[Clueless in Seattle[_2_]]

I have a number of documents open at the same time in Word 2003, each
document in its own window.

I'd like to be able to minimize them all at once.

Is there a command for this?

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

You could right-click the taskbar and choose the Show the desktop
command. Of course, that would minimize all open windows, not just your
Word documents.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



On 2012-01-25 17:09 (GMT+1), Clueless in Seattle wrote:
I have a number of documents open at the same time in Word 2003, each
document in its own window.

I'd like to be able to minimize them all at once.

Is there a command for this?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The Show Desktop button is a Windows XP thing (though there's a sort of
equivalent in Windows 7). In Windows 7, the quick way to do this (which it's
disconcertingly easy to do inadvertently) is to "park" the mouse in the
bottom right corner. Useful if you're playing a game on company time and the
boss comes up behind you!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
You could right-click the taskbar and choose the Show the desktop command.
Of course, that would minimize all open windows, not just your Word
documents.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



On 2012-01-25 17:09 (GMT+1), Clueless in Seattle wrote:
I have a number of documents open at the same time in Word 2003, each
document in its own window.

I'd like to be able to minimize them all at once.

Is there a command for this?

[Peter T. Daniels]

I just tried it -- simply going there gives a popup "Show desktop."
You have to click the vertical rectangle at the end of the taskbar to
actually do it. (Never knew that.)

On Jan 28, 11:57*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
The Show Desktop button is a Windows XP thing (though there's a sort of
equivalent in Windows 7). In Windows 7, the quick way to do this (which it's
disconcertingly easy to do inadvertently) is to "park" the mouse in the
bottom right corner. Useful if you're playing a game on company time and the
boss comes up behind you!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message

...



You could right-click the taskbar and choose the Show the desktop command.
Of course, that would minimize all open windows, not just your Word
documents.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

On 2012-01-25 17:09 (GMT+1), Clueless in Seattle wrote:
I have a number of documents open at the same time in Word 2003, each
document in its own window.

I'd like to be able to minimize them all at once.

Is there a command for this?-

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

Thanks for the tip. However, using the context menu for the taskbar does
work in Windows 7 as well.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



On 2012-01-29 05:57 (GMT+1), Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
The Show Desktop button is a Windows XP thing (though there's a sort of
equivalent in Windows 7). In Windows 7, the quick way to do this (which
it's disconcertingly easy to do inadvertently) is to "park" the mouse in
the bottom right corner. Useful if you're playing a game on company time
and the boss comes up behind you!

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It depends on your settings. I don't have my Windows 7 laptop on right now,
but there is definitely an Options setting about whether or not this happens
automatically, and I can attest that I have more than once been startled by
having all my windows disappear without any action on my part other than
moving the mouse.

Well, okay, according to
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...dows-7-taskbar,
mousing over the button apparently just makes the windows transparent, so
maybe I'm wrong.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message
...
I just tried it -- simply going there gives a popup "Show desktop."
You have to click the vertical rectangle at the end of the taskbar to
actually do it. (Never knew that.)

On Jan 28, 11:57 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
The Show Desktop button is a Windows XP thing (though there's a sort of
equivalent in Windows 7). In Windows 7, the quick way to do this (which
it's
disconcertingly easy to do inadvertently) is to "park" the mouse in the
bottom right corner. Useful if you're playing a game on company time and
the
boss comes up behind you!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message

...



You could right-click the taskbar and choose the Show the desktop
command.
Of course, that would minimize all open windows, not just your Word
documents.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

On 2012-01-25 17:09 (GMT+1), Clueless in Seattle wrote:
I have a number of documents open at the same time in Word 2003, each
document in its own window.

I'd like to be able to minimize them all at once.

Is there a command for this?-

[Peter T. Daniels]

What an annoyingly chattily written page!

But no, there's no fadeout at the Show desktop button. Windows+Space,
however, does do it.

On Jan 29, 8:19*am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
It depends on your settings. I don't have my Windows 7 laptop on right now,
but there is definitely an Options setting about whether or not this happens
automatically, and I can attest that I have more than once been startled by
having all my windows disappear without any action on my part other than
moving the mouse.

Well, okay, according tohttp://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/help/better-stronger-fast...,
mousing over the button apparently just makes the windows transparent, so
maybe I'm wrong.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in ...
I just tried it -- simply going there gives a popup "Show desktop."
You have to click the vertical rectangle at the end of the taskbar to
actually do it. (Never knew that.)

On Jan 28, 11:57 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:



The Show Desktop button is a Windows XP thing (though there's a sort of
equivalent in Windows 7). In Windows 7, the quick way to do this (which
it's
disconcertingly easy to do inadvertently) is to "park" the mouse in the
bottom right corner. Useful if you're playing a game on company time and
the
boss comes up behind you!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message

...

You could right-click the taskbar and choose the Show the desktop
command.
Of course, that would minimize all open windows, not just your Word
documents.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

On 2012-01-25 17:09 (GMT+1), Clueless in Seattle wrote:
I have a number of documents open at the same time in Word 2003, each
document in its own window.

I'd like to be able to minimize them all at once.

Is there a command for this?--

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

You can "preview" the desktop by resting the mouse pointer in the bottom
right corner of the taskbar assuming that the "Use Aero Peek to preview
the desktop" option is selected in the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties
dialog box. No doubt this is equivalent to the keyboard shortcut you
mentioned.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



On 2012-01-29 14:27 (GMT+1), Peter T. Daniels wrote:
What an annoyingly chattily written page!

But no, there's no fadeout at the Show desktop button. Windows+Space,
however, does do it.

On Jan 29, 8:19 am, "Suzanne S. wrote:
It depends on your settings. I don't have my Windows 7 laptop on right now,
but there is definitely an Options setting about whether or not this happens
automatically, and I can attest that I have more than once been startled by
having all my windows disappear without any action on my part other than
moving the mouse.

Well, okay, according tohttp://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/help/better-stronger-fast...,
mousing over the button apparently just makes the windows transparent, so
maybe I'm wrong.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. wrote in ...
I just tried it -- simply going there gives a popup "Show desktop."
You have to click the vertical rectangle at the end of the taskbar to
actually do it. (Never knew that.)

On Jan 28, 11:57 pm, "Suzanne S. wrote:



The Show Desktop button is a Windows XP thing (though there's a sort of
equivalent in Windows 7). In Windows 7, the quick way to do this (which
it's
disconcertingly easy to do inadvertently) is to "park" the mouse in the
bottom right corner. Useful if you're playing a game on company time and
the
boss comes up behind you!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Stefan wrote in message

...

You could right-click the taskbar and choose the Show the desktop
command.
Of course, that would minimize all open windows, not just your Word
documents.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

On 2012-01-25 17:09 (GMT+1), Clueless in Seattle wrote:
I have a number of documents open at the same time in Word 2003, each
document in its own window.

I'd like to be able to minimize them all at once.

Is there a command for this?--

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Ah, I knew there was a setting somewhere.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
You can "preview" the desktop by resting the mouse pointer in the bottom
right corner of the taskbar assuming that the "Use Aero Peek to preview
the desktop" option is selected in the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties
dialog box. No doubt this is equivalent to the keyboard shortcut you
mentioned.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



On 2012-01-29 14:27 (GMT+1), Peter T. Daniels wrote:
What an annoyingly chattily written page!

But no, there's no fadeout at the Show desktop button. Windows+Space,
however, does do it.

On Jan 29, 8:19 am, "Suzanne S. wrote:
It depends on your settings. I don't have my Windows 7 laptop on right
now,
but there is definitely an Options setting about whether or not this
happens
automatically, and I can attest that I have more than once been startled
by
having all my windows disappear without any action on my part other than
moving the mouse.

Well, okay, according
tohttp://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/help/better-stronger-fast...,
mousing over the button apparently just makes the windows transparent,
so
maybe I'm wrong.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. wrote in
...
I just tried it -- simply going there gives a popup "Show desktop."
You have to click the vertical rectangle at the end of the taskbar to
actually do it. (Never knew that.)

On Jan 28, 11:57 pm, "Suzanne S. wrote:



The Show Desktop button is a Windows XP thing (though there's a sort of
equivalent in Windows 7). In Windows 7, the quick way to do this (which
it's
disconcertingly easy to do inadvertently) is to "park" the mouse in the
bottom right corner. Useful if you're playing a game on company time
and
the
boss comes up behind you!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Stefan wrote in message

...

You could right-click the taskbar and choose the Show the desktop
command.
Of course, that would minimize all open windows, not just your Word
documents.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

On 2012-01-25 17:09 (GMT+1), Clueless in Seattle wrote:
I have a number of documents open at the same time in Word 2003, each
document in its own window.

I'd like to be able to minimize them all at once.

Is there a command for this?--

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

I actually discovered it by mistake when I was trying to find an option
that controls the previews of applications when you rest the mouse on
their respective icons on the taskbar...

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



On 2012-01-29 17:53 (GMT+1), Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Ah, I knew there was a setting somewhere.

[Peter T. Daniels]

I wish there were a way to turn that off -- assuming that you mean,
whenever the cursor happens to get near one of the window boxes in the
taskbar, a mini-window pops up, obscuring the bottom of what you're
working on.

Which would seem to indicate that that control you're talking about
_is_ activated ...

On Jan 29, 12:47*pm, Stefan Blom
wrote:
I actually discovered it by mistake when I was trying to find an option
that controls the previews of applications when you rest the mouse on
their respective icons on the taskbar...

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

On 2012-01-29 17:53 (GMT+1), Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:



Ah, I knew there was a setting somewhere.-

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

My thought exactly. So far I haven't found a way to disable that
annoying preview, though. :-(

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



On 2012-01-29 19:31 (GMT+1), Peter T. Daniels wrote:
I wish there were a way to turn that off -- assuming that you mean,
whenever the cursor happens to get near one of the window boxes in the
taskbar, a mini-window pops up, obscuring the bottom of what you're
working on.

Which would seem to indicate that that control you're talking about
_is_ activated ...

On Jan 29, 12:47 pm, Stefan Blom
wrote:
I actually discovered it by mistake when I was trying to find an option
that controls the previews of applications when you rest the mouse on
their respective icons on the taskbar...

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

On 2012-01-29 17:53 (GMT+1), Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:



Ah, I knew there was a setting somewhere.-

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I think you have to disable Aero Peek entirely:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/5473/...-in-windows-7/

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
My thought exactly. So far I haven't found a way to disable that annoying
preview, though. :-(

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



On 2012-01-29 19:31 (GMT+1), Peter T. Daniels wrote:
I wish there were a way to turn that off -- assuming that you mean,
whenever the cursor happens to get near one of the window boxes in the
taskbar, a mini-window pops up, obscuring the bottom of what you're
working on.

Which would seem to indicate that that control you're talking about
_is_ activated ...

On Jan 29, 12:47 pm, Stefan Blom
wrote:
I actually discovered it by mistake when I was trying to find an option
that controls the previews of applications when you rest the mouse on
their respective icons on the taskbar...

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

On 2012-01-29 17:53 (GMT+1), Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:



Ah, I knew there was a setting somewhere.-

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

Thank you very much for the tip (and for solving the mystery)!

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



On 2012-01-29 23:41 (GMT+1), Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
I think you have to disable Aero Peek entirely:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/5473/...-in-windows-7/

[Clueless in Seattle[_2_]]

On Jan 28, 11:32*am, Stefan Blom
wrote:
You could right-click the taskbar and choose the Show the desktop
command. Of course, that would minimize all open windows, not just your
Word documents.

Thanks for the reply, Stefan.

In my original query I'm afraid I wasn't very clear in explaining what
it is I would like to Word 2003 to do for me. So, let me try again:

First off, I don't want to minimize the Word 2003 program window. I
want to leave that open on my desktop.

Within that window I have a number of Word document files opened in
the "Restore" view." These files are members of a set of files that I
use every day. I keep the files in a single folder and open them all
at once by selecting them all in Windows Explorer, right clicking and
then clicking on "Open." I end up with all of the files opened in
"Restore" view in the Word 2003 program window.

I'd like to be able to minimize all of them at once so that they would
appear at the bottom of the Word window as a set of buttons, similar
to the program buttons that appear on my Windows XP taskbar. But
instead of appearing on the taskbar, these buttons appear *inside* and
at the bottom of the Word 2003 program window on my desktop. Then I
can select which document I want to work on and click on its button.

I have a "Save All" button on one of my Word taskbars, and I'm hoping
there's a way to install a "Minimize All" button too.

Any hope for that?

Will in Seattle
a.k.a. "Clueless"

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

To keep all documents within a main Word window, you'd have to deselect
the "Windows in Taskbar" option in Tools | Options, View tab. Then you
should be able to minimize documents within the Word application window.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



On 2012-02-01 19:15 (GMT+1), Clueless in Seattle wrote:
On Jan 28, 11:32 am, Stefan Blom
wrote:
You could right-click the taskbar and choose the Show the desktop
command. Of course, that would minimize all open windows, not just your
Word documents.

Thanks for the reply, Stefan.

In my original query I'm afraid I wasn't very clear in explaining what
it is I would like to Word 2003 to do for me. So, let me try again:

First off, I don't want to minimize the Word 2003 program window. I
want to leave that open on my desktop.

Within that window I have a number of Word document files opened in
the "Restore" view." These files are members of a set of files that I
use every day. I keep the files in a single folder and open them all
at once by selecting them all in Windows Explorer, right clicking and
then clicking on "Open." I end up with all of the files opened in
"Restore" view in the Word 2003 program window.

I'd like to be able to minimize all of them at once so that they would
appear at the bottom of the Word window as a set of buttons, similar
to the program buttons that appear on my Windows XP taskbar. But
instead of appearing on the taskbar, these buttons appear *inside* and
at the bottom of the Word 2003 program window on my desktop. Then I
can select which document I want to work on and click on its button.

I have a "Save All" button on one of my Word taskbars, and I'm hoping
there's a way to install a "Minimize All" button too.

Any hope for that?

Will in Seattle
a.k.a. "Clueless"

[Clueless in Seattle[_2_]]

On Feb 1, 11:46*am, Stefan Blom
wrote:
To keepalldocuments within a main Word window, you'd have to deselect
the "Windows in Taskbar" option in Tools | Options, View tab. Then you
should be able tominimizedocuments within the Word application window.

Hi again, Stefan!

I do have my installation of Word 2003 set up so that I can keep all
my documents within a main window.

And when I click on the "Minimize" buttons of the individual
documents, they then appear as buttons at the bottom of the main Word
window.

What I'm after is a way to minimize them all at once, leaving the main
window empty, like a blank desktop, with the document buttons at the
bottom of the main window, instead of having to tediously go through
the documents one-by-one, clicking on the "Minimize" button of each
file.

Will in Seattle
a.k.a. "Clueless"

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

As far as I know, the only way to do this is via a macro.

Sub TestMacro()
Dim w As Window
For Each w In Application.Windows
w.WindowState = wdWindowStateMinimize
Next w
End Sub

For assistance, see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



On 2012-02-02 19:23 (GMT+1), Clueless in Seattle wrote:
On Feb 1, 11:46 am, Stefan
wrote:
To keepalldocuments within a main Word window, you'd have to deselect
the "Windows in Taskbar" option in Tools | Options, View tab. Then you
should be able tominimizedocuments within the Word application window.

Hi again, Stefan!

I do have my installation of Word 2003 set up so that I can keep all
my documents within a main window.

And when I click on the "Minimize" buttons of the individual
documents, they then appear as buttons at the bottom of the main Word
window.

What I'm after is a way to minimize them all at once, leaving the main
window empty, like a blank desktop, with the document buttons at the
bottom of the main window, instead of having to tediously go through
the documents one-by-one, clicking on the "Minimize" button of each
file.

Will in Seattle
a.k.a. "Clueless"