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File Minimization and Word
I posted a similar message on the Windows 2000 board, but I have not
received any responses. The problem is this: of late, when I minimize a file in Outlook Express, Excel, or Word, I can only retrieve/expand this file by minimizing the program (e.g., O.E., Word, etc.), which brings me to the desktop where I then can expand the file from the desktop toolbar at the bottom of the screen. Of course, in Word one can go to the Windows tab where a drop-down menu will tell you what Word files are open. For some reason, I also think that these non-active files also appeared at the bottom of the screen, but don't hold me to this. This is not exclusively a Word problem, but I am hoping that there is someone out there who can describe this problem for me, and provide a remedy. Gordon Biggar Houston, Texas |
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File Minimization and Word
It sounds as if you have the Taskbar set to auto hide and it's not popping
up when you mouse over the bottom of the screen. I experience this behavior routinely when I use the Microsoft Office Picture Manager. It is very infuriating. Usually the desired behavior will return after I've closed MOPM, but if it doesn't you can turn auto hide off and then back on. -- 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. "G.G. Biggar, Jr." wrote in message ... I posted a similar message on the Windows 2000 board, but I have not received any responses. The problem is this: of late, when I minimize a file in Outlook Express, Excel, or Word, I can only retrieve/expand this file by minimizing the program (e.g., O.E., Word, etc.), which brings me to the desktop where I then can expand the file from the desktop toolbar at the bottom of the screen. Of course, in Word one can go to the Windows tab where a drop-down menu will tell you what Word files are open. For some reason, I also think that these non-active files also appeared at the bottom of the screen, but don't hold me to this. This is not exclusively a Word problem, but I am hoping that there is someone out there who can describe this problem for me, and provide a remedy. Gordon Biggar Houston, Texas |
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File Minimization and Word
SSB --
I tried the Auto Hide route (i.e., on-off), but it does not seem to reverse the situation. 'Tis very frustrating. It's as if all the minimizations are routed directly to the toolbar on the desktop, bypassing the toolbar at the bottom of the program screen. I'll keep searching! Gordon Biggar "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It sounds as if you have the Taskbar set to auto hide and it's not popping up when you mouse over the bottom of the screen. I experience this behavior routinely when I use the Microsoft Office Picture Manager. It is very infuriating. Usually the desired behavior will return after I've closed MOPM, but if it doesn't you can turn auto hide off and then back on. -- 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. "G.G. Biggar, Jr." wrote in message ... I posted a similar message on the Windows 2000 board, but I have not received any responses. The problem is this: of late, when I minimize a file in Outlook Express, Excel, or Word, I can only retrieve/expand this file by minimizing the program (e.g., O.E., Word, etc.), which brings me to the desktop where I then can expand the file from the desktop toolbar at the bottom of the screen. Of course, in Word one can go to the Windows tab where a drop-down menu will tell you what Word files are open. For some reason, I also think that these non-active files also appeared at the bottom of the screen, but don't hold me to this. This is not exclusively a Word problem, but I am hoping that there is someone out there who can describe this problem for me, and provide a remedy. Gordon Biggar Houston, Texas |
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File Minimization and Word
I don't understand what you mean by "the toolbar at the bottom of the
program screen." Word documents appear as separate buttons on the Windows Taskbar, and they are listed on the Window menu in Word, but I'm not aware of anywhere else that they can be selected. -- 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. "G.G. Biggar, Jr." wrote in message ... SSB -- I tried the Auto Hide route (i.e., on-off), but it does not seem to reverse the situation. 'Tis very frustrating. It's as if all the minimizations are routed directly to the toolbar on the desktop, bypassing the toolbar at the bottom of the program screen. I'll keep searching! Gordon Biggar "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It sounds as if you have the Taskbar set to auto hide and it's not popping up when you mouse over the bottom of the screen. I experience this behavior routinely when I use the Microsoft Office Picture Manager. It is very infuriating. Usually the desired behavior will return after I've closed MOPM, but if it doesn't you can turn auto hide off and then back on. -- 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. "G.G. Biggar, Jr." wrote in message ... I posted a similar message on the Windows 2000 board, but I have not received any responses. The problem is this: of late, when I minimize a file in Outlook Express, Excel, or Word, I can only retrieve/expand this file by minimizing the program (e.g., O.E., Word, etc.), which brings me to the desktop where I then can expand the file from the desktop toolbar at the bottom of the screen. Of course, in Word one can go to the Windows tab where a drop-down menu will tell you what Word files are open. For some reason, I also think that these non-active files also appeared at the bottom of the screen, but don't hold me to this. This is not exclusively a Word problem, but I am hoping that there is someone out there who can describe this problem for me, and provide a remedy. Gordon Biggar Houston, Texas |
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File Minimization and Word
It's my loose terminology.... If I have three Word programs running
simultaneously, I can use the Windows tab in Word to bring up one of the other two minimized programs. Or, I have to minimize Word (to take me back to the desktop) in order to view the two "buttons" on the taskbar (Startup? Windows?) at the bottom of the screen. Does this make more sense? Although I don't normally run more than two Word programs at one time, it seems that the "button" for the minimized program could always be accessed from within Word itself. Perhaps not? GGB "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I don't understand what you mean by "the toolbar at the bottom of the program screen." Word documents appear as separate buttons on the Windows Taskbar, and they are listed on the Window menu in Word, but I'm not aware of anywhere else that they can be selected. -- 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. "G.G. Biggar, Jr." wrote in message ... SSB -- I tried the Auto Hide route (i.e., on-off), but it does not seem to reverse the situation. 'Tis very frustrating. It's as if all the minimizations are routed directly to the toolbar on the desktop, bypassing the toolbar at the bottom of the program screen. I'll keep searching! Gordon Biggar "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It sounds as if you have the Taskbar set to auto hide and it's not popping up when you mouse over the bottom of the screen. I experience this behavior routinely when I use the Microsoft Office Picture Manager. It is very infuriating. Usually the desired behavior will return after I've closed MOPM, but if it doesn't you can turn auto hide off and then back on. -- 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. "G.G. Biggar, Jr." wrote in message ... I posted a similar message on the Windows 2000 board, but I have not received any responses. The problem is this: of late, when I minimize a file in Outlook Express, Excel, or Word, I can only retrieve/expand this file by minimizing the program (e.g., O.E., Word, etc.), which brings me to the desktop where I then can expand the file from the desktop toolbar at the bottom of the screen. Of course, in Word one can go to the Windows tab where a drop-down menu will tell you what Word files are open. For some reason, I also think that these non-active files also appeared at the bottom of the screen, but don't hold me to this. This is not exclusively a Word problem, but I am hoping that there is someone out there who can describe this problem for me, and provide a remedy. Gordon Biggar Houston, Texas |
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File Minimization and Word
You need to change the settings for the Windows Taskbar, which appears to be
what you are describing: If you check the box for "Always on top," then you will be able to see it no matter how many windows you have maximized. And if you check the box for "Auto hide," it will get out of your way except when you need it and appear only when you mouse over the bottom of the screen. To change the settings, right-click on an empty area of the Taskbar and choose Properties from the shortcut menu. Also, note that you are not running more than one Word "program." It's just that in Word 2000 and above, each Word document (by default) is displayed in a separate window (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/SDIMDI.htm). -- 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. "G.G. Biggar, Jr." wrote in message ... It's my loose terminology.... If I have three Word programs running simultaneously, I can use the Windows tab in Word to bring up one of the other two minimized programs. Or, I have to minimize Word (to take me back to the desktop) in order to view the two "buttons" on the taskbar (Startup? Windows?) at the bottom of the screen. Does this make more sense? Although I don't normally run more than two Word programs at one time, it seems that the "button" for the minimized program could always be accessed from within Word itself. Perhaps not? GGB "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I don't understand what you mean by "the toolbar at the bottom of the program screen." Word documents appear as separate buttons on the Windows Taskbar, and they are listed on the Window menu in Word, but I'm not aware of anywhere else that they can be selected. -- 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. "G.G. Biggar, Jr." wrote in message ... SSB -- I tried the Auto Hide route (i.e., on-off), but it does not seem to reverse the situation. 'Tis very frustrating. It's as if all the minimizations are routed directly to the toolbar on the desktop, bypassing the toolbar at the bottom of the program screen. I'll keep searching! Gordon Biggar "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It sounds as if you have the Taskbar set to auto hide and it's not popping up when you mouse over the bottom of the screen. I experience this behavior routinely when I use the Microsoft Office Picture Manager. It is very infuriating. Usually the desired behavior will return after I've closed MOPM, but if it doesn't you can turn auto hide off and then back on. -- 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. "G.G. Biggar, Jr." wrote in message ... I posted a similar message on the Windows 2000 board, but I have not received any responses. The problem is this: of late, when I minimize a file in Outlook Express, Excel, or Word, I can only retrieve/expand this file by minimizing the program (e.g., O.E., Word, etc.), which brings me to the desktop where I then can expand the file from the desktop toolbar at the bottom of the screen. Of course, in Word one can go to the Windows tab where a drop-down menu will tell you what Word files are open. For some reason, I also think that these non-active files also appeared at the bottom of the screen, but don't hold me to this. This is not exclusively a Word problem, but I am hoping that there is someone out there who can describe this problem for me, and provide a remedy. Gordon Biggar Houston, Texas |
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File Minimization and Word
Not. When you minimise a document, it minimises to the Task Bar. If you have
several documents open and minimise them to the Taskbar, you can only Restore/Maximise them from the Taskbar unlike other applications that minimise open documents into the bottom of their own Window (such as Photoshop). If you still have a document open, you can use the Windows menu in Word to select one of the minimized documents too. -- Terry Farrell - Word MVP http://word.mvps.org/ "G.G. Biggar, Jr." wrote in message ... It's my loose terminology.... If I have three Word programs running simultaneously, I can use the Windows tab in Word to bring up one of the other two minimized programs. Or, I have to minimize Word (to take me back to the desktop) in order to view the two "buttons" on the taskbar (Startup? Windows?) at the bottom of the screen. Does this make more sense? Although I don't normally run more than two Word programs at one time, it seems that the "button" for the minimized program could always be accessed from within Word itself. Perhaps not? GGB "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I don't understand what you mean by "the toolbar at the bottom of the program screen." Word documents appear as separate buttons on the Windows Taskbar, and they are listed on the Window menu in Word, but I'm not aware of anywhere else that they can be selected. -- 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. "G.G. Biggar, Jr." wrote in message ... SSB -- I tried the Auto Hide route (i.e., on-off), but it does not seem to reverse the situation. 'Tis very frustrating. It's as if all the minimizations are routed directly to the toolbar on the desktop, bypassing the toolbar at the bottom of the program screen. I'll keep searching! Gordon Biggar "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It sounds as if you have the Taskbar set to auto hide and it's not popping up when you mouse over the bottom of the screen. I experience this behavior routinely when I use the Microsoft Office Picture Manager. It is very infuriating. Usually the desired behavior will return after I've closed MOPM, but if it doesn't you can turn auto hide off and then back on. -- 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. "G.G. Biggar, Jr." wrote in message ... I posted a similar message on the Windows 2000 board, but I have not received any responses. The problem is this: of late, when I minimize a file in Outlook Express, Excel, or Word, I can only retrieve/expand this file by minimizing the program (e.g., O.E., Word, etc.), which brings me to the desktop where I then can expand the file from the desktop toolbar at the bottom of the screen. Of course, in Word one can go to the Windows tab where a drop-down menu will tell you what Word files are open. For some reason, I also think that these non-active files also appeared at the bottom of the screen, but don't hold me to this. This is not exclusively a Word problem, but I am hoping that there is someone out there who can describe this problem for me, and provide a remedy. Gordon Biggar Houston, Texas |
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File Minimization and Word
Sometimes, I know that I know less as I become older...
For example, by applying "Show on Top" (via Windows task bar/Properties), all of my minimized files now appear within Word, O.E., etc. Of course, they all appear at the bottom of the screen (where they were before), but who am I to question where Microsoft puts them? Again, Suzanne, my verbalization was incorrect. I should have said that "if I have three Word files running simultaneously..." Please accept my apologies for confusing the issue -- again. You may or may not recall that about two years ago you guided me through the publishing feat of placing pictures within frames in a book that I was writing at the time on the restoration of Model "A" Ford carburetors. It was published two summers ago (75 pages of text with 95 photographs). The publisher didn't understand how I could have composed it in Word. I have tried to learn QuarkExpress since, but I still have an affinity for Word, particularly when there is such an outstanding news group to fall back on! Thanks all for your assistance. Regards, Gordon Biggar Houston, Texas "G.G. Biggar, Jr." wrote in message ... It's my loose terminology.... If I have three Word programs running simultaneously, I can use the Windows tab in Word to bring up one of the other two minimized programs. Or, I have to minimize Word (to take me back to the desktop) in order to view the two "buttons" on the taskbar (Startup? Windows?) at the bottom of the screen. Does this make more sense? Although I don't normally run more than two Word programs at one time, it seems that the "button" for the minimized program could always be accessed from within Word itself. Perhaps not? GGB "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I don't understand what you mean by "the toolbar at the bottom of the program screen." Word documents appear as separate buttons on the Windows Taskbar, and they are listed on the Window menu in Word, but I'm not aware of anywhere else that they can be selected. -- 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. "G.G. Biggar, Jr." wrote in message ... SSB -- I tried the Auto Hide route (i.e., on-off), but it does not seem to reverse the situation. 'Tis very frustrating. It's as if all the minimizations are routed directly to the toolbar on the desktop, bypassing the toolbar at the bottom of the program screen. I'll keep searching! Gordon Biggar "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It sounds as if you have the Taskbar set to auto hide and it's not popping up when you mouse over the bottom of the screen. I experience this behavior routinely when I use the Microsoft Office Picture Manager. It is very infuriating. Usually the desired behavior will return after I've closed MOPM, but if it doesn't you can turn auto hide off and then back on. -- 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. "G.G. Biggar, Jr." wrote in message ... I posted a similar message on the Windows 2000 board, but I have not received any responses. The problem is this: of late, when I minimize a file in Outlook Express, Excel, or Word, I can only retrieve/expand this file by minimizing the program (e.g., O.E., Word, etc.), which brings me to the desktop where I then can expand the file from the desktop toolbar at the bottom of the screen. Of course, in Word one can go to the Windows tab where a drop-down menu will tell you what Word files are open. For some reason, I also think that these non-active files also appeared at the bottom of the screen, but don't hold me to this. This is not exclusively a Word problem, but I am hoping that there is someone out there who can describe this problem for me, and provide a remedy. Gordon Biggar Houston, Texas |
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File Minimization and Word
Always glad to help.
-- 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. "G.G. Biggar, Jr." wrote in message ... Sometimes, I know that I know less as I become older... For example, by applying "Show on Top" (via Windows task bar/Properties), all of my minimized files now appear within Word, O.E., etc. Of course, they all appear at the bottom of the screen (where they were before), but who am I to question where Microsoft puts them? Again, Suzanne, my verbalization was incorrect. I should have said that "if I have three Word files running simultaneously..." Please accept my apologies for confusing the issue -- again. You may or may not recall that about two years ago you guided me through the publishing feat of placing pictures within frames in a book that I was writing at the time on the restoration of Model "A" Ford carburetors. It was published two summers ago (75 pages of text with 95 photographs). The publisher didn't understand how I could have composed it in Word. I have tried to learn QuarkExpress since, but I still have an affinity for Word, particularly when there is such an outstanding news group to fall back on! Thanks all for your assistance. Regards, Gordon Biggar Houston, Texas "G.G. Biggar, Jr." wrote in message ... It's my loose terminology.... If I have three Word programs running simultaneously, I can use the Windows tab in Word to bring up one of the other two minimized programs. Or, I have to minimize Word (to take me back to the desktop) in order to view the two "buttons" on the taskbar (Startup? Windows?) at the bottom of the screen. Does this make more sense? Although I don't normally run more than two Word programs at one time, it seems that the "button" for the minimized program could always be accessed from within Word itself. Perhaps not? GGB "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I don't understand what you mean by "the toolbar at the bottom of the program screen." Word documents appear as separate buttons on the Windows Taskbar, and they are listed on the Window menu in Word, but I'm not aware of anywhere else that they can be selected. -- 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. "G.G. Biggar, Jr." wrote in message ... SSB -- I tried the Auto Hide route (i.e., on-off), but it does not seem to reverse the situation. 'Tis very frustrating. It's as if all the minimizations are routed directly to the toolbar on the desktop, bypassing the toolbar at the bottom of the program screen. I'll keep searching! Gordon Biggar "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It sounds as if you have the Taskbar set to auto hide and it's not popping up when you mouse over the bottom of the screen. I experience this behavior routinely when I use the Microsoft Office Picture Manager. It is very infuriating. Usually the desired behavior will return after I've closed MOPM, but if it doesn't you can turn auto hide off and then back on. -- 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. "G.G. Biggar, Jr." wrote in message ... I posted a similar message on the Windows 2000 board, but I have not received any responses. The problem is this: of late, when I minimize a file in Outlook Express, Excel, or Word, I can only retrieve/expand this file by minimizing the program (e.g., O.E., Word, etc.), which brings me to the desktop where I then can expand the file from the desktop toolbar at the bottom of the screen. Of course, in Word one can go to the Windows tab where a drop-down menu will tell you what Word files are open. For some reason, I also think that these non-active files also appeared at the bottom of the screen, but don't hold me to this. This is not exclusively a Word problem, but I am hoping that there is someone out there who can describe this problem for me, and provide a remedy. Gordon Biggar Houston, Texas |
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