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I use Word 03 with SP1 on a laptop with a 14" screen with XP Pro. I would
like to use reading view more often but it always shrinks down to "whole
page" view and wastes 3" of screen to the right and the left of my doc. I
want to be able to use it in "Page Width" or even better "Text Width" zoom
but help files don't say how. Even if I increase text size it just displays
fewer words in same space. I notice the zoom pull down disappears in reading
view when switching from normal view. It makes no difference if I do two
pages side by side or just one. The one is the same tiny size as a two page
view, just centered on screen

Thanks.
Skids

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I use Word 03 with SP1 on a laptop with a 14" screen with XP Pro. I would
like to use reading view more often but it always shrinks down to "whole
page" view and wastes 3" of screen to the right and the left of my doc. I
want to be able to use it in "Page Width" or even better "Text Width" zoom
but help files don't say how. Even if I increase text size it just displays
fewer words in same space. I notice the zoom pull down disappears in reading
view when switching from normal view. It makes no difference if I do two
pages side by side or just one. The one is the same tiny size as a two page
view, just centered on screen

the Reading Pane isn't set up to do this. It's set up to display one or two
pages, as when reading a book, whereby the "pages" in this view will not
necessarily correspond to the page breaks in any other view. The width of a
page is designed to be easily scanned by the eye, and is not adjustable.

The Print Layout or the Normal view would be more appropriate to what you
describe.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote:

the Reading Pane isn't set up to do this. It's set up to display one or two
pages, as when reading a book, whereby the "pages" in this view will not
necessarily correspond to the page breaks in any other view. The width of a
page is designed to be easily scanned by the eye, and is not adjustable.



I understand the intent of reading view and have scanned all the help files
about it. I like the clarity of the text, but without a magnifing glass it is
not very useful. The page comes out looking just slightly larger than a
thumbnail of the doc. At least 50% of the available screen is just blue grey
background. Anything I can do to trick it into thinking it should display on
a 21" screen ? then maybe it would blow up a little more.

This doesn't sound like a description of Reading Layout view at all. When I
use that view, the two facing pages take up the entire window, and text is
reflowed to a readable size (doesn't reflect the line or page breaks of the
original).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote:

the Reading Pane isn't set up to do this. It's set up to display one or
two
pages, as when reading a book, whereby the "pages" in this view will not
necessarily correspond to the page breaks in any other view. The width
of a
page is designed to be easily scanned by the eye, and is not adjustable.



I understand the intent of reading view and have scanned all the help
files
about it. I like the clarity of the text, but without a magnifing glass it
is
not very useful. The page comes out looking just slightly larger than a
thumbnail of the doc. At least 50% of the available screen is just blue
grey
background. Anything I can do to trick it into thinking it should display
on
a 21" screen ? then maybe it would blow up a little more.

Thanks for trying to help. I'm sure you are both well intentioned. I am not
a moron. I used to program unix to do applied physics for a living. I am in
reading view. Reading view can display one page or two side by side. Just
clcik the button on the toolbar that says "Allow Multiple Pages" and it
switches. The issus is that when I click it so only one page is displayed, it
does not use the three inches on left and right of the document. Clicking
zoom makes the text larger in the same view but doesn't use any more of the
screen. The previewed page image is the same tiny size in side by side or
single. That is the issue.

I think I am barking up the wrong tree here. I get the impression someone at
microsoft desgined this "feature" on their 21" monitor and it looked great,
but didn't have the time to test it on a standard 14" notebook screen.

Maybe in Word 2005 or 2006 it will be useful.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

This doesn't sound like a description of Reading Layout view at all. When I
use that view, the two facing pages take up the entire window, and text is
reflowed to a readable size (doesn't reflect the line or page breaks of the
original).

Okay, I see what you're saying about the single page, but there's still
something wrong with what you're seeing. When I use Reading Layout view, the
text size is the same as it is in Normal view at 100% zoom. If the text on
your page is unreadable in Reading Layout view, then I would have to assume
that's because it's very small in the document. What is the point size of
the text in the document? And do you usually have to use a Zoom ratio higher
than 100% to view your documents?

In any case, what I may have lost sight of here is why you are using Reading
Layout view if you find it unsatisfactory. Why not just use another view in
which you can set the Zoom permanently at a convenient reading size?

--
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
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Thanks for trying to help. I'm sure you are both well intentioned. I am
not
a moron. I used to program unix to do applied physics for a living. I am
in
reading view. Reading view can display one page or two side by side. Just
clcik the button on the toolbar that says "Allow Multiple Pages" and it
switches. The issus is that when I click it so only one page is displayed,
it
does not use the three inches on left and right of the document. Clicking
zoom makes the text larger in the same view but doesn't use any more of
the
screen. The previewed page image is the same tiny size in side by side or
single. That is the issue.

I think I am barking up the wrong tree here. I get the impression someone
at
microsoft desgined this "feature" on their 21" monitor and it looked
great,
but didn't have the time to test it on a standard 14" notebook screen.

Maybe in Word 2005 or 2006 it will be useful.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

This doesn't sound like a description of Reading Layout view at all.
When I
use that view, the two facing pages take up the entire window, and text
is
reflowed to a readable size (doesn't reflect the line or page breaks of
the
original).