Re: Fit Word 2004 window to page & contents?

From: Tony (nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 08/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:58:23 +0200

Clive,

Thanks.

>
> Word 2004 installation in OS 10.3.4. Presumably your 22" shows more space
> than that unoccupied by the document?

Precisely so. At 200% zoom (usually after clicking the green expand
button on top left of all windows), Word 2004 either truncates the
right side of the document or expands to full screen horizontally
taking much more screen area horizontally than needed (blue left and
right bars between the actual page boundary and the window frame) to
show the document contents.

I just want one click and fit window to contents at the previously
specified zoom. And no zoom changing on that process. And if then I
change zoom, then that fitting process should automatically take place
again.

Even better: not even one click required. Opening any document (Word or
whatever; even imported from other suurces) should make Word 2004 to
automatically fit window to contents FOR THAT PARTICULAR MONITOR. And
if I change the zoom later on, again automatically make such adjustment.

Thus, always and automatically fit window to contents. AND NEVER CHANGE
THE ZOOM AUTOMATICALLY. LET THE USER DO IT.

No need for a macro or 200% button then.

That is possible, since other word processors do it (see my previous
posts). Only if Micrtosoft would implement it...

Thanks again, 

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On 2004-08-25 08:57:39 +0200, Clive Huggan 
<REMOVETHISoffice@ANDTHISstrategists.com.au> said:
> Thanks for your comprehensive description, Tony. Comments inline.
> 
> Clive
> 
> 
> On 24/8/04 8:58 PM, in article 2004082412585916807%nospam@nospamcom, "Tony"
> <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
> 
>> Clive,
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> I have tried it, yet it still requires manual dragging of the bottom
>> right window corner towards the right to expand more than the document
>> contents and then applying the other tricks. Then it works, but
>> precisely such manual dragging steps are the ones that I want to avoid
>> because they must be performed for each single Word file open that does
>> show this problem.
> 
>> As previously said, other word processors do it
>> right with a single click.
> 
> And so does mine in Word and, I presume, those of other posters to this
> thread. Therein lies the problem, eh?
>> 
>> Note that the problem also arises because I am using very large
>> widescreen TFT monitors (all Apple Cinema Displays 22, 23 and
>> 30-inches).
> 
> I have a 17" Apple display, on which the Word doc expands to fill the whole
> screen on first clicking the green Expand button. Thereafter it toggles
> between the small size and the last manually changed size (except for where
> there are toolbars). I've just called a friend who has a 22" screen and one
> of her docs expanded likewise except for about 1.5 centimetres at the
> right-hand side of the screen (no apparent explanation). Hers is a default
> Word 2004 installation in OS 10.3.4.  Presumably your 22" shows more space
> than that unoccupied by the document?
>> 
>> This is what I did:
>> 
>> 1 - Open a Word file with text on "View/Page Layout".
>> 
>> 2 - Set Zoom to 200% (Toolbar Standard button). That truncates the
>> window on right and bottom sides.
>> 
>> 3 - Click the top left green (expansion) button of the window. That
>> expands OK tom-bottom (vertically) and also to the left, but not to the
>> right (horizontally).
> 
> That's where our experience diverges.
> 
>> Thus, contents on the right of the Word file are
>> not displayed (truncated), even though, as said, there is plenty of
>> screen area (widescreen) to the right.
>> 
>> Note also that I do not want the word document to take all the screen
>> horizontally all the times, but only what is required to show all
>> contents horizontally (which may or may not require the whole screen
>> horizontally).
> I doubt if that is possible, given Word's behaviour that we all observe
> (i.e., ignoring the particular idiosyncrasy on your computer).
> 
> I'm not sure, but someone here may be able to give you a macro that would
> specify the size of the window. That could be followed by the zoom size
> macro to which I pointed you.
>> 
>> 4 - If then I click the custom-made button "Zoom Page Width" (as Dayo
>> explained before on this thread), then the problem is that instead of
>> doing what I want (explained above), Word 2004 shrinks to 102% and that
>> fits OK all contents to a window, but not at 200% zoom, which is what I
>> want. At such 102% magnification the characters are too small to read
>> them properly. I want just that effect but keeping at 200%
>> magnification. That simple!
> 
> Well, it's easy enough to have a, say, 200% button.
>> 
>> 5 -If instead of step 4 above I click the custom-made button "One Page"
>> (as Dayo explained before on this thread), then the same issue
>> described in step 4 arises.
>> 
>> I wish Microsoft addresses this issue soon.
> 
> Tell them via your Help menu and they will hear.
>> 
>> Thanks again.