I've discovered that there is a full screen mode still in Word 2007. If you
look at all commands in the customize panel, you can assign ToggleFull to a
key stroke or stick it on the quick bar (or whatever it is called). Then you
can get into a mode where you just see your text or your scroll bars.
However, in Word 2000 when you are in the equivalent mode you can use key
stroke commands, e.g., Alt F S to save a file. In Word 2007 you cannot. I
consider this a design flaw, if not a bug. Moreoever, in Word 2000, pressing
an Alt + character combination that would drop down a menu does so when you
are in full screen mode. Again, no such luck in 2007.
I do think the removal of the blue background white text mode is an
ergonomic problem. I've read many sources that indicate that this is a source
of eye strain, and I do find the blue background much easier on the eyes. In
fact, this should be customizable. Given that setting the page background to
a different colour changes the way the text display looks in print layout
view, the programming to do this is already available.
Anyway, I am going to stick with 2000 for now.
"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote:
Yes, if you have your Word window only with a width of less than 250
pixels or so. But that is not what you are looking for. So the answer is
no.
Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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"David Morris" wrote in message
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"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote:
You could switch to draft mode in 2007 and then minimize the ribbon by
either using CTRL-F1 or double-clicking a tab (the same operation will
reverse it). Then the ribbon will be more like a menu.
In 2000, you can get into a mode where the menu does not show up on the
screen at all or take up any space. You can have your screen fully devoted to
text, with just scroll and status bars, if you like. Is this possible in 2007.