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What is the purpose of "normal" view where all is to the left?
I have been helping a senior citizen with Word (2004) version and he
wants to know why someone would use "normal" view as opposed to the third box view where things look as they will print. thanks for any help, Jennie |
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What is the purpose of "normal" view where all is to the left?
On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:54:53 -0700 (PDT), "Jennie R."
wrote: I have been helping a senior citizen with Word (2004) version and he wants to know why someone would use "normal" view as opposed to the third box view where things look as they will print. thanks for any help, Jennie When it first appeared in older versions of Word, that view was meant to put much less of a load on the processor; the full what-you-see-is-what-you-get view with constant repagination tended to swamp relatively slow processors. Computers built in the last five years or so have plenty of processor power to run in Print Layout view all the time. But some people prefer to use Normal view (Draft view in Word 2007) while writing early drafts of a document because it lets them concentrate on the prose and not get distracted by the formatting; the formatting gets done in a separate, later stage. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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What is the purpose of "normal" view where all is to the left?
On Sep 16, 4:49*pm, Jay Freedman wrote:
On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:54:53 -0700 (PDT), "Jennie R." wrote: I have been helping a senior citizen with Word (2004) version and he wants to know why someone would use "normal" view as opposed to the third box view where things look as they will print. thanks for any help, Jennie When it first appeared in older versions of Word, that view was meant to put much less of a load on the processor; the full what-you-see-is-what-you-get view with constant repagination tended to swamp relatively slow processors. Computers built in the last five years or so have plenty of processor power to run in Print Layout view all the time. But some people prefer to use Normal view (Draft view in Word 2007) while writing early drafts of a document because it lets them concentrate on the prose and not get distracted by the formatting; the formatting gets done in a separate, later stage. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP * * * *FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Thanks for that explanation Jay, I appreciate having something to tell him. ~~~~~~ Jennie |
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What is the purpose of "normal" view where all is to the left?
Although not in your question, the title suggests that your friend has text
lines of page width only, rather than using the full screen width. I can't speak for 2004 on the mac, but on the PC in Word 2003, go to Tools Options View tab, and check or uncheck "Wrap to window" in the Normal and Outline options section to see the difference. -- Enjoy, Tony www.WordArticles.com "Jennie R." wrote in message ... I have been helping a senior citizen with Word (2004) version and he wants to know why someone would use "normal" view as opposed to the third box view where things look as they will print. thanks for any help, Jennie |
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