Word/Office 2003

[Guest]

I have gone from Word 2002 to '03. Perhaps it is because I do not know how
to change the settings, or even that I can no longer do it, but I want to
have two separate Word windows open simultaneously. It will allow me to have
two documents open within one window, but I really want and need two
different windows.

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Hi Jennifer-

Unless I am missing the point, you should be able to simply open the 2 docs,
go to the Window Menu, & choose Arrange All. Each doc will appear in a Word
window positioned one above the other (Horizontally). If you would rather
have them side by side, make sure no other windows are open, Right+Click your
Windows Task Bar & choose Tile Windows Vertically.

HTH |:>)

 

[Guest]

I have to be miscommunicating, because basically that is what I had been
viewing. However, before I would have two separate windows open at once, so
I could go to my system tray and select the Word document by name and have it
open, but only when I selected or simply toggle back and forth. This way
both Word documents are open, but using the same window is my only means of
minimizing or maximizing the document. (Is that any clearer?)

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Taz,

FWIW, if other Windows are open, and Word documents
are showing as separate icons on the Windows taskbar
if you hold down the ctrl key and select the Word documents
(left to right) then right click on the last Word icon you
may also see a tile vertically choice but that applies only
to the selected items.

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Hi Jennifer-

Unless I am missing the point, you should be able to simply open the 2 docs,
go to the Window Menu, & choose Arrange All. Each doc will appear in a Word
window positioned one above the other (Horizontally). If you would rather
have them side by side, make sure no other windows are open, Right+Click your
Windows Task Bar & choose Tile Windows Vertically.

HTH |:>) >>
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MS Office System Products MVP

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Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Jennifer,

If you're using Word maximized going between documents
will reuse the screen space, but they'd be separate
Windows. If you're not seeing the documents on the
Taskbar in Windows then you may have turned off
the [x] Windows in Taskbar setting in Tools=>Options=>General
or you may have turned on 'grouped icons' for the
Windows Taskbar in the Windows settings.

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I have to be miscommunicating, because basically that is what I had been
viewing. However, before I would have two separate windows open at once, so
I could go to my system tray and select the Word document by name and have it
open, but only when I selected or simply toggle back and forth. This way
both Word documents are open, but using the same window is my only means of
minimizing or maximizing the document. (Is that any clearer?) >>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx

 

[Guest]

I think the confusion has to do with the two ways Word can now display
multiple documents.

The first way, let's call it "Mode 1", opens each document in what looks
like a separate copy of Word (i.e., you have all the file menus, toolbars,
etc. for each document). It's like if you have 3 documents open, you have 3
copies of the Word program running at once. Each will appear as a separate
item in the Windows taskbar.

The second way, "Mode 1", opens each document in the same Word program. So
if you have 3 documents open, they all appear in the same space, with the
same menu, toolbars, etc. You will see only one item for Word in the Windows
taskbar.

You change between these two modes by going to the "View" tab under
"Options" and selecting "Windows in Taskbar" if you want Mode 1 or
deselecting it for Mode 2.

As a former WordPerfect user, I prefer Mode 2. I like having all my
documents in one program, rather than cluttering up the desktop with a bunch
of Word programs.

However, it sounds like Jennifer is used to Mode 2.

I will say that Mode 2 has one advantage I can't duplicate in Mode 1, even
by customizing the keyboard: I can't switch or "toggle" back and forth
between two documents if I have more than two documents open. But if I go to
Mode 1, I can use the useful Windows key combination "Alt-Tab" to toggle
between two documents quickly, or select another document.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

These "modes" have names: SDI (Single Document Interface) and MDI
(Multi-Document Interface). See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/SDIMDI.htm

Note that you can switch between open documents in MDI using F6.

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[Guest]

After you pull up your document in Word 2002, go up to FILE, click on the
little icon folder in the submenu that says "open". That will give you your
document list. Just click the one you want, and that should bring it up in a
separate window for you. Then after it comes up, just go up to "window" on
your toolbar, and see if it lists your two documents. If it does, you're in
business. You can just go to WINDOW on your toolbar and toggle between the
two documents, or you can reduce the documents until they both fit on your
screen either side by side or piggy-back. When you reduce the documents,
only the size changes, not your text. I hope this works for you!