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Old May 3rd, 2010, 04:30 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
abcd[_3_]
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Hi all,

- is there a way to dock the Search mask somewhere? It keeps moving
around the screen at every search. This makes repetitive searches more
time consuming.

- is there a way to horizontally lock the view of a document? If I am
looking at a document that needs to be zoomed in to make it readable,
when I am looking at zoomed in tables the showed portion of the text
keeps moving left and right and I need to reposition it to the wanted
horizontal section every time that the cursor focus changes. Time
consuming too.

:-(
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Old May 3rd, 2010, 06:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Jay Freedman
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To do repeated searches, you can use the dialog to find the first
occurrence; then close the dialog, and use the double-down-arrow
button at the bottom of the vertical scroll bar (or its keyboard
shortcut, Ctrl+PageDown) to find the remaining occurrences.

This button (and the double-up-arrow above it, with the shortcut
Ctrl+PageUp) is technically a Browse button. The "Browse target" is
automatically set to the next (or previous) Find occurrence when you
use the Find dialog. To change it back to its usual target of Next
Page (and Previous Page) or any of the other possible targets, click
the circle button between the double-arrow buttons and choose from the
gallery.

I don't think there's any perfect solution for your other question.
Word will always scroll the screen to put the new cursor location in
the visible window. If there's a specific part of the document that
you want to keep in view at all times, maybe you can use the Window
Split command to get two views of the document. Each pane can have a
different zoom and a different location in the document. However, you
will have to give up some screen area to the second pane.

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On Mon, 03 May 2010 10:30:38 -0500, abcd wrote:

Hi all,

- is there a way to dock the Search mask somewhere? It keeps moving
around the screen at every search. This makes repetitive searches more
time consuming.

- is there a way to horizontally lock the view of a document? If I am
looking at a document that needs to be zoomed in to make it readable,
when I am looking at zoomed in tables the showed portion of the text
keeps moving left and right and I need to reposition it to the wanted
horizontal section every time that the cursor focus changes. Time
consuming too.

:-(

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Old May 4th, 2010, 12:30 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Tim Mastrogiacomo
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On May 3, 10:30*am, abcd wrote:
Hi all,

- is there a way to dock the Search mask somewhere? It keeps moving
around the screen at every search. This makes repetitive searches more
time consuming.

- is there a way to horizontally lock the view of a document? If I am
looking at a document that needs to be zoomed in to make it readable,
when I am looking at zoomed in tables the showed portion of the text
keeps moving left and right and I need to reposition it to the wanted
horizontal section every time that the cursor focus changes. Time
consuming too.

:-(


For your first question, just unmaximize Word and drag the search box
to a part of your desktop outside of the Word window. The search box
only moves when a result appears beneath it, so if the search box is
outside of the document you are searching, it won't move.



Tim Mastrogiacomo
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Old May 4th, 2010, 02:45 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
abcd[_3_]
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Jay Freedman wrote:
To do repeated searches, you can use the dialog to find the first
occurrence; then close the dialog, and use the double-down-arrow
button at the bottom of the vertical scroll bar (or its keyboard
shortcut, Ctrl+PageDown) to find the remaining occurrences.



That would be a "Dock Search Window" checkbox...

I don't think there's any perfect solution for your other question.



That would be as simple as a "Horizontal View Lock" button....


sigh...
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Old May 4th, 2010, 02:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
abcd[_3_]
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Tim Mastrogiacomo wrote:
On May 3, 10:30 am, abcd wrote:

For your first question, just unmaximize Word and drag the search box
to a part of your desktop outside of the Word window. The search box
only moves when a result appears beneath it, so if the search box is
outside of the document you are searching, it won't move.



Tim Mastrogiacomo


Works like a charm if you have a large screen or a twin screen system...

I have a 17" and if I reduce the size of the the document window I can
barely see the document....
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Old May 4th, 2010, 08:07 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Yves Dhondt
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The good news is that there is a dockable find pane in Word 2010 (see
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_offi...perience.aspx).

The solution for Word 2007 would be to whip up your own custom task pane on
which you added a find box. VBA does not support the creation of custom task
panes from scratch as far as I know, so you would have to go the VSTO way.

Yves

"abcd" wrote in message
...
Jay Freedman wrote:
To do repeated searches, you can use the dialog to find the first
occurrence; then close the dialog, and use the double-down-arrow
button at the bottom of the vertical scroll bar (or its keyboard
shortcut, Ctrl+PageDown) to find the remaining occurrences.



That would be a "Dock Search Window" checkbox...

I don't think there's any perfect solution for your other question.



That would be as simple as a "Horizontal View Lock" button....


sigh...


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Old May 4th, 2010, 08:09 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Yves Dhondt
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Default usabiltiy of Word 2007

And suppose the window was dockable, wouldn't the same effect appear? If you
are going to sacrifice screen real estate for the find box, it doesn't
matter if it is inside or outside the Word application window.

Yves

"abcd" wrote in message
...
Tim Mastrogiacomo wrote:
On May 3, 10:30 am, abcd wrote:

For your first question, just unmaximize Word and drag the search box
to a part of your desktop outside of the Word window. The search box
only moves when a result appears beneath it, so if the search box is
outside of the document you are searching, it won't move.



Tim Mastrogiacomo


Works like a charm if you have a large screen or a twin screen system...

I have a 17" and if I reduce the size of the the document window I can
barely see the document....


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Old May 4th, 2010, 08:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Yves Dhondt
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Default usabiltiy of Word 2007

Thinking about it some more, I wonder if you couldn't create a 'Find' tab on
the ribbon. All you would have to add are a textbox and a couple of buttons
and bind those to simple macros (or maybe even directly to the find
commands). That way, you wouldn't loose any screen real estate.

A good starting place is http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Customize_Ribbon.htm

Yves

"Yves Dhondt" wrote in message
...
The good news is that there is a dockable find pane in Word 2010 (see
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_offi...perience.aspx).

The solution for Word 2007 would be to whip up your own custom task pane
on which you added a find box. VBA does not support the creation of custom
task panes from scratch as far as I know, so you would have to go the VSTO
way.

Yves

"abcd" wrote in message
...
Jay Freedman wrote:
To do repeated searches, you can use the dialog to find the first
occurrence; then close the dialog, and use the double-down-arrow
button at the bottom of the vertical scroll bar (or its keyboard
shortcut, Ctrl+PageDown) to find the remaining occurrences.



That would be a "Dock Search Window" checkbox...

I don't think there's any perfect solution for your other question.



That would be as simple as a "Horizontal View Lock" button....


sigh...



 




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