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Re[2]: off topic - ms word



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Hello Judy,

Monday, December 31, 2001, 7:12:45 PM, you wrote:


JK> I can hear the poor QA Engineer on msw2000 whose arguments
JK> fell on deaf ears.  Instead, ms actually had to publish the
JK> software to believe that poor person.

JK>   Judy

JK> On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, JerryWar wrote:

JK> #Amazing, absolutely correct. I never noticed that before.
JK> #
JK> #Jerry
JK> #
#>> -----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.
#>>
JK> #
JK> #

Were'nt Earlier versions (pre 2000) MDI  ? till progress set in for
2000..

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