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Default Documents opening in multiple instances, I want one instance

Office is in dire need of tabs. I seriously expected Office 2007 to improve
on the window management aspects... it frustratingly has not. You're right--
it's 2006! Come on people!
The inconsistent use of MDI between apps (contrast Word's *real SDI* to
Excel and PowerPoint's *fake SDI* MDI confusing hybrid) is downright
horrendous. A nice tabbed interface would solve everything.

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No, what I mean is tabbed pages, like how Firefox and Opera browsers
display numerous web pages - with tabs at the top.

The way that Word makes you go under the "Window" menu to select other
documents that you have open is kind of ridiculous, considering this is
2006.


Stefan Blom wrote:
What tabs? If you mean tab stops, look in Format | Tabs to set tab
stops for the currently selected paragraph(s). For more, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/SettingTabs.htm.

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That worked, thanks a lot.

Now, are there tabs in Word 2003?

Stefan Blom wrote:
On the Tools menu, click Options. Click the View tab. Clear the
"Windows in taskbar" option.

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I recently upgraded from Word 97 to Word 2003. I have a feeling
this
is an easy fix, so here goes.

Every time I open a new Word document (i.e. double clicking on

an
email
attachment, double clicking on a file in a folder), Word opens a

new
instance of the application. What I was used to with Word 97

was
new
documents opening in a new window, in the same instance of Word.

I
want this functionality back.

Also, as an aside, when is Word going to get with the program

and
have
tabs for documents rather than making us deal with the stupid
'Window
- Arrange All'?