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Difference between web layout view and normal view
I've been using the web layout view lately, and had forgotten that there was
a normal view. I like web layout because it looks a lot like outline view, which I've been using, but I get too distracted with the various formatting marks in outline view. I had a look at normal view today, and I couldn't really tell any difference between web layout and normal view. I looked web layout up in the Word Help files, and all I got was this, that I'm not sure I understand: In Web layout view, backgrounds are visible, text is wrapped to fit the window, and graphics are positioned just as they are in a Web browser. For normal view, I read: In normal view, page boundaries, headers and footers, backgrounds, drawing objects, and pictures that do not have the In line with text wrapping style do not appear. Anyways, what I want is "outline view" without the formatting marks in front of the headers that distract me (which is why I've been using web layout view). Is there a good reason why I should switch to normal view, or stick with web layout? When I'm in Word, I never make html--I have Kompozer for that. -- Paul MS Office Pro 2003 XP Home Dell Inspiron 1501 |
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Difference between web layout view and normal view
The main difference is that Web Layout view wraps to the window. Normal view
doesn't do this by default, though you can choose the "Wrap to window" option in Tools | Options | View. When it is not enabled, Normal view wraps the text at the margin width. The chief difference, though, is that Web Layout view is intended to give a preview of how a document would look in a Web browser (that is, as a Web page), whereas Normal view is based on a printed document (though it doesn't show everything that will print). In my view, the best of both worlds currently is Print Layout view with white space between pages hidden. You still get a continuous flow of text (without header and footer), but you can see objects in the drawing layer as well. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Paul" wrote in message ... I've been using the web layout view lately, and had forgotten that there was a normal view. I like web layout because it looks a lot like outline view, which I've been using, but I get too distracted with the various formatting marks in outline view. I had a look at normal view today, and I couldn't really tell any difference between web layout and normal view. I looked web layout up in the Word Help files, and all I got was this, that I'm not sure I understand: In Web layout view, backgrounds are visible, text is wrapped to fit the window, and graphics are positioned just as they are in a Web browser. For normal view, I read: In normal view, page boundaries, headers and footers, backgrounds, drawing objects, and pictures that do not have the In line with text wrapping style do not appear. Anyways, what I want is "outline view" without the formatting marks in front of the headers that distract me (which is why I've been using web layout view). Is there a good reason why I should switch to normal view, or stick with web layout? When I'm in Word, I never make html--I have Kompozer for that. -- Paul MS Office Pro 2003 XP Home Dell Inspiron 1501 |
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Difference between web layout view and normal view
Thanks for the reply. I did notice yesterday in formal view that I got one
or two dotted lines running across the screen--which I took to be a hard page return. I see less of that in web layout, so I think I'll stick with that. I just want text as far as the eye can see..... I was just wondering if there was something intrinsic to web layout that would make me regret creating and saving Word documents in this...like some formatting code that would make me have to go back and change it in each of these documents... I dunno, just trying to anticipate problems. -- Paul MS Office Pro 2003 XP Home Dell Inspiron 1501 "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The main difference is that Web Layout view wraps to the window. Normal view doesn't do this by default, though you can choose the "Wrap to window" option in Tools | Options | View. When it is not enabled, Normal view wraps the text at the margin width. The chief difference, though, is that Web Layout view is intended to give a preview of how a document would look in a Web browser (that is, as a Web page), whereas Normal view is based on a printed document (though it doesn't show everything that will print). In my view, the best of both worlds currently is Print Layout view with white space between pages hidden. You still get a continuous flow of text (without header and footer), but you can see objects in the drawing layer as well. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Paul" wrote in message ... I've been using the web layout view lately, and had forgotten that there was a normal view. I like web layout because it looks a lot like outline view, which I've been using, but I get too distracted with the various formatting marks in outline view. I had a look at normal view today, and I couldn't really tell any difference between web layout and normal view. I looked web layout up in the Word Help files, and all I got was this, that I'm not sure I understand: In Web layout view, backgrounds are visible, text is wrapped to fit the window, and graphics are positioned just as they are in a Web browser. For normal view, I read: In normal view, page boundaries, headers and footers, backgrounds, drawing objects, and pictures that do not have the In line with text wrapping style do not appear. Anyways, what I want is "outline view" without the formatting marks in front of the headers that distract me (which is why I've been using web layout view). Is there a good reason why I should switch to normal view, or stick with web layout? When I'm in Word, I never make html--I have Kompozer for that. -- Paul MS Office Pro 2003 XP Home Dell Inspiron 1501 |
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Difference between web layout view and normal view
Right. There are no page breaks in Web Layout view because a Web page is a
single page. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Paul" wrote in message ... Thanks for the reply. I did notice yesterday in formal view that I got one or two dotted lines running across the screen--which I took to be a hard page return. I see less of that in web layout, so I think I'll stick with that. I just want text as far as the eye can see..... I was just wondering if there was something intrinsic to web layout that would make me regret creating and saving Word documents in this...like some formatting code that would make me have to go back and change it in each of these documents... I dunno, just trying to anticipate problems. -- Paul MS Office Pro 2003 XP Home Dell Inspiron 1501 "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The main difference is that Web Layout view wraps to the window. Normal view doesn't do this by default, though you can choose the "Wrap to window" option in Tools | Options | View. When it is not enabled, Normal view wraps the text at the margin width. The chief difference, though, is that Web Layout view is intended to give a preview of how a document would look in a Web browser (that is, as a Web page), whereas Normal view is based on a printed document (though it doesn't show everything that will print). In my view, the best of both worlds currently is Print Layout view with white space between pages hidden. You still get a continuous flow of text (without header and footer), but you can see objects in the drawing layer as well. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Paul" wrote in message ... I've been using the web layout view lately, and had forgotten that there was a normal view. I like web layout because it looks a lot like outline view, which I've been using, but I get too distracted with the various formatting marks in outline view. I had a look at normal view today, and I couldn't really tell any difference between web layout and normal view. I looked web layout up in the Word Help files, and all I got was this, that I'm not sure I understand: In Web layout view, backgrounds are visible, text is wrapped to fit the window, and graphics are positioned just as they are in a Web browser. For normal view, I read: In normal view, page boundaries, headers and footers, backgrounds, drawing objects, and pictures that do not have the In line with text wrapping style do not appear. Anyways, what I want is "outline view" without the formatting marks in front of the headers that distract me (which is why I've been using web layout view). Is there a good reason why I should switch to normal view, or stick with web layout? When I'm in Word, I never make html--I have Kompozer for that. -- Paul MS Office Pro 2003 XP Home Dell Inspiron 1501 |
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