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Stacking docking windows
Is is possible to stack docking windows in Word 2007? If so, how? For
example, I'd like to have the "Styles" and "Apply Styles" docked one on top of the other on the right side of Word. |
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Stacking docking windows
Unfortunately no. Is there are reason you need them both open? (Yeah, I know
you wouldn't be asking if you didn't. ;-) ) IOW, is there something one will do but the other won't? Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Ed Brey" wrote in message ... Is is possible to stack docking windows in Word 2007? If so, how? For example, I'd like to have the "Styles" and "Apply Styles" docked one on top of the other on the right side of Word. |
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Stacking docking windows
An example of when both docking windows would be helpful is dealing with
heading levels. For example, from a new document, if I press Shift+Alt+Right, the style Heading 2 is applied. I can tell what the style is from either the Quick Styles control or the Styles window. Now, if I press Shift+Alt+Right again, it becomes difficult to tell that I'm on Heading 3. I'd have to remember what depth I am at or tell from the font, both of which are unreliable when working in a complicated document. Otherwise, I have to manually customize the list of visible styles in the Quick Styles or Styles list, but this takes effort and wastes screen real estate on styles that are easily keyboard selectable. The Apply Styles (or Style Inspector) window is convenient because it always shows the current style. Adding the Style command to the Quick Access Toolbar helps sometimes, but it doesn't appear to be resizable. This makes it work for headings, but for styles with longer names, it would still be helpful to have a way to always be able to see the current style and be able to select a new one, but without giving up too much horizontal space. |
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Stacking docking windows
In Word 2007, one can size the two panes you mention and dock them at
the right margin. I have sized them so both can be open, and viewed, at the same time (one is in the upper part of the screen and the other is in the lower part of the screen, both on the right side). However, if one wants to use less real estate, one can do the following: Make one pane just a bit higher than the other; for the shorter pane, make it just a bit wider than the other. (You can make the size difference less than 1/8"[3mm].) These two panes are ALMOST the same size and, effectively, sit on top of each other. One can toggle back and forth by using the cursor on the title bar of the pane you want to bring in front -- if it's not already there. Is this satisfactory, or have I missed something in your need? David ************************************* Ed Brey wrote: Is is possible to stack docking windows in Word 2007? If so, how? For example, I'd like to have the "Styles" and "Apply Styles" docked one on top of the other on the right side of Word. |
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Stacking docking windows
For floating windows, I can resize and place them at will. However, for
docked windows, I am only able to change the horizontal size, and I can only dock one window to the right edge of the main frame. Is your experience differet? Floating windows don't work well for me, since they don't move with the main frame, e.g. when I move a Word window between monitors. |
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Stacking docking windows
I suspect your primary interest was seeing the current style and thought the
Styles combo box designed for the QAT would help but I see that's something you've already tried. For your longer style names, perhaps an alias would help? Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Ed Brey" wrote in message ... An example of when both docking windows would be helpful is dealing with heading levels. For example, from a new document, if I press Shift+Alt+Right, the style Heading 2 is applied. I can tell what the style is from either the Quick Styles control or the Styles window. Now, if I press Shift+Alt+Right again, it becomes difficult to tell that I'm on Heading 3. I'd have to remember what depth I am at or tell from the font, both of which are unreliable when working in a complicated document. Otherwise, I have to manually customize the list of visible styles in the Quick Styles or Styles list, but this takes effort and wastes screen real estate on styles that are easily keyboard selectable. The Apply Styles (or Style Inspector) window is convenient because it always shows the current style. Adding the Style command to the Quick Access Toolbar helps sometimes, but it doesn't appear to be resizable. This makes it work for headings, but for styles with longer names, it would still be helpful to have a way to always be able to see the current style and be able to select a new one, but without giving up too much horizontal space. |
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Ed,
I didn't realize you meant to distinguish between pane windows which are fixed versus floating. I realize now you used "docked" in a very precise way. The floating panes work fine for me, but I understand why they don't work for you. It would be nice to have a tool in the title bar of docked panes that allows one to choose from available panes -- and to bring the selected one to the front. David ************************************************** ***************** On Oct 2, 8:48 am, Ed Brey wrote: For floating windows, I can resize and place them at will. However, for docked windows, I am only able to change the horizontal size, and I can onlydockone window to the right edge of the main frame. Is your experience differet? Floating windows don't work well for me, since they don't move with the main frame, e.g. when I move a Word window between monitors. |
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Stacking docking windows
I'm borrowing the terminology "docked" and "floating" from Visual Studio. VS
2005 has excellent docking support - very flexible and intuitive. It's too bad that the VS docking code didn't make it into Word, which pales by comparison. |
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Stacking docking windows
This issue was solved in 2003 with the task pane, but appears to have been
dropped with the move to 2007. Obviously, docked windows that stack either by tab stacking, drop-down box stacking or back button stacking are more desirable than multiple adjacent docked windows that absorb all the real estate on either side of the window regardless of the size of displayed content. Not the first time a new version of MS Word has sacrificed useful functionality from earlier versions, (that's why I still have 2003 installed, and selected elements of 95, 2000 and XP "Beth Melton" wrote: I suspect your primary interest was seeing the current style and thought the Styles combo box designed for the QAT would help but I see that's something you've already tried. For your longer style names, perhaps an alias would help? Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Ed Brey" wrote in message ... An example of when both docking windows would be helpful is dealing with heading levels. For example, from a new document, if I press Shift+Alt+Right, the style Heading 2 is applied. I can tell what the style is from either the Quick Styles control or the Styles window. Now, if I press Shift+Alt+Right again, it becomes difficult to tell that I'm on Heading 3. I'd have to remember what depth I am at or tell from the font, both of which are unreliable when working in a complicated document. Otherwise, I have to manually customize the list of visible styles in the Quick Styles or Styles list, but this takes effort and wastes screen real estate on styles that are easily keyboard selectable. The Apply Styles (or Style Inspector) window is convenient because it always shows the current style. Adding the Style command to the Quick Access Toolbar helps sometimes, but it doesn't appear to be resizable. This makes it work for headings, but for styles with longer names, it would still be helpful to have a way to always be able to see the current style and be able to select a new one, but without giving up too much horizontal space. |
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