Oh yeah, the old Word 2003 accelerator does still work. I seem to forget
about those. It doesn't appear to make it fit to your screen width, though,
and I accommodated that for you in my macro.
But I'm glad to hear you found something that works for you. :-)
~Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
"Frank A." wrote in message
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Beth, how about Alt_V_U? And Escape to cancel. Takes about a
millisecond. Already implemented.
An alternative is to use a macro for this, the old Full Screen view is
still available but only accessible through the VBA. Here's a macro you
can use:
'Macro for switching to Full Screen view in Word
Private iZoom As Integer
Sub FullScreenView()
With ActiveWindow
If .View.FullScreen = True Then
.View.FullScreen = False
If iZoom 10 Then
.View.Zoom = iZoom
End If
Else
.View.FullScreen = True
iZoom = .View.Zoom
.View.Zoom.PageFit = wdPageFitTextFit
End If
End With
End Sub
Note you need to press Esc to close the Full Screen view. However, if
you use ESC your Zoom setting will remain the same as it was when you
switched to Full Screen. You may want to assign a keyboard shortcut to
the macro so you can run the same macro to toggle between Full Screen
and your previous view along with the Zoom setting.
If you don't know how to use the macro provided in the post:
- Copy the lines/code between Sub FullScreenView and End Sub
- In Word, on the View tab, click the Macros button. (If you click the
arrow below Macros, click View Macros)
- In the Macro Name text box type: FullScreenView (Make sure you do not
include spaces)
- Make sure the "Macros in" list reflects "All active templates and
documents"
- Click "Create"
- The Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Editor will open. Paste the
previously copied code between Sub FullScreenView and End Sub
- Copy the first line: Private iZoom As Integer from this post
- In the VBA Editor, place your insertion point at the top of the module
(the white page that contains your macro) and paste the copied line.
(Note if you see Option Explicit at the top then paste the line below
it.)
- Click the Save button to save your changes.
- Click the Close button in the upper right corner to close the VBA
Editor.
To assign a keyboard shortcut:
- Right-click your Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) and then click "Customize
QAT"
- Location the option for Keyboard shortcuts near the bottom and then
click "Customize"
- In the Categories list, select Macros (near the bottom of the list)
- Select the FullScreenView macro on the right
- In the "Press new keyboard shortcut" text box, press your desired
keyboard shortcut on the keyboard. For example if you want to use
Ctrl+Alt+S then just press those keys on the keyboard.
- Click Assign.
- Click Close to close the Customize Keyboard Shortcut dialog box.
If you also want to add the macro to the Quick Access Toolbar, the don't
close the Options dialog box and use these steps:
- From the "Choose Commands From" list, select "Macros"
- Select the FullScreenView macro and then click Add to add it to your
QAT.
- After it's been added you can use the Move Up/Move Down buttons on the
right to change its order or use the Modify button near the bottom to
assign a different icon and change the ScreenTip text.
When you are finished, close the Options dialog box.
~Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
"Frank A." wrote in message
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I'm trying out Word 2007 and am baffled by the seeming absence of the
ability to hide the Status Bar (on the bottom) and the Full Screen
option. Why would they neglect to put these options in? I do hope I
missed something here. Otherwise I see heaps of improvements to the
new layout in Word 2007.