When I Select "Open" from the File menu, the open File dialogue window fills
my whole screen. I cannot resize the window - there is no Maximize / Reduce
Down button, nor a minimize buton on the window title bar - only the Close
button and a question mark Button. (Same problem in Excel.) The window used
to be smaller and I could resize the window.

Double-click the title bar.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Turtle-Tom" wrote in message
...
When I Select "Open" from the File menu, the open File dialogue window
fills
my whole screen. I cannot resize the window - there is no Maximize /
Reduce
Down button, nor a minimize buton on the window title bar - only the
Close
button and a question mark Button. (Same problem in Excel.) The window
used
to be smaller and I could resize the window.

If it's about Word 2007, he's right: when you press Open button, the dialog
box is about 17.5 cm x 11 cm; the dialog box has the right-bottom corner
suggesting you can resize the window, but you cannot do this. Double-click
switch from the original size to maximized and viceversa, but you can't
resize the Open dialog box window.

I tried with ALT+Spacebar, I can access the Size command, but you still
cannot resize the Open dialog box.

John Sandu



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Double-click the title bar.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Turtle-Tom" wrote in message
...
When I Select "Open" from the File menu, the open File dialogue window
fills
my whole screen. I cannot resize the window - there is no Maximize /
Reduce
Down button, nor a minimize buton on the window title bar - only the
Close
button and a question mark Button. (Same problem in Excel.) The window
used
to be smaller and I could resize the window.

Send a frownie if this bothers you (it would me), and if it has the stripes
indicating it should be resizable, its not being is definitely a bug.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"John Sandu" wrote in message
...
If it's about Word 2007, he's right: when you press Open button, the
dialog
box is about 17.5 cm x 11 cm; the dialog box has the right-bottom corner
suggesting you can resize the window, but you cannot do this. Double-click
switch from the original size to maximized and viceversa, but you can't
resize the Open dialog box window.

I tried with ALT+Spacebar, I can access the Size command, but you still
cannot resize the Open dialog box.

John Sandu



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Double-click the title bar.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Turtle-Tom" wrote in message
...
When I Select "Open" from the File menu, the open File dialogue window
fills
my whole screen. I cannot resize the window - there is no Maximize /
Reduce
Down button, nor a minimize buton on the window title bar - only the
Close
button and a question mark Button. (Same problem in Excel.) The
window
used
to be smaller and I could resize the window.

That did the trick - thanks Suzanne; I thought I had tried everything, but
not that.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Double-click the title bar.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Turtle-Tom" wrote in message
...
When I Select "Open" from the File menu, the open File dialogue window
fills
my whole screen. I cannot resize the window - there is no Maximize /
Reduce
Down button, nor a minimize buton on the window title bar - only the
Close
button and a question mark Button. (Same problem in Excel.) The window
used
to be smaller and I could resize the window.