse Object.

More info on some of those here:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingOLView.htm
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/documentmap/index.html
http://daiya.mvps.org/browseobject.htm


Kristina said:
Ok - I don't believe that I am comparing apples to oranges and I don't think
you're understanding what I'm requesting. I don't mean having separate
files... I'm talking about having one file with several tabs (the same as
excel)... instead of using a spreadsheet with formulas each tab would be set
up with the features of word a word document (but again this would be one
report not several (same as excel).

You mention that this would be a poor use of resources to have the system
open all documents - how would this be any different than an excel
spreadsheet with several tabs? How would that take more resources?

- it's a feature that excel has which word doesn't. Your logic about losing
several separate tabs at once (because you haven't created a bunch of
different documents) could be applied to excel as well. I realize that if
you lose a file in either excel or word you would lose all tabs included
within that file. This doesn't keep me from using several tabs in excel and
it wouldn't keep me from creating several tabs in word.

There are reasons why this would be helpful. If it wasn't a helpful feature
there would be no reason to have it in excel either. We'd all just have
several documents in excel as well (you can set up macros and hyperlinks in
excel as well but yet people still set up one excel report with several
tabs). Several times I have created documents in excel even though it takes
quite a bit of time and set up (word wrap etc...) simply because of the tab
option that you get in excel.

I realize that this apparently doesn't make sense to you... but it is
something that I would find helpful (hence the post to this site).

I realize it's been set up this way from the beginning but it doesn't mean
it has to stay that way...

:) Kristina

:


Well, the problem is that you're comparing apples to oranges... the sheets
in an Excel Workbook are all a part of the same *file*, whereas each Word
doc constitutes a separate *file* in and of itself. There's no way [based on
OS constraints as well] that you can store files within one another. From a
number of perspectives that would present a very precarious situation - ie,
lose one, lose them all. Also, any time you open "one" you'd be opening them
all which isn't always desireable or practical from a system resources
standpoint.

The suggestion I offered does require that you actually open the individual
files, but it hasn't anything to do with Compare Side by Side. When you
click the Task Bar button that represents an open document that doc window
comes to the front. IOW, it allows you to switch back & forth between open
docs in the manner you described - with the click of a button... or you can
use the kybd shortcut... or you can use the Window Menu.

I get the impression that what you really are looking for is a better way of
managing the organization of your files. For that purpose there are a number
of Windows features that may help as well as customizing capabilities within
Word. I'm sure you'll get some other suggestions, but here are a few general
ideas:

1- If you can't (or don't wish to) store the related files in a single
folder, create folder & put shortcuts to those files in it. Either way, that
folder can be added to the My Places bar of the open dialog so that it is no
further away than Ctrl+O to bring the Open dialog box up.

2- Create macros to open each of the related files and assign them to
buttons on a custom toolbar or as commands in a custom menu.

3- Add a page in each of the related docs (or create a separate doc) and
insert hyperlinks to the other docs in the "group".

4- Use the Customize dialog to add the Work menu to the menu bar & add those
docs to to it.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

message
I do have Word 2003 but did not find the options as you describe below.

Actually I don't believe the option you are referring to is the same
thing.
I'd actually like the option to permanently create tabs within a document.
This setup would be the same as excel only instead of spreadsheets it
would
be related documents.

What your referring sounds like I would just be opening two documents and
viewing them side by side (Window>Compare Side by Side with...). There
are
times when this feature is helpful but not at all the same thing.

If I've misunderstood what you mean let me know. thanks, Kristina


:


Which version of Word do you already have? If 2003, for example, go to
Tools> View, check the box for Windows in Task Bar & use the Windows Task
Bar buttons to do exactly what you describe. You might also check
keyboard
shortcuts in Word Help for quick was to move from one doc window to
another.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

message
Any chance you would consider adding a new feature to Microsoft Word...
I
would love to see the tab options (same option that we have in excel)
added
to word. This would allow a user to click on a tab and see one
report/document... then click on another tab to see a related but
separate
document. I would find this incredibly helpful... :)

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...cd8513&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

Again, OneNote is designed for exactly this type of application.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Kristina Demers said:
Ok - just thought of another example...
Say someone is a writer...
one tab would be story outline; one tab would be character development; and
then one tab for the story... and/or possibly a separate tab for each chapter
of the story - so then if the person has already imagined in their head how
they want the story to end or some heart breaking scene they could write
it... without having to open up a separte document or struggle with trying to
keep it in the right place in the story.
Again I realize you could create several hyperlinks or an outline... but
it's different when they're right there on tabs at the bottom...
click-click-click... all the information is already open and ready for you.
And easier then creating hyperlinks and outlines. It's just there.

Kristina Demers said:
http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html

Something I just found... SEE!!! People DO want and would use this option.
This example is not exactly right because it's off to the left... I like the
way Excel does it BETTER - much cleaner look.

Kristina Demers said:
I think if people had this option it would get used.

I think people are reading my request like it is related to a typical report
that you would write... might be hard to see why you would need tabs for a
report. Yes, a hyperlink/outline etc. would help someone get from one page
to the next - one section to the next - one chapter to the next. This isn't
actually the only reason people use word documents.

Ok - hypothetical...
you go to a meeting for an organization. They want to become more involved
in the area where they live and amongst themselves. You take down all their
ideas and offer to organize it for them.

On one tab - you could place all items related to upcoming meetings and
goals; on the second tab you could place all volunteer options; third tab
working with needy; educational opportunities etc. etc. etc... (hard to think
of exact ideas)
People within the group have varied interests...

I realize you could set up hyperlinks at the top of the document down to
separate sections... but just imagine having the ability to set up each
section as separate color coded tabs... one tab labeled volunteer, one
labeled education, one labeled service...

Again I realize hyperlinks are a solution but it just isn't the same.

:

Kristina, you said tabs could show a "related but separate document."
Excel's tabs show different parts of the same file, not separate documents.

Most people who want tabs in Word are looking for a quicker way to skip
around a single document, say, from Section 1 to Section 2. For that
type of help, consider these options.
Edit | Go To, Outline View, Document Map, and Browse Object.

More info on some of those here:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingOLView.htm
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/documentmap/index.html
http://daiya.mvps.org/browseobject.htm


Kristina Demers wrote:
Ok - I don't believe that I am comparing apples to oranges and I don't think
you're understanding what I'm requesting. I don't mean having separate
files... I'm talking about having one file with several tabs (the same as
excel)... instead of using a spreadsheet with formulas each tab would be set
up with the features of word a word document (but again this would be one
report not several (same as excel).

You mention that this would be a poor use of resources to have the system
open all documents - how would this be any different than an excel
spreadsheet with several tabs? How would that take more resources?

- it's a feature that excel has which word doesn't. Your logic about losing
several separate tabs at once (because you haven't created a bunch of
different documents) could be applied to excel as well. I realize that if
you lose a file in either excel or word you would lose all tabs included
within that file. This doesn't keep me from using several tabs in excel and
it wouldn't keep me from creating several tabs in word.

There are reasons why this would be helpful. If it wasn't a helpful feature
there would be no reason to have it in excel either. We'd all just have
several documents in excel as well (you can set up macros and hyperlinks in
excel as well but yet people still set up one excel report with several
tabs). Several times I have created documents in excel even though it takes
quite a bit of time and set up (word wrap etc...) simply because of the tab
option that you get in excel.

I realize that this apparently doesn't make sense to you... but it is
something that I would find helpful (hence the post to this site).

I realize it's been set up this way from the beginning but it doesn't mean
it has to stay that way...

:) Kristina

:


Well, the problem is that you're comparing apples to oranges... the sheets
in an Excel Workbook are all a part of the same *file*, whereas each Word
doc constitutes a separate *file* in and of itself. There's no way [based on
OS constraints as well] that you can store files within one another. From a
number of perspectives that would present a very precarious situation - ie,
lose one, lose them all. Also, any time you open "one" you'd be opening them
all which isn't always desireable or practical from a system resources
standpoint.

The suggestion I offered does require that you actually open the individual
files, but it hasn't anything to do with Compare Side by Side. When you
click the Task Bar button that represents an open document that doc window
comes to the front. IOW, it allows you to switch back & forth between open
docs in the manner you described - with the click of a button... or you can
use the kybd shortcut... or you can use the Window Menu.

I get the impression that what you really are looking for is a better way of
managing the organization of your files. For that purpose there are a number
of Windows features that may help as well as customizing capabilities within
Word. I'm sure you'll get some other suggestions, but here are a few general
ideas:

1- If you can't (or don't wish to) store the related files in a single
folder, create folder & put shortcuts to those files in it. Either way, that
folder can be added to the My Places bar of the open dialog so that it is no
further away than Ctrl+O to bring the Open dialog box up.

2- Create macros to open each of the related files and assign them to
buttons on a custom toolbar or as commands in a custom menu.

3- Add a page in each of the related docs (or create a separate doc) and
insert hyperlinks to the other docs in the "group".

4- Use the Customize dialog to add the Work menu to the menu bar & add those
docs to to it.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

message
I do have Word 2003 but did not find the options as you describe below.

Actually I don't believe the option you are referring to is the same
thing.
I'd actually like the option to permanently create tabs within a document.
This setup would be the same as excel only instead of spreadsheets it
would
be related documents.

What your referring sounds like I would just be opening two documents and
viewing them side by side (Window>Compare Side by Side with...). There
are
times when this feature is helpful but not at all the same thing.

If I've misunderstood what you mean let me know. thanks, Kristina


:


Which version of Word do you already have? If 2003, for example, go to
Tools> View, check the box for Windows in Task Bar & use the Windows Task
Bar buttons to do exactly what you describe. You might also check
keyboard
shortcuts in Word Help for quick was to move from one doc window to
another.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

message
Any chance you would consider adding a new feature to Microsoft Word...
I
would love to see the tab options (same option that we have in excel)
added
to word. This would allow a user to click on a tab and see one
report/document... then click on another tab to see a related but
separate
document. I would find this incredibly helpful... :)

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...cd8513&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
 
G

Guest

I'm not sure what you mean by "Again, OneNote is designed for exactly this
type of application." since it has not been mentioned. No, I have never used
OneNote before or heard of it. Is it part of Microsoft?

Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
Have you tried OneNote?

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

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Kristina Demers said:
I think if people had this option it would get used.

I think people are reading my request like it is related to a typical report
that you would write... might be hard to see why you would need tabs for a
report. Yes, a hyperlink/outline etc. would help someone get from one page
to the next - one section to the next - one chapter to the next. This isn't
actually the only reason people use word documents.

Ok - hypothetical...
you go to a meeting for an organization. They want to become more involved
in the area where they live and amongst themselves. You take down all their
ideas and offer to organize it for them.

On one tab - you could place all items related to upcoming meetings and
goals; on the second tab you could place all volunteer options; third tab
working with needy; educational opportunities etc. etc. etc... (hard to think
of exact ideas)
People within the group have varied interests...

I realize you could set up hyperlinks at the top of the document down to
separate sections... but just imagine having the ability to set up each
section as separate color coded tabs... one tab labeled volunteer, one
labeled education, one labeled service...

Again I realize hyperlinks are a solution but it just isn't the same.

Daiya Mitchell said:
Kristina, you said tabs could show a "related but separate document."
Excel's tabs show different parts of the same file, not separate documents.

Most people who want tabs in Word are looking for a quicker way to skip
around a single document, say, from Section 1 to Section 2. For that
type of help, consider these options.
Edit | Go To, Outline View, Document Map, and Browse Object.

More info on some of those here:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingOLView.htm
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/documentmap/index.html
http://daiya.mvps.org/browseobject.htm


Kristina Demers wrote:
Ok - I don't believe that I am comparing apples to oranges and I don't think
you're understanding what I'm requesting. I don't mean having separate
files... I'm talking about having one file with several tabs (the same as
excel)... instead of using a spreadsheet with formulas each tab would be set
up with the features of word a word document (but again this would be one
report not several (same as excel).

You mention that this would be a poor use of resources to have the system
open all documents - how would this be any different than an excel
spreadsheet with several tabs? How would that take more resources?

- it's a feature that excel has which word doesn't. Your logic about losing
several separate tabs at once (because you haven't created a bunch of
different documents) could be applied to excel as well. I realize that if
you lose a file in either excel or word you would lose all tabs included
within that file. This doesn't keep me from using several tabs in excel and
it wouldn't keep me from creating several tabs in word.

There are reasons why this would be helpful. If it wasn't a helpful feature
there would be no reason to have it in excel either. We'd all just have
several documents in excel as well (you can set up macros and hyperlinks in
excel as well but yet people still set up one excel report with several
tabs). Several times I have created documents in excel even though it takes
quite a bit of time and set up (word wrap etc...) simply because of the tab
option that you get in excel.

I realize that this apparently doesn't make sense to you... but it is
something that I would find helpful (hence the post to this site).

I realize it's been set up this way from the beginning but it doesn't mean
it has to stay that way...

:) Kristina

:


Well, the problem is that you're comparing apples to oranges... the sheets
in an Excel Workbook are all a part of the same *file*, whereas each Word
doc constitutes a separate *file* in and of itself. There's no way [based on
OS constraints as well] that you can store files within one another. From a
number of perspectives that would present a very precarious situation - ie,
lose one, lose them all. Also, any time you open "one" you'd be opening them
all which isn't always desireable or practical from a system resources
standpoint.

The suggestion I offered does require that you actually open the individual
files, but it hasn't anything to do with Compare Side by Side. When you
click the Task Bar button that represents an open document that doc window
comes to the front. IOW, it allows you to switch back & forth between open
docs in the manner you described - with the click of a button... or you can
use the kybd shortcut... or you can use the Window Menu.

I get the impression that what you really are looking for is a better way of
managing the organization of your files. For that purpose there are a number
of Windows features that may help as well as customizing capabilities within
Word. I'm sure you'll get some other suggestions, but here are a few general
ideas:

1- If you can't (or don't wish to) store the related files in a single
folder, create folder & put shortcuts to those files in it. Either way, that
folder can be added to the My Places bar of the open dialog so that it is no
further away than Ctrl+O to bring the Open dialog box up.

2- Create macros to open each of the related files and assign them to
buttons on a custom toolbar or as commands in a custom menu.

3- Add a page in each of the related docs (or create a separate doc) and
insert hyperlinks to the other docs in the "group".

4- Use the Customize dialog to add the Work menu to the menu bar & add those
docs to to it.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

message
I do have Word 2003 but did not find the options as you describe below.

Actually I don't believe the option you are referring to is the same
thing.
I'd actually like the option to permanently create tabs within a document.
This setup would be the same as excel only instead of spreadsheets it
would
be related documents.

What your referring sounds like I would just be opening two documents and
viewing them side by side (Window>Compare Side by Side with...). There
are
times when this feature is helpful but not at all the same thing.

If I've misunderstood what you mean let me know. thanks, Kristina


:


Which version of Word do you already have? If 2003, for example, go to
Tools> View, check the box for Windows in Task Bar & use the Windows Task
Bar buttons to do exactly what you describe. You might also check
keyboard
shortcuts in Word Help for quick was to move from one doc window to
another.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

message
Any chance you would consider adding a new feature to Microsoft Word...
I
would love to see the tab options (same option that we have in excel)
added
to word. This would allow a user to click on a tab and see one
report/document... then click on another tab to see a related but
separate
document. I would find this incredibly helpful... :)

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...cd8513&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
 
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Guest

Will I be able to create documents using OneNote and then send to others with
them being able to open even if they don't have OneNote? I have never met
anyone who had this product so I'm not sure it would be as useful as just
using word to send a document.

Having never seen it I can't be sure but it sounds like this would be useful
to have... just not sure of its usefulness while working with others in
exchanging documents.

Kristina Demers said:
I'm not sure what you mean by "Again, OneNote is designed for exactly this
type of application." since it has not been mentioned. No, I have never used
OneNote before or heard of it. Is it part of Microsoft?

Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
Have you tried OneNote?

--
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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Kristina Demers said:
I think if people had this option it would get used.

I think people are reading my request like it is related to a typical report
that you would write... might be hard to see why you would need tabs for a
report. Yes, a hyperlink/outline etc. would help someone get from one page
to the next - one section to the next - one chapter to the next. This isn't
actually the only reason people use word documents.

Ok - hypothetical...
you go to a meeting for an organization. They want to become more involved
in the area where they live and amongst themselves. You take down all their
ideas and offer to organize it for them.

On one tab - you could place all items related to upcoming meetings and
goals; on the second tab you could place all volunteer options; third tab
working with needy; educational opportunities etc. etc. etc... (hard to think
of exact ideas)
People within the group have varied interests...

I realize you could set up hyperlinks at the top of the document down to
separate sections... but just imagine having the ability to set up each
section as separate color coded tabs... one tab labeled volunteer, one
labeled education, one labeled service...

Again I realize hyperlinks are a solution but it just isn't the same.

:

Kristina, you said tabs could show a "related but separate document."
Excel's tabs show different parts of the same file, not separate documents.

Most people who want tabs in Word are looking for a quicker way to skip
around a single document, say, from Section 1 to Section 2. For that
type of help, consider these options.
Edit | Go To, Outline View, Document Map, and Browse Object.

More info on some of those here:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingOLView.htm
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/documentmap/index.html
http://daiya.mvps.org/browseobject.htm


Kristina Demers wrote:
Ok - I don't believe that I am comparing apples to oranges and I don't think
you're understanding what I'm requesting. I don't mean having separate
files... I'm talking about having one file with several tabs (the same as
excel)... instead of using a spreadsheet with formulas each tab would be set
up with the features of word a word document (but again this would be one
report not several (same as excel).

You mention that this would be a poor use of resources to have the system
open all documents - how would this be any different than an excel
spreadsheet with several tabs? How would that take more resources?

- it's a feature that excel has which word doesn't. Your logic about losing
several separate tabs at once (because you haven't created a bunch of
different documents) could be applied to excel as well. I realize that if
you lose a file in either excel or word you would lose all tabs included
within that file. This doesn't keep me from using several tabs in excel and
it wouldn't keep me from creating several tabs in word.

There are reasons why this would be helpful. If it wasn't a helpful feature
there would be no reason to have it in excel either. We'd all just have
several documents in excel as well (you can set up macros and hyperlinks in
excel as well but yet people still set up one excel report with several
tabs). Several times I have created documents in excel even though it takes
quite a bit of time and set up (word wrap etc...) simply because of the tab
option that you get in excel.

I realize that this apparently doesn't make sense to you... but it is
something that I would find helpful (hence the post to this site).

I realize it's been set up this way from the beginning but it doesn't mean
it has to stay that way...

:) Kristina

:


Well, the problem is that you're comparing apples to oranges... the sheets
in an Excel Workbook are all a part of the same *file*, whereas each Word
doc constitutes a separate *file* in and of itself. There's no way [based on
OS constraints as well] that you can store files within one another. From a
number of perspectives that would present a very precarious situation - ie,
lose one, lose them all. Also, any time you open "one" you'd be opening them
all which isn't always desireable or practical from a system resources
standpoint.

The suggestion I offered does require that you actually open the individual
files, but it hasn't anything to do with Compare Side by Side. When you
click the Task Bar button that represents an open document that doc window
comes to the front. IOW, it allows you to switch back & forth between open
docs in the manner you described - with the click of a button... or you can
use the kybd shortcut... or you can use the Window Menu.

I get the impression that what you really are looking for is a better way of
managing the organization of your files. For that purpose there are a number
of Windows features that may help as well as customizing capabilities within
Word. I'm sure you'll get some other suggestions, but here are a few general
ideas:

1- If you can't (or don't wish to) store the related files in a single
folder, create folder & put shortcuts to those files in it. Either way, that
folder can be added to the My Places bar of the open dialog so that it is no
further away than Ctrl+O to bring the Open dialog box up.

2- Create macros to open each of the related files and assign them to
buttons on a custom toolbar or as commands in a custom menu.

3- Add a page in each of the related docs (or create a separate doc) and
insert hyperlinks to the other docs in the "group".

4- Use the Customize dialog to add the Work menu to the menu bar & add those
docs to to it.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

message
I do have Word 2003 but did not find the options as you describe below.

Actually I don't believe the option you are referring to is the same
thing.
I'd actually like the option to permanently create tabs within a document.
This setup would be the same as excel only instead of spreadsheets it
would
be related documents.

What your referring sounds like I would just be opening two documents and
viewing them side by side (Window>Compare Side by Side with...). There
are
times when this feature is helpful but not at all the same thing.

If I've misunderstood what you mean let me know. thanks, Kristina


:


Which version of Word do you already have? If 2003, for example, go to
Tools> View, check the box for Windows in Task Bar & use the Windows Task
Bar buttons to do exactly what you describe. You might also check
keyboard
shortcuts in Word Help for quick was to move from one doc window to
another.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

message
Any chance you would consider adding a new feature to Microsoft Word...
I
would love to see the tab options (same option that we have in excel)
added
to word. This would allow a user to click on a tab and see one
report/document... then click on another tab to see a related but
separate
document. I would find this incredibly helpful... :)

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...cd8513&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
 
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Guest

Thanks for the information.

My hope is that MS would consider putting this in as as feature to word.
People could either use it or not (same as in excel). I don't believe One
Note would work because I would need to convince everyone to buy a new
product when I can just keep using excel.... (which doesn't format as well)

Ok - I am so interested to know - Why does everyone keep mentioning that it
would take up too much memory? My excel documents tend to be incredibly
large - especially when creating pivot tables - and setting up all kinds of
formulas... but yet MS still allows users to have tabs in Excel. Why is it
so different for a word document? That seems like lightyears simpler and
smaller...)

thanks again, Kristina

Bob Buckland ?:-) said:
Hi Kristina,

You can try MS Office OneNote online, or download a 60 day trial, to see if it might be something you'd like to use from
http://office.microsoft.com/onenote or http://office.microsoft.com/products

As with MS Office Groove (a larger scale collaboration product) the expectation is that the folks in the group would be using the
same application. With MS Office Sharepoint, you can create libraries of related documents that folks can work on in a
collaborative enviornment.

You can create a 'frameset' of Word documents that emulate the tabbed interface you mention, but the files generally get to be very
large, and only one person at a time can work on a single Word document. With the other MS Office collaboration features (changed
and enhanced with the Office 2007 edition [Office 2003 is discontinued], including in Word, and the sister Office products, there
are some effective ways to do what you want. One of the issues with what you mentioned is that not everyone organizes or uses the
thought processes everyone else does. There are likely as many folks who don't like the tabbed approach (too busy, takes up screen
space, can't find things <g>) as there are folks who would like to have it. It may show up in a future version, or with 3rd part
add-ins (which everyone would need to have as well <g>) but it's not a feature built into the current Word versions.

============
Will I be able to create documents using OneNote and then send to others with
them being able to open even if they don't have OneNote? I have never met
anyone who had this product so I'm not sure it would be as useful as just
using word to send a document.

Having never seen it I can't be sure but it sounds like this would be useful
to have... just not sure of its usefulness while working with others in
exchanging documents.>>
--

Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
 
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Daiya Mitchell

Hi Kristina,

Lots of people have asked for tabs in Word, and if you search the
suggestions, you'll probably find existing threads you can vote for, and
try to bring them to MS's attention--the more votes, the more chance of it.

The thing is--the way you phrased the suggestion was a bit confusing. It
did not sound as though you wanted the equivalent of Excel tabs.

In addition, since no one here has any capability to actually change
Word, people try to offer workarounds that might give you part of what
you want while you wait and hope your proposed feature makes it into a
future version.

Kristina said:
I was trying to get across the fact that it would be separate tabs. It would
be the SAME file.

Thanks for your suggestions but it isn't what I'm looking for. I am looking
for one file with separate tabs - each tab with the features of a word
document instead of a spreadsheet. I realize that I am saying "document"
again but that is only to get across the idea that they are separate tabs.

I posted because I have wanted for several years to see the tab feature
added to Word. I don't need information on how to become more organized. It
is simply a request to have tabs added to Word.

:

Kristina, you said tabs could show a "related but separate document."
Excel's tabs show different parts of the same file, not separate documents.

Most people who want tabs in Word are looking for a quicker way to skip
around a single document, say, from Section 1 to Section 2. For that
type of help, consider these options.
Edit | Go To, Outline View, Document Map, and Browse Object.

More info on some of those here:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingOLView.htm
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/documentmap/index.html
http://daiya.mvps.org/browseobject.htm


Kristina said:
Ok - I don't believe that I am comparing apples to oranges and I don't think
you're understanding what I'm requesting. I don't mean having separate
files... I'm talking about having one file with several tabs (the same as
excel)... instead of using a spreadsheet with formulas each tab would be set
up with the features of word a word document (but again this would be one
report not several (same as excel).

You mention that this would be a poor use of resources to have the system
open all documents - how would this be any different than an excel
spreadsheet with several tabs? How would that take more resources?

- it's a feature that excel has which word doesn't. Your logic about losing
several separate tabs at once (because you haven't created a bunch of
different documents) could be applied to excel as well. I realize that if
you lose a file in either excel or word you would lose all tabs included
within that file. This doesn't keep me from using several tabs in excel and
it wouldn't keep me from creating several tabs in word.

There are reasons why this would be helpful. If it wasn't a helpful feature
there would be no reason to have it in excel either. We'd all just have
several documents in excel as well (you can set up macros and hyperlinks in
excel as well but yet people still set up one excel report with several
tabs). Several times I have created documents in excel even though it takes
quite a bit of time and set up (word wrap etc...) simply because of the tab
option that you get in excel.

I realize that this apparently doesn't make sense to you... but it is
something that I would find helpful (hence the post to this site).

I realize it's been set up this way from the beginning but it doesn't mean
it has to stay that way...

:) Kristina

:



Well, the problem is that you're comparing apples to oranges... the sheets
in an Excel Workbook are all a part of the same *file*, whereas each Word
doc constitutes a separate *file* in and of itself. There's no way [based on
OS constraints as well] that you can store files within one another. From a
number of perspectives that would present a very precarious situation - ie,
lose one, lose them all. Also, any time you open "one" you'd be opening them
all which isn't always desireable or practical from a system resources
standpoint.

The suggestion I offered does require that you actually open the individual
files, but it hasn't anything to do with Compare Side by Side. When you
click the Task Bar button that represents an open document that doc window
comes to the front. IOW, it allows you to switch back & forth between open
docs in the manner you described - with the click of a button... or you can
use the kybd shortcut... or you can use the Window Menu.

I get the impression that what you really are looking for is a better way of
managing the organization of your files. For that purpose there are a number
of Windows features that may help as well as customizing capabilities within
Word. I'm sure you'll get some other suggestions, but here are a few general
ideas:

1- If you can't (or don't wish to) store the related files in a single
folder, create folder & put shortcuts to those files in it. Either way, that
folder can be added to the My Places bar of the open dialog so that it is no
further away than Ctrl+O to bring the Open dialog box up.

2- Create macros to open each of the related files and assign them to
buttons on a custom toolbar or as commands in a custom menu.

3- Add a page in each of the related docs (or create a separate doc) and
insert hyperlinks to the other docs in the "group".

4- Use the Customize dialog to add the Work menu to the menu bar & add those
docs to to it.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

message

I do have Word 2003 but did not find the options as you describe below.

Actually I don't believe the option you are referring to is the same
thing.
I'd actually like the option to permanently create tabs within a document.
This setup would be the same as excel only instead of spreadsheets it
would
be related documents.

What your referring sounds like I would just be opening two documents and
viewing them side by side (Window>Compare Side by Side with...). There
are
times when this feature is helpful but not at all the same thing.

If I've misunderstood what you mean let me know. thanks, Kristina


:



Which version of Word do you already have? If 2003, for example, go to
Tools> View, check the box for Windows in Task Bar & use the Windows Task
Bar buttons to do exactly what you describe. You might also check
keyboard
shortcuts in Word Help for quick was to move from one doc window to
another.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

message

Any chance you would consider adding a new feature to Microsoft Word...
I
would love to see the tab options (same option that we have in excel)
added
to word. This would allow a user to click on a tab and see one
report/document... then click on another tab to see a related but
separate
document. I would find this incredibly helpful... :)

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...cd8513&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

It was mentioned by me in a previous answer in this thread.

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

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Kristina Demers said:
I'm not sure what you mean by "Again, OneNote is designed for exactly this
type of application." since it has not been mentioned. No, I have never used
OneNote before or heard of it. Is it part of Microsoft?

Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
Have you tried OneNote?

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Kristina Demers said:
I think if people had this option it would get used.

I think people are reading my request like it is related to a typical report
that you would write... might be hard to see why you would need tabs for a
report. Yes, a hyperlink/outline etc. would help someone get from one page
to the next - one section to the next - one chapter to the next. This isn't
actually the only reason people use word documents.

Ok - hypothetical...
you go to a meeting for an organization. They want to become more involved
in the area where they live and amongst themselves. You take down all their
ideas and offer to organize it for them.

On one tab - you could place all items related to upcoming meetings and
goals; on the second tab you could place all volunteer options; third tab
working with needy; educational opportunities etc. etc. etc... (hard
to
think
of exact ideas)
People within the group have varied interests...

I realize you could set up hyperlinks at the top of the document down to
separate sections... but just imagine having the ability to set up each
section as separate color coded tabs... one tab labeled volunteer, one
labeled education, one labeled service...

Again I realize hyperlinks are a solution but it just isn't the same.

:

Kristina, you said tabs could show a "related but separate document."
Excel's tabs show different parts of the same file, not separate documents.

Most people who want tabs in Word are looking for a quicker way to skip
around a single document, say, from Section 1 to Section 2. For that
type of help, consider these options.
Edit | Go To, Outline View, Document Map, and Browse Object.

More info on some of those here:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingOLView.htm
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/documentmap/index.html
http://daiya.mvps.org/browseobject.htm


Kristina Demers wrote:
Ok - I don't believe that I am comparing apples to oranges and I
don't
think
you're understanding what I'm requesting. I don't mean having separate
files... I'm talking about having one file with several tabs (the
same
as
excel)... instead of using a spreadsheet with formulas each tab
would
be set
up with the features of word a word document (but again this would
be
one
report not several (same as excel).

You mention that this would be a poor use of resources to have the system
open all documents - how would this be any different than an excel
spreadsheet with several tabs? How would that take more resources?

- it's a feature that excel has which word doesn't. Your logic
about
losing
several separate tabs at once (because you haven't created a bunch of
different documents) could be applied to excel as well. I realize that if
you lose a file in either excel or word you would lose all tabs included
within that file. This doesn't keep me from using several tabs in excel and
it wouldn't keep me from creating several tabs in word.

There are reasons why this would be helpful. If it wasn't a
helpful
feature
there would be no reason to have it in excel either. We'd all
just
have
several documents in excel as well (you can set up macros and hyperlinks in
excel as well but yet people still set up one excel report with several
tabs). Several times I have created documents in excel even
though it
takes
quite a bit of time and set up (word wrap etc...) simply because
of
the tab
option that you get in excel.

I realize that this apparently doesn't make sense to you... but it is
something that I would find helpful (hence the post to this site).

I realize it's been set up this way from the beginning but it
doesn't
mean
it has to stay that way...

:) Kristina

:


Well, the problem is that you're comparing apples to oranges...
the
sheets
in an Excel Workbook are all a part of the same *file*, whereas
each
Word
doc constitutes a separate *file* in and of itself. There's no
way
[based on
OS constraints as well] that you can store files within one
another.
From a
number of perspectives that would present a very precarious situation - ie,
lose one, lose them all. Also, any time you open "one" you'd be opening them
all which isn't always desireable or practical from a system resources
standpoint.

The suggestion I offered does require that you actually open the individual
files, but it hasn't anything to do with Compare Side by Side.
When
you
click the Task Bar button that represents an open document that
doc
window
comes to the front. IOW, it allows you to switch back & forth
between
open
docs in the manner you described - with the click of a button...
or
you can
use the kybd shortcut... or you can use the Window Menu.

I get the impression that what you really are looking for is a
better
way of
managing the organization of your files. For that purpose there
are a
number
of Windows features that may help as well as customizing
capabilities
within
Word. I'm sure you'll get some other suggestions, but here are a
few
general
ideas:

1- If you can't (or don't wish to) store the related files in a single
folder, create folder & put shortcuts to those files in it.
Either
way, that
folder can be added to the My Places bar of the open dialog so
that
it is no
further away than Ctrl+O to bring the Open dialog box up.

2- Create macros to open each of the related files and assign them to
buttons on a custom toolbar or as commands in a custom menu.

3- Add a page in each of the related docs (or create a separate
doc)
and
insert hyperlinks to the other docs in the "group".

4- Use the Customize dialog to add the Work menu to the menu bar
&
add those
docs to to it.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

message
I do have Word 2003 but did not find the options as you describe below.

Actually I don't believe the option you are referring to is the same
thing.
I'd actually like the option to permanently create tabs within a document.
This setup would be the same as excel only instead of
spreadsheets
it
would
be related documents.

What your referring sounds like I would just be opening two documents and
viewing them side by side (Window>Compare Side by Side with...). There
are
times when this feature is helpful but not at all the same thing.

If I've misunderstood what you mean let me know. thanks, Kristina


:


Which version of Word do you already have? If 2003, for
example, go
to
Tools> View, check the box for Windows in Task Bar & use the Windows Task
Bar buttons to do exactly what you describe. You might also check
keyboard
shortcuts in Word Help for quick was to move from one doc window to
another.
--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"Kristina Demers" <[email protected]>
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Any chance you would consider adding a new feature to
Microsoft
Word...
I
would love to see the tab options (same option that we have in excel)
added
to word. This would allow a user to click on a tab and see one
report/document... then click on another tab to see a related but
separate
document. I would find this incredibly helpful... :)
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Robert M. Franz (RMF)

Hi Kristina

Kristina Demers wrote:
[..]
Ok - I am so interested to know - Why does everyone keep mentioning that it
would take up too much memory? My excel documents tend to be incredibly
large - especially when creating pivot tables - and setting up all kinds of
formulas... but yet MS still allows users to have tabs in Excel. Why is it
so different for a word document? That seems like lightyears simpler and
smaller...)

A Word document is much more complex!

I'm not an Excel guru, but the underlying structure of a sheet is a
two-dimensional array of cells. Can be very large, but rather easy to
manage (as long as you follow the expert's advice and don't merge cells
:)). An Excel file has styles, too, but they are common to the whole file.

Now, Word, that's a different beast: a document is a collection of
sections, these are a collection of paragraphs, and all section
properties (headers, page size, etc.) may be different in every section.

What you are proposing is to have "many files in one," accessible
through tabs. So, what about the styles there: do all tabs share the
same styleset? Numbering sequences? "QuickParts?" etc.

We've seen how complex this can be in a MasterDocument. Possibly that's
why many in here are less than thrilled by the thought.

Investing precious development resources into getting a tab feature in
Word, and getting it right the first time, is not something I would vote
for (not that this would or will mean much, mind you :)). [Especially
since the workaround of opening up the couple of files together and
ALT-Tabbing between them does not seem to be such a burden.] There are
enough construction sites within the application IMHO.

2cents
Robert
 

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