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I can hear the poor QA Engineer on msw2000 whose arguments
fell on deaf ears. Instead, ms actually had to publish the
software to believe that poor person.
Judy
On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, JerryWar wrote:
#Amazing, absolutely correct. I never noticed that before.
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#Jerry
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#> -----Original Message-----
#> From: J. Rodney Grisham [mailto:Rod.Grisham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
#> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 6:58 PM
#> To: Chris Cheatham
#> Cc: Omega List
#> Subject: Re: off topic - ms word
#>
#>
#> Chris Cheatham wrote:
#>
#> > This is probably a dumb question...when I open multiple
#> files at the same
#> > time in ms word 2000, each file gets opened in a separate
#> copy of word,
#> > instead of as a window in one copy like it used to be.
#>
#> Sort of a technicality, but it is only one instance of Word. It's
#> just that every doc. gets its own window.
#>
#> > With a dozen files
#> > open it is a total pain. Anyone know if there is a way to fix this?
#>
#> There is no way in 2000; it is a Single Document Interface (SDI)
#> program only. MSW 2002 offers the option of either SDI or MDI
#> - M for multiple.
#>
#> Below there is a blurb from the web.
#>
#> Rod
#>
#> +++++++++++++++++
#>
#> When Microsoft introduced Office 2000, one of the more controversial
#> features was that Word and Excel were changed from Multiple Document
#> Interface (MDI) applications, where each document window was
#> contained inside the parent application window, to Single Document
#> Interface (SDI) applications, where each document occupied its own
#> window. A side effect of an SDI application is that each document
#> also gets its own button on the Windows taskbar, and you can easily
#> switch between documents using the standard ALT+TAB key combination.
#> However, some users found this new interface to be problematic,
#> because multiple Word documents could quickly clutter the taskbar.
#> In Word 2002, you can now optionally choose to use MDI mode again
#> if you're so inclined.
#>
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