Hi.

I just upgraded from Office 97 to Office 2000. I've resisted this a long
time, but I found out this week (yeah, delay huh?) that when copying text and
images from the net Word 2000 will register and paste them, where 97 will
just create an empty image box.

Anyway... The main reason I resisted upgrading so long is the damn annoying
thing Word 2000 has of when you open or create a new document, it creates a
new word window. I find this extremely irritating, and I liked the way 97
opened new documents in the same window but allowed you to resize them.

Is there any way to get Word 2000 to open documents like Word 97 in the same
window? Any way at all? Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

WanderingElf

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Hi.

I just upgraded from Office 97 to Office 2000. I've resisted this a
long time, but I found out this week (yeah, delay huh?) that when
copying text and images from the net Word 2000 will register and paste
them, where 97 will just create an empty image box.

Anyway... The main reason I resisted upgrading so long is the damn
annoying thing Word 2000 has of when you open or create a new
document, it creates a new word window. I find this extremely
irritating, and I liked the way 97 opened new documents in the same
window but allowed you to resize them.

Is there any way to get Word 2000 to open documents like Word 97 in
the same window? Any way at all? Any help would be appreciated,
thanks.

WanderingElf

I don't have that problem with office 2k, but recall something in the
preferences menus I think. try looking there.

--
"Time will bring to light whatever is hidden;
it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."
Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet.

Mike

I don't have that problem with office 2k, but recall something in the
preferences menus I think. try looking there.

Hi. I looked in all the preferences I could find and don't see anything
about telling it to open new documents as 'sub-windows' (no idea the real
term) rather than completely new ones. Can you be any clearer on where I
should look? Thanks.

On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:49:04 -0800, WanderingElf
wrote:

Hi.

I just upgraded from Office 97 to Office 2000. I've resisted this a long
time, but I found out this week (yeah, delay huh?) that when copying text and
images from the net Word 2000 will register and paste them, where 97 will
just create an empty image box.

Anyway... The main reason I resisted upgrading so long is the damn annoying
thing Word 2000 has of when you open or create a new document, it creates a
new word window. I find this extremely irritating, and I liked the way 97
opened new documents in the same window but allowed you to resize them.

Is there any way to get Word 2000 to open documents like Word 97 in the same
window? Any way at all? Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

WanderingElf

Well, sort maybe... go to
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/SDIMDI.htm and click the
link in the next-to-last paragraph ("You can download it from here").

What I don't understand is why you upgraded from one obsolete version
of Word to another obsolete version. Why not use Word 2002 (XP), which
is itself one version out of date? That has the option to open new
windows either way.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Thanks, I'll go look it up.

Office 2000 is the disk I have, I don't have 2002 or anything higher. I've
seen Word 2002, but not used it. I'm not sure I understand what you meant -
Word 2002 has the option to open documents in a new window or inside the
current one?

Well, sort maybe... go to
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/SDIMDI.htm and click the
link in the next-to-last paragraph ("You can download it from here").

What I don't understand is why you upgraded from one obsolete version
of Word to another obsolete version. Why not use Word 2002 (XP), which
is itself one version out of date? That has the option to open new
windows either way.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

I downloaded the little plug-in, but all it does is stop the multiple window
problem. I still can't view all my open documents at the same time because
there's no resize or minimize buttons on the new documents. Thanks for the
help though.

So Word 2002 lets you choose the 'open in new window' or 'open in same
window' option huh? Will have to go look for someone I know with that so I
can play.

Well, sort maybe... go to
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/SDIMDI.htm and click the
link in the next-to-last paragraph ("You can download it from here").

What I don't understand is why you upgraded from one obsolete version
of Word to another obsolete version. Why not use Word 2002 (XP), which
is itself one version out of date? That has the option to open new
windows either way.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Yes, in Word 2002 or 2003, the option is on the Tools Options View
dialog, and it's labeled "Windows in Taskbar". When the option is unchecked,
it behaves like Word 97 (multiple documents in one window); when it's
checked, it behaves like Word 2000 (separate window for each document).

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

WanderingElf wrote:
I downloaded the little plug-in, but all it does is stop the multiple
window problem. I still can't view all my open documents at the same
time because there's no resize or minimize buttons on the new
documents. Thanks for the help though.

So Word 2002 lets you choose the 'open in new window' or 'open in same
window' option huh? Will have to go look for someone I know with
that so I can play.

Well, sort maybe... go to
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/SDIMDI.htm and click the
link in the next-to-last paragraph ("You can download it from here").

What I don't understand is why you upgraded from one obsolete version
of Word to another obsolete version. Why not use Word 2002 (XP),
which is itself one version out of date? That has the option to open
new windows either way.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org