[stevo]

Hi,

I hope that someone can help me with something that has been bugging me for
ages. Now I've found this forum I thought I'd ask.

I want a 'proper' full screen mode in Word 2007. I want to simply see what
I'm typing. I don't want any menus or scroll bars; in particular I don't want
to see the button to press to exit full screen mode. To be clear i'll repeat:
I want to see the page and the words and NOTHING else.

In my last version of Word I had a full screen mode and the stupid exit
button; you have no idea how much that made me swear. I thought Word 2007 may
have moved on but all I can seem to find is the full screen 'reading' view.
Calling it 'full screen' is literally incorrect: it is full of menus and
controls that hide parts of the screen and distract me.

Can someone help me find a true 'full screen' mode in 2007? Is such a thing
possible in any word processor? Do people that create word processors write
at all?

Thanks and regards,

Steve

[Graham Mayor]

What you see is what you get. As a professional writer (now retired), I
personally like to have tools available to enable easy formatting of the
document and I am certainly nor distracted by the tiny menu in Word 2007's
reading view - though frankly I much prefer the Print Layout view for
working with documents.

I used to have the function you require. It was called a typewriter. Things
have moved on.
--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Stevo wrote:
Hi,

I hope that someone can help me with something that has been bugging
me for ages. Now I've found this forum I thought I'd ask.

I want a 'proper' full screen mode in Word 2007. I want to simply see
what I'm typing. I don't want any menus or scroll bars; in particular
I don't want to see the button to press to exit full screen mode. To
be clear i'll repeat: I want to see the page and the words and
NOTHING else.

In my last version of Word I had a full screen mode and the stupid
exit button; you have no idea how much that made me swear. I thought
Word 2007 may have moved on but all I can seem to find is the full
screen 'reading' view. Calling it 'full screen' is literally
incorrect: it is full of menus and controls that hide parts of the
screen and distract me.

Can someone help me find a true 'full screen' mode in 2007? Is such a
thing possible in any word processor? Do people that create word
processors write at all?

Thanks and regards,

Steve

[Graham Mayor]

I should add that it is possible with Word 2003 to have a clear full screen
mode - but as 2007 does not have toolbars it is not possible to turn them
off.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Graham Mayor wrote:
What you see is what you get. As a professional writer (now retired),
I personally like to have tools available to enable easy formatting
of the document and I am certainly nor distracted by the tiny menu in
Word 2007's reading view - though frankly I much prefer the Print
Layout view for working with documents.

I used to have the function you require. It was called a typewriter.
Things have moved on.

Stevo wrote:
Hi,

I hope that someone can help me with something that has been bugging
me for ages. Now I've found this forum I thought I'd ask.

I want a 'proper' full screen mode in Word 2007. I want to simply see
what I'm typing. I don't want any menus or scroll bars; in particular
I don't want to see the button to press to exit full screen mode. To
be clear i'll repeat: I want to see the page and the words and
NOTHING else.

In my last version of Word I had a full screen mode and the stupid
exit button; you have no idea how much that made me swear. I thought
Word 2007 may have moved on but all I can seem to find is the full
screen 'reading' view. Calling it 'full screen' is literally
incorrect: it is full of menus and controls that hide parts of the
screen and distract me.

Can someone help me find a true 'full screen' mode in 2007? Is such a
thing possible in any word processor? Do people that create word
processors write at all?

Thanks and regards,

Steve

[stevo]

Hi,

So you like the Print Layout View when 'working with documents;' so do I.
When I am working with a document (i.e. I have a document to work with) all
this stuff is great; indeed, that's why I paid the cash for the product
rather than use OpenOffice or whatever.

Thing is that sometimes, when I am writing and have no document to format
and consider printing yet, I want only to see that.

I am not alone. After posting the question I took a long look at the
internet and discovered that there are all sorts of alternate word processors
that make a point of offering what I want. There are even add-ons for 2007,
but the one I looked at was spoilt by the inclusion of a flashing line and
column indicator at the bottom of the screen.

Whilst looking at the internet I found a solution for Word 2007:
The old 2003 commands still work. If you press ALT+V and then press U...
ahhh, it all goes away (even the exit full screen has gone ). I was
concerned that I'd be left with the vertical scroll bar (the page with the
solution said I would be), but that has gone too. So it's all good news: I
have a 'typewriter' for when I want to write and 'Print Layout View' for when
I'm interested in printing, layout and the things you do after writing.

If any Word people read this I would like to request a 'Write View' be
included in the next Word along with all the other views useful for other
things: printing, reading, editing, formatting...playing with functions. Do
remember that there are some who use the product for writing. People are
paying money for what I want Microsoft.

Regards,

s

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

I should add that it is possible with Word 2003 to have a clear full screen
mode - but as 2007 does not have toolbars it is not possible to turn them
off.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Graham Mayor wrote:
What you see is what you get. As a professional writer (now retired),
I personally like to have tools available to enable easy formatting
of the document and I am certainly nor distracted by the tiny menu in
Word 2007's reading view - though frankly I much prefer the Print
Layout view for working with documents.

I used to have the function you require. It was called a typewriter.
Things have moved on.

Stevo wrote:
Hi,

I hope that someone can help me with something that has been bugging
me for ages. Now I've found this forum I thought I'd ask.

I want a 'proper' full screen mode in Word 2007. I want to simply see
what I'm typing. I don't want any menus or scroll bars; in particular
I don't want to see the button to press to exit full screen mode. To
be clear i'll repeat: I want to see the page and the words and
NOTHING else.

In my last version of Word I had a full screen mode and the stupid
exit button; you have no idea how much that made me swear. I thought
Word 2007 may have moved on but all I can seem to find is the full
screen 'reading' view. Calling it 'full screen' is literally
incorrect: it is full of menus and controls that hide parts of the
screen and distract me.

Can someone help me find a true 'full screen' mode in 2007? Is such a
thing possible in any word processor? Do people that create word
processors write at all?

Thanks and regards,

Steve

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

As an alternative to accelerator keys, you can assign a keyboard shortcut to
the ToggleFull command, which turns Full Screen on or off. Use the Customize
Keyboard dialog box (Office button | Word Options, Customize category; click
the Customize button).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Stevo" wrote in message
...
Hi,

So you like the Print Layout View when 'working with documents;' so do I.
When I am working with a document (i.e. I have a document to work with)
all
this stuff is great; indeed, that's why I paid the cash for the product
rather than use OpenOffice or whatever.

Thing is that sometimes, when I am writing and have no document to format
and consider printing yet, I want only to see that.

I am not alone. After posting the question I took a long look at the
internet and discovered that there are all sorts of alternate word
processors
that make a point of offering what I want. There are even add-ons for
2007,
but the one I looked at was spoilt by the inclusion of a flashing line and
column indicator at the bottom of the screen.

Whilst looking at the internet I found a solution for Word 2007:
The old 2003 commands still work. If you press ALT+V and then press U...
ahhh, it all goes away (even the exit full screen has gone ). I was
concerned that I'd be left with the vertical scroll bar (the page with the
solution said I would be), but that has gone too. So it's all good news: I
have a 'typewriter' for when I want to write and 'Print Layout View' for
when
I'm interested in printing, layout and the things you do after writing.

If any Word people read this I would like to request a 'Write View' be
included in the next Word along with all the other views useful for other
things: printing, reading, editing, formatting...playing with functions.
Do
remember that there are some who use the product for writing. People are
paying money for what I want Microsoft.

Regards,

s

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

I should add that it is possible with Word 2003 to have a clear full
screen
mode - but as 2007 does not have toolbars it is not possible to turn them
off.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Graham Mayor wrote:
What you see is what you get. As a professional writer (now retired),
I personally like to have tools available to enable easy formatting
of the document and I am certainly nor distracted by the tiny menu in
Word 2007's reading view - though frankly I much prefer the Print
Layout view for working with documents.

I used to have the function you require. It was called a typewriter.
Things have moved on.

Stevo wrote:
Hi,

I hope that someone can help me with something that has been bugging
me for ages. Now I've found this forum I thought I'd ask.

I want a 'proper' full screen mode in Word 2007. I want to simply see
what I'm typing. I don't want any menus or scroll bars; in particular
I don't want to see the button to press to exit full screen mode. To
be clear i'll repeat: I want to see the page and the words and
NOTHING else.

In my last version of Word I had a full screen mode and the stupid
exit button; you have no idea how much that made me swear. I thought
Word 2007 may have moved on but all I can seem to find is the full
screen 'reading' view. Calling it 'full screen' is literally
incorrect: it is full of menus and controls that hide parts of the
screen and distract me.

Can someone help me find a true 'full screen' mode in 2007? Is such a
thing possible in any word processor? Do people that create word
processors write at all?

Thanks and regards,

Steve

[Graham Mayor]

OK - that's a plus, I guess Interestingly the keyboard shortcut is
reported unassigned in the keyboard shortcut editor.

Whether you have a vertical scroll bar rather depends on the zoom level that
you view at and the resolution of the display driver.
Given that the old command still works, it should be possible to add a
ribbon button to achieve it. Create a macro as follows:

MsgBox "Press ESC to exit full screen", vbInformation, "Full Screen
View"
ActiveWindow.View.FullScreen = True

(the first line is optional) and see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Customize_Ribbon.htm for information on
customising the ribbon.

FWIW this is not Microsoft but a user peer group.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Stevo wrote:
Hi,

So you like the Print Layout View when 'working with documents;' so
do I. When I am working with a document (i.e. I have a document to
work with) all this stuff is great; indeed, that's why I paid the
cash for the product rather than use OpenOffice or whatever.

Thing is that sometimes, when I am writing and have no document to
format and consider printing yet, I want only to see that.

I am not alone. After posting the question I took a long look at the
internet and discovered that there are all sorts of alternate word
processors that make a point of offering what I want. There are even
add-ons for 2007, but the one I looked at was spoilt by the inclusion
of a flashing line and column indicator at the bottom of the screen.

Whilst looking at the internet I found a solution for Word 2007:
The old 2003 commands still work. If you press ALT+V and then press
U... ahhh, it all goes away (even the exit full screen has gone ).
I was concerned that I'd be left with the vertical scroll bar (the
page with the solution said I would be), but that has gone too. So
it's all good news: I have a 'typewriter' for when I want to write
and 'Print Layout View' for when I'm interested in printing, layout
and the things you do after writing.

If any Word people read this I would like to request a 'Write View' be
included in the next Word along with all the other views useful for
other things: printing, reading, editing, formatting...playing with
functions. Do remember that there are some who use the product for
writing. People are paying money for what I want Microsoft.

Regards,

s

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

I should add that it is possible with Word 2003 to have a clear full
screen mode - but as 2007 does not have toolbars it is not possible
to turn them off.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Graham Mayor wrote:
What you see is what you get. As a professional writer (now
retired), I personally like to have tools available to enable easy
formatting of the document and I am certainly nor distracted by the
tiny menu in Word 2007's reading view - though frankly I much
prefer the Print Layout view for working with documents.

I used to have the function you require. It was called a typewriter.
Things have moved on.

Stevo wrote:
Hi,

I hope that someone can help me with something that has been
bugging me for ages. Now I've found this forum I thought I'd ask.

I want a 'proper' full screen mode in Word 2007. I want to simply
see what I'm typing. I don't want any menus or scroll bars; in
particular I don't want to see the button to press to exit full
screen mode. To be clear i'll repeat: I want to see the page and
the words and NOTHING else.

In my last version of Word I had a full screen mode and the stupid
exit button; you have no idea how much that made me swear. I
thought Word 2007 may have moved on but all I can seem to find is
the full screen 'reading' view. Calling it 'full screen' is
literally incorrect: it is full of menus and controls that hide
parts of the screen and distract me.

Can someone help me find a true 'full screen' mode in 2007? Is
such a thing possible in any word processor? Do people that create
word processors write at all?

Thanks and regards,

Steve

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
OK - that's a plus, I guess Interestingly the keyboard shortcut is
reported unassigned in the keyboard shortcut editor.


Graham,

Alt, V, U is an accelerator key combination (from &View | F&ull Screen of
Word 2003, English language version) rather than a keyboard shortcut;
therefore, Alt+V+U is unassigned in the Customize Keyboard dialog box.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP







Whether you have a vertical scroll bar rather depends on the zoom level
that you view at and the resolution of the display driver.
Given that the old command still works, it should be possible to add a
ribbon button to achieve it. Create a macro as follows:

MsgBox "Press ESC to exit full screen", vbInformation, "Full Screen
View"
ActiveWindow.View.FullScreen = True

(the first line is optional) and see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Customize_Ribbon.htm for information on
customising the ribbon.

FWIW this is not Microsoft but a user peer group.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Stevo wrote:
Hi,

So you like the Print Layout View when 'working with documents;' so
do I. When I am working with a document (i.e. I have a document to
work with) all this stuff is great; indeed, that's why I paid the
cash for the product rather than use OpenOffice or whatever.

Thing is that sometimes, when I am writing and have no document to
format and consider printing yet, I want only to see that.

I am not alone. After posting the question I took a long look at the
internet and discovered that there are all sorts of alternate word
processors that make a point of offering what I want. There are even
add-ons for 2007, but the one I looked at was spoilt by the inclusion
of a flashing line and column indicator at the bottom of the screen.

Whilst looking at the internet I found a solution for Word 2007:
The old 2003 commands still work. If you press ALT+V and then press
U... ahhh, it all goes away (even the exit full screen has gone ).
I was concerned that I'd be left with the vertical scroll bar (the
page with the solution said I would be), but that has gone too. So
it's all good news: I have a 'typewriter' for when I want to write
and 'Print Layout View' for when I'm interested in printing, layout
and the things you do after writing.

If any Word people read this I would like to request a 'Write View' be
included in the next Word along with all the other views useful for
other things: printing, reading, editing, formatting...playing with
functions. Do remember that there are some who use the product for
writing. People are paying money for what I want Microsoft.

Regards,

s

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

I should add that it is possible with Word 2003 to have a clear full
screen mode - but as 2007 does not have toolbars it is not possible
to turn them off.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Graham Mayor wrote:
What you see is what you get. As a professional writer (now
retired), I personally like to have tools available to enable easy
formatting of the document and I am certainly nor distracted by the
tiny menu in Word 2007's reading view - though frankly I much
prefer the Print Layout view for working with documents.

I used to have the function you require. It was called a typewriter.
Things have moved on.

Stevo wrote:
Hi,

I hope that someone can help me with something that has been
bugging me for ages. Now I've found this forum I thought I'd ask.

I want a 'proper' full screen mode in Word 2007. I want to simply
see what I'm typing. I don't want any menus or scroll bars; in
particular I don't want to see the button to press to exit full
screen mode. To be clear i'll repeat: I want to see the page and
the words and NOTHING else.

In my last version of Word I had a full screen mode and the stupid
exit button; you have no idea how much that made me swear. I
thought Word 2007 may have moved on but all I can seem to find is
the full screen 'reading' view. Calling it 'full screen' is
literally incorrect: it is full of menus and controls that hide
parts of the screen and distract me.

Can someone help me find a true 'full screen' mode in 2007? Is
such a thing possible in any word processor? Do people that create
word processors write at all?

Thanks and regards,

Steve