[mso] Re: I want two MS Word doc screens on the go at the same time.

Roger:

Can you open two separate documents in two separate windows?

This reminds me of a change they made -- maybe between Word 97 and Word =
2000 or maybe between Word 6 and Word 7. They changed from multiple =
document interface to single document interface.

It used to be that all Word documents opened in a single workspace =
(MDI). Then they changed it so each document opened in a separate =
workspace (SDI). Instead of seeing one Word button in the task bar, we =
started seeing one button for each Word document.

Some liked it, some didn't.

If you see a separate button for each document, then you can open two =
separate windows and arrange them however you like. If you only see one =
button, then you're never going to have separate windows, no matter what =
you do. The best you can hope for is to tile them in the same window =
either horizontally or vertically.

I don't have Word 2003 running yet, so I don't know if you've got the =
option to see each document in a separate window. Hang on while I =
Google.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_document_interface

And everything I just read on the Web seems to indicate that Word 2003 =
opens documents in separate windows.

If you can't do that to start with, maybe your installation has been =
customized to override the default behavior?

And, at last, here's the MS Knowledgebase article that tells you how to =
open separate documents in separate windows -- or not.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291313/

I don't know if this will work in 2003, but here's a handy macro that =
positions open documents side-by-side (in separate windows).

~~~~~~~~~~

Sub SideBySide()
        =20
'Tiles the open documents side-by-side
        =20
Dim DocWin As Window
Dim WinWidth As Long
Dim WinLeft As Long
Dim DocCount As Long
        =20
DocCount =3D Application.Documents.Count
If DocCount < 6 Then
    WinWidth =3D Application.UsableWidth / DocCount
    WinLeft =3D 0
    For Each DocWin In Application.Windows
    With DocWin
        .Activate
        .WindowState =3D wdWindowStateNormal
        .Top =3D 0
        .Left =3D WinLeft
        .Height =3D Application.UsableHeight
        .Width =3D WinWidth
        WinLeft =3D WinLeft + WinWidth
    End With
    Next DocWin
End If

Set DocWin =3D Nothing

End Sub

~~~~~~~~~~

Bear
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