[thefred]

Please add the worksheet feature of Excel in Word to coordinate the handling
and managing of multiple opened docs. Each document should be a tab inside of
ONE application of Word. Right now it is an absolute PITA to work with say 5
opened documents, especially if I have five or more different applications
running in the background. I know about switching windows but I can skip that
if the tabs are right there. Streamline.



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[Peter A]

In article ,
says...
Please add the worksheet feature of Excel in Word to coordinate the handling
and managing of multiple opened docs. Each document should be a tab inside of
ONE application of Word. Right now it is an absolute PITA to work with say 5
opened documents, especially if I have five or more different applications
running in the background. I know about switching windows but I can skip that
if the tabs are right there. Streamline.



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I disagree - in fact, I wish they would change Excel to work the way
Word does. Having each open Word doc in its own program window greatly
simplifies tasks that require viewing 2 or more docs at the same time.

To be honest, though, you would think that the programming whizzes in
Redmond could figure out a way to let the user select either display
method.

--
Peter Aitken
Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers
www.tech-word.com

[Tony Jollans]

I don't normally let myself get involved in threads like this, and really
don't care whether or not Word has a 'tab feature' (unless I'm forced to use
such a thing against my will) but ...

... the equivalent of worksheet tabs in Excel is *not* document tabs in
Word. The Excel equivalent of a Document is a Work*Book* and Excel does not
have workbook tabs. It is just as awkward - or just as easy, depending on
your point of view - to work with multiple workbooks in Excel as it is to
work with multiple documents in Word. In fact, if anything, I would say it
is probably easier to navigate a document in Word than it is to navigate a
workbook in Excel.

It is highly unlikely that I will reply to any response to this; I just
thought the point of fact was worth making.

--
Enjoy,
Tony

"Peter A" wrote in message
om...
In article ,
says...
Please add the worksheet feature of Excel in Word to coordinate the
handling
and managing of multiple opened docs. Each document should be a tab
inside of
ONE application of Word. Right now it is an absolute PITA to work with
say 5
opened documents, especially if I have five or more different
applications
running in the background. I know about switching windows but I can skip
that
if the tabs are right there. Streamline.



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I disagree - in fact, I wish they would change Excel to work the way
Word does. Having each open Word doc in its own program window greatly
simplifies tasks that require viewing 2 or more docs at the same time.

To be honest, though, you would think that the programming whizzes in
Redmond could figure out a way to let the user select either display
method.

--
Peter Aitken
Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers
www.tech-word.com

[Jean-Guy Marcil[_2_]]

"Tony Jollans" wrote:

I don't normally let myself get involved in threads like this, and really
don't care whether or not Word has a 'tab feature' (unless I'm forced to use
such a thing against my will) but ...

... the equivalent of worksheet tabs in Excel is *not* document tabs in
Word. The Excel equivalent of a Document is a Work*Book* and Excel does not
have workbook tabs. It is just as awkward - or just as easy, depending on
your point of view - to work with multiple workbooks in Excel as it is to
work with multiple documents in Word. In fact, if anything, I would say it
is probably easier to navigate a document in Word than it is to navigate a
workbook in Excel.


Exactly right. This is the nth-millionth time I have seen this request in
the last 5 years, and every single time people fail to realize that the tabs
in Excel represent different Worksheets within a single workbook, and not
different Workbooks within the Excel application. I guess the only way that
Word could work like Excel is if Word had tabs to represent pages within the
document.... But that makes no sense! Hence, no tab!

You can't compare apples and oranges...

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Actually, Word does have the equivalent of a tab for each page if you count
Thumbnails.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Jean-Guy Marcil" wrote in message
...
"Tony Jollans" wrote:

I don't normally let myself get involved in threads like this, and really
don't care whether or not Word has a 'tab feature' (unless I'm forced to
use
such a thing against my will) but ...

... the equivalent of worksheet tabs in Excel is *not* document tabs in
Word. The Excel equivalent of a Document is a Work*Book* and Excel does
not
have workbook tabs. It is just as awkward - or just as easy, depending on
your point of view - to work with multiple workbooks in Excel as it is to
work with multiple documents in Word. In fact, if anything, I would say
it
is probably easier to navigate a document in Word than it is to navigate
a
workbook in Excel.


Exactly right. This is the nth-millionth time I have seen this request in
the last 5 years, and every single time people fail to realize that the
tabs
in Excel represent different Worksheets within a single workbook, and not
different Workbooks within the Excel application. I guess the only way
that
Word could work like Excel is if Word had tabs to represent pages within
the
document.... But that makes no sense! Hence, no tab!

You can't compare apples and oranges...

[Jean-Guy Marcil[_2_]]

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Actually, Word does have the equivalent of a tab for each page if you count
Thumbnails.

But aren't thumbnails only available in reading layout?
(I mean they cannot be used as helpful navigational tools while working on
the document in Normal or Print view, which would not be usfeul anyway as
soon as the document went over 20 pages or so.)

[thefred]

yes, I understand. I know tabs in Excel are within "A" workbook. I also note
that my verbiage was incorrect.

I did truly mean, that Word should allow separate unrelated opened docs
shown/aligned in COLOR tabs *similar* to Excel's tabs in a workbook.

It's an absolute friggin' IQ test, at mid night or later, after a whole day
of labor, to try and keep track of your control-tab & copy/paste between 10+
docs with that or more apps opened and running in the background!

Nightmare.

As in IE7, doc-tabs should be able to be turned off and on so some users can
continue to clunk along loading Word zillions of times while others can
operate in a stream-lined, efficient, and simplified "one-incident" manner.

Thank you.

"Jean-Guy Marcil" wrote:

"Tony Jollans" wrote:

I don't normally let myself get involved in threads like this, and really
don't care whether or not Word has a 'tab feature' (unless I'm forced to use
such a thing against my will) but ...

... the equivalent of worksheet tabs in Excel is *not* document tabs in
Word. The Excel equivalent of a Document is a Work*Book* and Excel does not
have workbook tabs. It is just as awkward - or just as easy, depending on
your point of view - to work with multiple workbooks in Excel as it is to
work with multiple documents in Word. In fact, if anything, I would say it
is probably easier to navigate a document in Word than it is to navigate a
workbook in Excel.


Exactly right. This is the nth-millionth time I have seen this request in
the last 5 years, and every single time people fail to realize that the tabs
in Excel represent different Worksheets within a single workbook, and not
different Workbooks within the Excel application. I guess the only way that
Word could work like Excel is if Word had tabs to represent pages within the
document.... But that makes no sense! Hence, no tab!

You can't compare apples and oranges...

[Tony Jollans]

Personally I would find copying and pasting between 10 or more documents a
nightmare at any time of the day with or without tabs. What on earth are you
trying to do?

--
Enjoy,
Tony

"thefred" wrote in message
...
yes, I understand. I know tabs in Excel are within "A" workbook. I also
note
that my verbiage was incorrect.

I did truly mean, that Word should allow separate unrelated opened docs
shown/aligned in COLOR tabs *similar* to Excel's tabs in a workbook.

It's an absolute friggin' IQ test, at mid night or later, after a whole
day
of labor, to try and keep track of your control-tab & copy/paste between
10+
docs with that or more apps opened and running in the background!

Nightmare.

As in IE7, doc-tabs should be able to be turned off and on so some users
can
continue to clunk along loading Word zillions of times while others can
operate in a stream-lined, efficient, and simplified "one-incident"
manner.

Thank you.

"Jean-Guy Marcil" wrote:

"Tony Jollans" wrote:

I don't normally let myself get involved in threads like this, and
really
don't care whether or not Word has a 'tab feature' (unless I'm forced
to use
such a thing against my will) but ...

... the equivalent of worksheet tabs in Excel is *not* document tabs
in
Word. The Excel equivalent of a Document is a Work*Book* and Excel does
not
have workbook tabs. It is just as awkward - or just as easy, depending
on
your point of view - to work with multiple workbooks in Excel as it is
to
work with multiple documents in Word. In fact, if anything, I would say
it
is probably easier to navigate a document in Word than it is to
navigate a
workbook in Excel.


Exactly right. This is the nth-millionth time I have seen this request in
the last 5 years, and every single time people fail to realize that the
tabs
in Excel represent different Worksheets within a single workbook, and not
different Workbooks within the Excel application. I guess the only way
that
Word could work like Excel is if Word had tabs to represent pages within
the
document.... But that makes no sense! Hence, no tab!

You can't compare apples and oranges...

[CyberTaz]

How about Alt+W & type the number assigned to the name of the doc at the
bottom of the Window menu? Or use the Windows Task Bar buttons that
represent the open files?

I truly don't see any advantage to cluttering up the [already restricted]
viewing area with a bunch of tabs that won't all fit in the first place -
and if they don't it would be even more trouble to get to them regardless of
what color they happened to be:-)

Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 3/8/08 12:07 AM, in article
, "thefred"
wrote:

yes, I understand. I know tabs in Excel are within "A" workbook. I also note
that my verbiage was incorrect.

I did truly mean, that Word should allow separate unrelated opened docs
shown/aligned in COLOR tabs *similar* to Excel's tabs in a workbook.

It's an absolute friggin' IQ test, at mid night or later, after a whole day
of labor, to try and keep track of your control-tab & copy/paste between 10+
docs with that or more apps opened and running in the background!

Nightmare.

As in IE7, doc-tabs should be able to be turned off and on so some users can
continue to clunk along loading Word zillions of times while others can
operate in a stream-lined, efficient, and simplified "one-incident" manner.

Thank you.

"Jean-Guy Marcil" wrote:

"Tony Jollans" wrote:

I don't normally let myself get involved in threads like this, and really
don't care whether or not Word has a 'tab feature' (unless I'm forced to use
such a thing against my will) but ...

... the equivalent of worksheet tabs in Excel is *not* document tabs in
Word. The Excel equivalent of a Document is a Work*Book* and Excel does not
have workbook tabs. It is just as awkward - or just as easy, depending on
your point of view - to work with multiple workbooks in Excel as it is to
work with multiple documents in Word. In fact, if anything, I would say it
is probably easier to navigate a document in Word than it is to navigate a
workbook in Excel.


Exactly right. This is the nth-millionth time I have seen this request in
the last 5 years, and every single time people fail to realize that the tabs
in Excel represent different Worksheets within a single workbook, and not
different Workbooks within the Excel application. I guess the only way that
Word could work like Excel is if Word had tabs to represent pages within the
document.... But that makes no sense! Hence, no tab!

You can't compare apples and oranges...