Viewing Page Margin Area

While reading the MVP FAQ site article called "Ruler of all you survey", I
found out that you can shift the viewable portion of the ruler to the left
(showing more of the dark area on the left that represents the page margin)
by pressing the shift key and clicking the right arrow on the horizontal
scroll bar.

This has the unexpected affect of shifting all the text on the screen to the
right (so it will stay under the white, "text area" of the ruler. I like
this new view. At least, I would like to use it for a while and see how that
works. Is there any way to force all word documents to open this way? I
tried using a macro in the AutoOpen module, but it doesn't seem to work.

Steve

Suzanne
Sat Feb 28 08:48:37 CST 2004

I don't know of any way, but if you like this more centered layout and have
Word 2002 or above, you might try using Print Layout view with white space
hidden. This gives you a continuous view of the document text (like Normal
view), but the WYSIWYGness of Print Layout, including the side margins.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
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"Steve Frye" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> While reading the MVP FAQ site article called "Ruler of all you survey", I
> found out that you can shift the viewable portion of the ruler to the left
> (showing more of the dark area on the left that represents the page
margin)
> by pressing the shift key and clicking the right arrow on the horizontal
> scroll bar.
>
> This has the unexpected affect of shifting all the text on the screen to
the
> right (so it will stay under the white, "text area" of the ruler. I like
> this new view. At least, I would like to use it for a while and see how
that
> works. Is there any way to force all word documents to open this way? I
> tried using a macro in the AutoOpen module, but it doesn't seem to work.
>
> Steve
>
>
>

Steve
Sat Feb 28 10:07:53 CST 2004

All Right....... That settles it.

I'm upgrading to Word 2002 as soon as I can scrape together the money.
If I upgrade, can I still use the other functions of Office 2000? Pretty
sure I can, but just thought I'd ask.

Steve

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:ekUG0ug$DHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I don't know of any way, but if you like this more centered layout and
have
> Word 2002 or above, you might try using Print Layout view with white space
> hidden. This gives you a continuous view of the document text (like Normal
> view), but the WYSIWYGness of Print Layout, including the side margins.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
> all may benefit.
>
> "Steve Frye" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:OyrwJ6f$DHA.2072@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > While reading the MVP FAQ site article called "Ruler of all you survey",
I
> > found out that you can shift the viewable portion of the ruler to the
left
> > (showing more of the dark area on the left that represents the page
> margin)
> > by pressing the shift key and clicking the right arrow on the horizontal
> > scroll bar.
> >
> > This has the unexpected affect of shifting all the text on the screen to
> the
> > right (so it will stay under the white, "text area" of the ruler. I like
> > this new view. At least, I would like to use it for a while and see how
> that
> > works. Is there any way to force all word documents to open this way? I
> > tried using a macro in the AutoOpen module, but it doesn't seem to work.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
>

Suzanne
Sat Feb 28 18:04:22 CST 2004

AFAIK Word 2002 is compatible with Office 2000 apps, but don't take my word
for it. I know Outlook can be picky, especially if you use Word as your
email editor (though that's not recommended).

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

"Steve Frye" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> All Right....... That settles it.
>
> I'm upgrading to Word 2002 as soon as I can scrape together the money.
> If I upgrade, can I still use the other functions of Office 2000? Pretty
> sure I can, but just thought I'd ask.
>
> Steve
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:ekUG0ug$DHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > I don't know of any way, but if you like this more centered layout and
> have
> > Word 2002 or above, you might try using Print Layout view with white
space
> > hidden. This gives you a continuous view of the document text (like
Normal
> > view), but the WYSIWYGness of Print Layout, including the side margins.
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
> so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "Steve Frye" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> > news:OyrwJ6f$DHA.2072@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > While reading the MVP FAQ site article called "Ruler of all you
survey",
> I
> > > found out that you can shift the viewable portion of the ruler to the
> left
> > > (showing more of the dark area on the left that represents the page
> > margin)
> > > by pressing the shift key and clicking the right arrow on the
horizontal
> > > scroll bar.
> > >
> > > This has the unexpected affect of shifting all the text on the screen
to
> > the
> > > right (so it will stay under the white, "text area" of the ruler. I
like
> > > this new view. At least, I would like to use it for a while and see
how
> > that
> > > works. Is there any way to force all word documents to open this way?
I
> > > tried using a macro in the AutoOpen module, but it doesn't seem to
work.
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

Suzanne
Sun Feb 29 17:30:52 CST 2004

Since I don't do this and never have, I'm perhaps not the best qualified to
answer, but historically there have been problems with this. Just one
example: I believe using Word as your email editor clears the MRU list at
the bottom of the File menu. The main problem, AIUI, is that an instance of
Word will remain open (even after you think you've closed it) if your email
client is still open, which can prevent you from deleting some files or
cause some temp files not to be deleted or... well, I'm just guessing here!

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

"AA" <adr@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> > Word as your email editor (though that's not recommended).
>
> I don't, but I'm curious why that's not recommended?
>
>