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Outline View's limited column width
This appears like a big lack of forethought. Word's Outline View is touted as
ideal view for laying out thoughts for a document, but the usable column width is only about 6.5 inches. My usable screen width four times that at about 24" wide. What a waste. Usint higher outline levels strings out the 'body text' paragraphs vertically in a very impractical way. It makes the the column is so narrow as to be almost useless ~ only three or four words wide. I have found no way of changing the column width! Neither page width or page orientation helps this. Any suggestions? -- dbuchanan |
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Outline View's limited column width
If you are using Word 2007, try the following: Click the Office button and
then click Word Options. In the Advanced category, select "Show text wrapped within the document window" (found under "Show document content") and click OK. The corresponding option for Word 2003 ("Wrap to window") can be found on the View tab of Tools | Options. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "dbuchanan" wrote in message ... This appears like a big lack of forethought. Word's Outline View is touted as ideal view for laying out thoughts for a document, but the usable column width is only about 6.5 inches. My usable screen width four times that at about 24" wide. What a waste. Usint higher outline levels strings out the 'body text' paragraphs vertically in a very impractical way. It makes the the column is so narrow as to be almost useless ~ only three or four words wide. I have found no way of changing the column width! Neither page width or page orientation helps this. Any suggestions? -- dbuchanan |
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Outline View's limited column width
If you are using Word 2007, try the following: Click the Office button and
then click Word Options. In the Advanced category, select "Show text wrapped within the document window" (found under "Show document content") and click OK. The corresponding option for Word 2003 ("Wrap to window") can be found on the View tab of Tools | Options. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "dbuchanan" wrote in message ... This appears like a big lack of forethought. Word's Outline View is touted as ideal view for laying out thoughts for a document, but the usable column width is only about 6.5 inches. My usable screen width four times that at about 24" wide. What a waste. Usint higher outline levels strings out the 'body text' paragraphs vertically in a very impractical way. It makes the the column is so narrow as to be almost useless ~ only three or four words wide. I have found no way of changing the column width! Neither page width or page orientation helps this. Any suggestions? -- dbuchanan |
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Outline View's limited column width
Thank you Stefan.
It seems odd that this setting is hidden in such an obscure location from where it is really needed. (I was ready to give up on outline view because of its uselessness.) -- dbuchanan "Stefan Blom" wrote: If you are using Word 2007, try the following: Click the Office button and then click Word Options. In the Advanced category, select "Show text wrapped within the document window" (found under "Show document content") and click OK. The corresponding option for Word 2003 ("Wrap to window") can be found on the View tab of Tools | Options. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "dbuchanan" wrote in message ... This appears like a big lack of forethought. Word's Outline View is touted as ideal view for laying out thoughts for a document, but the usable column width is only about 6.5 inches. My usable screen width four times that at about 24" wide. What a waste. Usint higher outline levels strings out the 'body text' paragraphs vertically in a very impractical way. It makes the the column is so narrow as to be almost useless ~ only three or four words wide. I have found no way of changing the column width! Neither page width or page orientation helps this. Any suggestions? -- dbuchanan . |
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Outline View's limited column width
Thank you Stefan.
It seems odd that this setting is hidden in such an obscure location from where it is really needed. (I was ready to give up on outline view because of its uselessness.) -- dbuchanan "Stefan Blom" wrote: If you are using Word 2007, try the following: Click the Office button and then click Word Options. In the Advanced category, select "Show text wrapped within the document window" (found under "Show document content") and click OK. The corresponding option for Word 2003 ("Wrap to window") can be found on the View tab of Tools | Options. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "dbuchanan" wrote in message ... This appears like a big lack of forethought. Word's Outline View is touted as ideal view for laying out thoughts for a document, but the usable column width is only about 6.5 inches. My usable screen width four times that at about 24" wide. What a waste. Usint higher outline levels strings out the 'body text' paragraphs vertically in a very impractical way. It makes the the column is so narrow as to be almost useless ~ only three or four words wide. I have found no way of changing the column width! Neither page width or page orientation helps this. Any suggestions? -- dbuchanan . |
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Outline View's limited column width
You are welcome.
In Word 2007, at least, many options are in obscure locations... :-) To be more specific, the categories in the Word Options dialog box aren't very descriptive; in particular, this applies to "Popular" (with whom?) and "Advanced" (for whom?). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "dbuchanan" wrote in message ... Thank you Stefan. It seems odd that this setting is hidden in such an obscure location from where it is really needed. (I was ready to give up on outline view because of its uselessness.) -- dbuchanan "Stefan Blom" wrote: If you are using Word 2007, try the following: Click the Office button and then click Word Options. In the Advanced category, select "Show text wrapped within the document window" (found under "Show document content") and click OK. The corresponding option for Word 2003 ("Wrap to window") can be found on the View tab of Tools | Options. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "dbuchanan" wrote in message ... This appears like a big lack of forethought. Word's Outline View is touted as ideal view for laying out thoughts for a document, but the usable column width is only about 6.5 inches. My usable screen width four times that at about 24" wide. What a waste. Usint higher outline levels strings out the 'body text' paragraphs vertically in a very impractical way. It makes the the column is so narrow as to be almost useless ~ only three or four words wide. I have found no way of changing the column width! Neither page width or page orientation helps this. Any suggestions? -- dbuchanan . |
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Outline View's limited column width
You are welcome.
In Word 2007, at least, many options are in obscure locations... :-) To be more specific, the categories in the Word Options dialog box aren't very descriptive; in particular, this applies to "Popular" (with whom?) and "Advanced" (for whom?). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "dbuchanan" wrote in message ... Thank you Stefan. It seems odd that this setting is hidden in such an obscure location from where it is really needed. (I was ready to give up on outline view because of its uselessness.) -- dbuchanan "Stefan Blom" wrote: If you are using Word 2007, try the following: Click the Office button and then click Word Options. In the Advanced category, select "Show text wrapped within the document window" (found under "Show document content") and click OK. The corresponding option for Word 2003 ("Wrap to window") can be found on the View tab of Tools | Options. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "dbuchanan" wrote in message ... This appears like a big lack of forethought. Word's Outline View is touted as ideal view for laying out thoughts for a document, but the usable column width is only about 6.5 inches. My usable screen width four times that at about 24" wide. What a waste. Usint higher outline levels strings out the 'body text' paragraphs vertically in a very impractical way. It makes the the column is so narrow as to be almost useless ~ only three or four words wide. I have found no way of changing the column width! Neither page width or page orientation helps this. Any suggestions? -- dbuchanan . |
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