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Two Word behaviors I'd like to change if possible
Although I'm not exactly new to Word, I'm sure my questions would come from
the beginner's box. I'm running XP Pro with Office 2003. Question 1: If I have one or more Word docs open and minimized, and then open yet another document, the last doc I was working with will be restored before the one just launched opens. Is there a way to stop this behaviour? Question 2: Sometimes, but not always, when I select text with the cursor and then change the font or bold or change font color for the selected text, Word will apply those changes to the entire document. I can press Ctrl+Z, and the document returns to the 'correct' state and I have the results I wanted. Later, if I make a similar change in the document, Word applies not only the new change to the entire document, but also the edits I made earlier are applied. For example: Say I select a group of text and bold it. The entire document changes to bold text. Ctrl+Z, and the document goes back to 'normal' and my selected text is indeed bolded. Then I select more text, and I want to change font color and font size. I change the color, and the entire document is that color and bolded. Ctrl+Z again. I then change the font size, and the entire document changes to the above mentioned color, is bold, and is the font size I wanted for the selected text. Any suggestions? Thanks, Tim |
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Two Word behaviors I'd like to change if possible
Hi Tim -
re 1- I haven't experienced this myself, but if you go to ToolsOptionsView & put a check in the box for 'Windows in Taskbar' it may prove more effective. re 2- See if this helps http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tedContent.htm Regards |:) "Tim" wrote: Although I'm not exactly new to Word, I'm sure my questions would come from the beginner's box. I'm running XP Pro with Office 2003. Question 1: If I have one or more Word docs open and minimized, and then open yet another document, the last doc I was working with will be restored before the one just launched opens. Is there a way to stop this behaviour? Question 2: Sometimes, but not always, when I select text with the cursor and then change the font or bold or change font color for the selected text, Word will apply those changes to the entire document. I can press Ctrl+Z, and the document returns to the 'correct' state and I have the results I wanted. Later, if I make a similar change in the document, Word applies not only the new change to the entire document, but also the edits I made earlier are applied. For example: Say I select a group of text and bold it. The entire document changes to bold text. Ctrl+Z, and the document goes back to 'normal' and my selected text is indeed bolded. Then I select more text, and I want to change font color and font size. I change the color, and the entire document is that color and bolded. Ctrl+Z again. I then change the font size, and the entire document changes to the above mentioned color, is bold, and is the font size I wanted for the selected text. Any suggestions? Thanks, Tim |
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Two Word behaviors I'd like to change if possible
Mornin', CyberTaz.
Thanks for taking the time. Neither suggestion works, but I do appreciate the effort. To save myself some time when prepping documents, I'll go back to using OpenOffice's Writer, and then copy it to Word for distribution. This approach always works. I was just hoping that when I installed Office 2003, these 'features' would have been corrected. Thanks again, Tim "CyberTaz" wrote: Hi Tim - re 1- I haven't experienced this myself, but if you go to ToolsOptionsView & put a check in the box for 'Windows in Taskbar' it may prove more effective. re 2- See if this helps http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tedContent.htm Regards |:) "Tim" wrote: Although I'm not exactly new to Word, I'm sure my questions would come from the beginner's box. I'm running XP Pro with Office 2003. Question 1: If I have one or more Word docs open and minimized, and then open yet another document, the last doc I was working with will be restored before the one just launched opens. Is there a way to stop this behaviour? Question 2: Sometimes, but not always, when I select text with the cursor and then change the font or bold or change font color for the selected text, Word will apply those changes to the entire document. I can press Ctrl+Z, and the document returns to the 'correct' state and I have the results I wanted. Later, if I make a similar change in the document, Word applies not only the new change to the entire document, but also the edits I made earlier are applied. For example: Say I select a group of text and bold it. The entire document changes to bold text. Ctrl+Z, and the document goes back to 'normal' and my selected text is indeed bolded. Then I select more text, and I want to change font color and font size. I change the color, and the entire document is that color and bolded. Ctrl+Z again. I then change the font size, and the entire document changes to the above mentioned color, is bold, and is the font size I wanted for the selected text. Any suggestions? Thanks, Tim |
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Two Word behaviors I'd like to change if possible
I'd be very surprised if CyberTaz's solution to (2) didn't work, as it has
provided the answer to this identical problem for hundreds (perhaps thousands) of users. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Tim" wrote in message ... Mornin', CyberTaz. Thanks for taking the time. Neither suggestion works, but I do appreciate the effort. To save myself some time when prepping documents, I'll go back to using OpenOffice's Writer, and then copy it to Word for distribution. This approach always works. I was just hoping that when I installed Office 2003, these 'features' would have been corrected. Thanks again, Tim "CyberTaz" wrote: Hi Tim - re 1- I haven't experienced this myself, but if you go to ToolsOptionsView & put a check in the box for 'Windows in Taskbar' it may prove more effective. re 2- See if this helps http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tedContent.htm Regards |:) "Tim" wrote: Although I'm not exactly new to Word, I'm sure my questions would come from the beginner's box. I'm running XP Pro with Office 2003. Question 1: If I have one or more Word docs open and minimized, and then open yet another document, the last doc I was working with will be restored before the one just launched opens. Is there a way to stop this behaviour? Question 2: Sometimes, but not always, when I select text with the cursor and then change the font or bold or change font color for the selected text, Word will apply those changes to the entire document. I can press Ctrl+Z, and the document returns to the 'correct' state and I have the results I wanted. Later, if I make a similar change in the document, Word applies not only the new change to the entire document, but also the edits I made earlier are applied. For example: Say I select a group of text and bold it. The entire document changes to bold text. Ctrl+Z, and the document goes back to 'normal' and my selected text is indeed bolded. Then I select more text, and I want to change font color and font size. I change the color, and the entire document is that color and bolded. Ctrl+Z again. I then change the font size, and the entire document changes to the above mentioned color, is bold, and is the font size I wanted for the selected text. Any suggestions? Thanks, Tim |
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Two Word behaviors I'd like to change if possible
I don't think you can change the first behaviour but I wouldn't consider it
any more than a very minor annoyance myself - just look away from the screen for a moment - I know there are one or two more subtle effects of it but it's hardly a serious flaw. There are, actually, ways of opening documents which do avoid this (e.g. using a separate instance of Word) but they have implications and effects beyond the essentially cosmetic one you describe. For the second, I'm afraid I can't offer anything more than CyberTaz's link. -- H} "Tim" wrote in message ... Mornin', CyberTaz. Thanks for taking the time. Neither suggestion works, but I do appreciate the effort. To save myself some time when prepping documents, I'll go back to using OpenOffice's Writer, and then copy it to Word for distribution. This approach always works. I was just hoping that when I installed Office 2003, these 'features' would have been corrected. Thanks again, Tim "CyberTaz" wrote: Hi Tim - re 1- I haven't experienced this myself, but if you go to ToolsOptionsView & put a check in the box for 'Windows in Taskbar' it may prove more effective. re 2- See if this helps http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tedContent.htm Regards |:) "Tim" wrote: Although I'm not exactly new to Word, I'm sure my questions would come from the beginner's box. I'm running XP Pro with Office 2003. Question 1: If I have one or more Word docs open and minimized, and then open yet another document, the last doc I was working with will be restored before the one just launched opens. Is there a way to stop this behaviour? Question 2: Sometimes, but not always, when I select text with the cursor and then change the font or bold or change font color for the selected text, Word will apply those changes to the entire document. I can press Ctrl+Z, and the document returns to the 'correct' state and I have the results I wanted. Later, if I make a similar change in the document, Word applies not only the new change to the entire document, but also the edits I made earlier are applied. For example: Say I select a group of text and bold it. The entire document changes to bold text. Ctrl+Z, and the document goes back to 'normal' and my selected text is indeed bolded. Then I select more text, and I want to change font color and font size. I change the color, and the entire document is that color and bolded. Ctrl+Z again. I then change the font size, and the entire document changes to the above mentioned color, is bold, and is the font size I wanted for the selected text. Any suggestions? Thanks, Tim |
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Two Word behaviors I'd like to change if possible
Hi, Suzanne.
Okay. I went back to the instructions in CyberTaz's reply. This time, however, I used the suggestion for previous versions of Word (even though I'm using 2003). At first blush, it now seems to be working as I'd like. Here's hoping it lasts. Thank you, Suzanne, and CyberTaz, thanks again. -Tim "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'd be very surprised if CyberTaz's solution to (2) didn't work, as it has provided the answer to this identical problem for hundreds (perhaps thousands) of users. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Tim" wrote in message ... Mornin', CyberTaz. Thanks for taking the time. Neither suggestion works, but I do appreciate the effort. To save myself some time when prepping documents, I'll go back to using OpenOffice's Writer, and then copy it to Word for distribution. This approach always works. I was just hoping that when I installed Office 2003, these 'features' would have been corrected. Thanks again, Tim "CyberTaz" wrote: Hi Tim - re 1- I haven't experienced this myself, but if you go to ToolsOptionsView & put a check in the box for 'Windows in Taskbar' it may prove more effective. re 2- See if this helps http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tedContent.htm Regards |:) "Tim" wrote: Although I'm not exactly new to Word, I'm sure my questions would come from the beginner's box. I'm running XP Pro with Office 2003. Question 1: If I have one or more Word docs open and minimized, and then open yet another document, the last doc I was working with will be restored before the one just launched opens. Is there a way to stop this behaviour? Question 2: Sometimes, but not always, when I select text with the cursor and then change the font or bold or change font color for the selected text, Word will apply those changes to the entire document. I can press Ctrl+Z, and the document returns to the 'correct' state and I have the results I wanted. Later, if I make a similar change in the document, Word applies not only the new change to the entire document, but also the edits I made earlier are applied. For example: Say I select a group of text and bold it. The entire document changes to bold text. Ctrl+Z, and the document goes back to 'normal' and my selected text is indeed bolded. Then I select more text, and I want to change font color and font size. I change the color, and the entire document is that color and bolded. Ctrl+Z again. I then change the font size, and the entire document changes to the above mentioned color, is bold, and is the font size I wanted for the selected text. Any suggestions? Thanks, Tim |
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Two Word behaviors I'd like to change if possible
Good Morning.
I have to empathize with Tim on this. While the CyberTaz solution fixes the symptoms it does so at the expense of the flexibility of other features. The ability to have individual documents in their own separate instance of Word (or at least their own separate task bar icon) is desirable for many reasons. Once you toggle the feature set off as CyberTaz suggests you lose the other features as well. ...So, I ask respectfully - is there no way to have my cake and eat it too? I want the ability to have multiple independent documents in their own task bar icon without having them assume I want them all re-opened on the desktop whenever I decide I want to open a new word document? ....this is an annoyance to everyone in the office where I work. One of those quirky things that everyone noticed but no one mentioned until someone said something one day. Then everyone chimed in and commiserated... Chris "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'd be very surprised if CyberTaz's solution to (2) didn't work, as it has provided the answer to this identical problem for hundreds (perhaps thousands) of users. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Tim" wrote in message ... Mornin', CyberTaz. Thanks for taking the time. Neither suggestion works, but I do appreciate the effort. To save myself some time when prepping documents, I'll go back to using OpenOffice's Writer, and then copy it to Word for distribution. This approach always works. I was just hoping that when I installed Office 2003, these 'features' would have been corrected. Thanks again, Tim "CyberTaz" wrote: Hi Tim - re 1- I haven't experienced this myself, but if you go to ToolsOptionsView & put a check in the box for 'Windows in Taskbar' it may prove more effective. re 2- See if this helps http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tedContent.htm Regards |:) "Tim" wrote: Although I'm not exactly new to Word, I'm sure my questions would come from the beginner's box. I'm running XP Pro with Office 2003. Question 1: If I have one or more Word docs open and minimized, and then open yet another document, the last doc I was working with will be restored before the one just launched opens. Is there a way to stop this behaviour? Question 2: Sometimes, but not always, when I select text with the cursor and then change the font or bold or change font color for the selected text, Word will apply those changes to the entire document. I can press Ctrl+Z, and the document returns to the 'correct' state and I have the results I wanted. Later, if I make a similar change in the document, Word applies not only the new change to the entire document, but also the edits I made earlier are applied. For example: Say I select a group of text and bold it. The entire document changes to bold text. Ctrl+Z, and the document goes back to 'normal' and my selected text is indeed bolded. Then I select more text, and I want to change font color and font size. I change the color, and the entire document is that color and bolded. Ctrl+Z again. I then change the font size, and the entire document changes to the above mentioned color, is bold, and is the font size I wanted for the selected text. Any suggestions? Thanks, Tim |
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