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Old September 13th, 2008, 02:18 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Richard
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Default Keeping Page 1 in view as I type subsequent pages,

As in Excel, I need to keep in view page 1 of the document whilst I type
subsequent pages. Is this possible.
Thank you
Richard
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Old September 13th, 2008, 02:38 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default Keeping Page 1 in view as I type subsequent pages,

No, not really. There's no equivalent of Freeze Panes in Word. If you're
working in a table, you can elect to repeat the heading row on each page,
but unless you keep the entire page visible, even that is of limited
usefulness. When I was keeping a large mail merge data source in Word, this
was such a nuisance that I ultimately migrated it to Excel.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Richard" wrote in message
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As in Excel, I need to keep in view page 1 of the document whilst I type
subsequent pages. Is this possible.
Thank you
Richard



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Old September 13th, 2008, 02:46 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Herb Tyson [MVP]
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Yes. There are several ways. The easiest way is to use the split box, at the
top of the vertical scroll bar. Move the mouse to the top of the
ruler--there's a dash there that's hard to notice. The mouse pointer will
turn into two parallel horizontal lines with up and down arrows above and
below. Drag the split box down. (Or... in Word 2007, choose View tab,
Split.)

Another way is to open a new window on the current document. If you have two
or more monitors, this might be preferable to the split box. In Word 2007,
you do this by choosing View - New Window.

These options are available in earlier versions of Word, too. Choose
Window - New Window or Window - Split (or use the split box).

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"Richard" wrote in message
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As in Excel, I need to keep in view page 1 of the document whilst I type
subsequent pages. Is this possible.
Thank you
Richard


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Old September 13th, 2008, 03:36 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Herb Tyson [MVP]
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Default Keeping Page 1 in view as I type subsequent pages,

No equivalent of freeze panes, but it is possible to keep page 1 in view. I
do this all the time... it's very handy when writing about a chart or table
to be able to see the chart as I'm typing. In fact, I often wish Excel could
do this, since I frequently need to view multiple sheets at the same time. I
end up opening a 2nd copy of Excel in Read Only for that worksheet.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
No, not really. There's no equivalent of Freeze Panes in Word. If you're
working in a table, you can elect to repeat the heading row on each page,
but unless you keep the entire page visible, even that is of limited
usefulness. When I was keeping a large mail merge data source in Word,
this was such a nuisance that I ultimately migrated it to Excel.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Richard" wrote in message
...
As in Excel, I need to keep in view page 1 of the document whilst I type
subsequent pages. Is this possible.
Thank you
Richard




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Old September 13th, 2008, 05:19 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default Keeping Page 1 in view as I type subsequent pages,

Yes, thanks for posting The Answer, Herb. I spoke out of ignorance. g I've
never had much luck, I think, in working with split panes or Compare Side by
Side or any of the other things that involve more than one window. I guess
I'm too clumsy.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
...
No equivalent of freeze panes, but it is possible to keep page 1 in view.
I do this all the time... it's very handy when writing about a chart or
table to be able to see the chart as I'm typing. In fact, I often wish
Excel could do this, since I frequently need to view multiple sheets at
the same time. I end up opening a 2nd copy of Excel in Read Only for that
worksheet.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
No, not really. There's no equivalent of Freeze Panes in Word. If you're
working in a table, you can elect to repeat the heading row on each page,
but unless you keep the entire page visible, even that is of limited
usefulness. When I was keeping a large mail merge data source in Word,
this was such a nuisance that I ultimately migrated it to Excel.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Richard" wrote in message
...
As in Excel, I need to keep in view page 1 of the document whilst I type
subsequent pages. Is this possible.
Thank you
Richard







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Old September 14th, 2008, 01:10 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Herb Tyson [MVP]
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Default Keeping Page 1 in view as I type subsequent pages,

Nah. You just need another monitor or two to expand your horizons.

Since moving up to two monitors, I now wonder how I ever managed with just
one... especially since so much of my work requires writing about something
I need to look at at the same time. In a previous life, I ended up printing
out a lot of graphics to accomplish the aim. Now, I'm saving lots of trees.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Yes, thanks for posting The Answer, Herb. I spoke out of ignorance. g
I've never had much luck, I think, in working with split panes or Compare
Side by Side or any of the other things that involve more than one window.
I guess I'm too clumsy.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
...
No equivalent of freeze panes, but it is possible to keep page 1 in view.
I do this all the time... it's very handy when writing about a chart or
table to be able to see the chart as I'm typing. In fact, I often wish
Excel could do this, since I frequently need to view multiple sheets at
the same time. I end up opening a 2nd copy of Excel in Read Only for that
worksheet.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
No, not really. There's no equivalent of Freeze Panes in Word. If you're
working in a table, you can elect to repeat the heading row on each
page, but unless you keep the entire page visible, even that is of
limited usefulness. When I was keeping a large mail merge data source in
Word, this was such a nuisance that I ultimately migrated it to Excel.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Richard" wrote in message
...
As in Excel, I need to keep in view page 1 of the document whilst I
type
subsequent pages. Is this possible.
Thank you
Richard








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Old September 14th, 2008, 03:01 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default Keeping Page 1 in view as I type subsequent pages,

I can barely fit one monitor on my desk--definitely no room for two!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Nah. You just need another monitor or two to expand your horizons.

Since moving up to two monitors, I now wonder how I ever managed with just
one... especially since so much of my work requires writing about
something I need to look at at the same time. In a previous life, I ended
up printing out a lot of graphics to accomplish the aim. Now, I'm saving
lots of trees.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Yes, thanks for posting The Answer, Herb. I spoke out of ignorance. g
I've never had much luck, I think, in working with split panes or Compare
Side by Side or any of the other things that involve more than one
window. I guess I'm too clumsy.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
...
No equivalent of freeze panes, but it is possible to keep page 1 in
view. I do this all the time... it's very handy when writing about a
chart or table to be able to see the chart as I'm typing. In fact, I
often wish Excel could do this, since I frequently need to view multiple
sheets at the same time. I end up opening a 2nd copy of Excel in Read
Only for that worksheet.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
No, not really. There's no equivalent of Freeze Panes in Word. If
you're working in a table, you can elect to repeat the heading row on
each page, but unless you keep the entire page visible, even that is of
limited usefulness. When I was keeping a large mail merge data source
in Word, this was such a nuisance that I ultimately migrated it to
Excel.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Richard" wrote in message
...
As in Excel, I need to keep in view page 1 of the document whilst I
type
subsequent pages. Is this possible.
Thank you
Richard










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Old September 14th, 2008, 03:34 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
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Default Keeping Page 1 in view as I type subsequent pages,

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message.

In ,
Suzanne S. Barnhill typed:


I can barely fit one monitor on my desk--definitely no room for two!


Can you fit one wide one? If so then often that screen real estate can be
split into two and it will function well enough.

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backwards. That is a very useful accomplishment, and a
very easy one, but people do not practise it much. In the every-day affairs
of life it is more useful to reason forwards, and so
the other comes to be neglected. There are fifty who can reason
synthetically for one who can reason analytically." - Sherlock
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Old September 14th, 2008, 02:53 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default Keeping Page 1 in view as I type subsequent pages,

No, I have the largest monitor my desk will accommodate, and, although I
could split the screen, I prefer not to.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Galen" wrote in message
...
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message.

In ,
Suzanne S. Barnhill typed:


I can barely fit one monitor on my desk--definitely no room for two!


Can you fit one wide one? If so then often that screen real estate can be
split into two and it will function well enough.

--
Galen (Not Current MS-MVP)

My Geek Site: http://kgiii.info
Web Hosting: http://whathostingshould.be

"In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to
reason backwards. That is a very useful accomplishment, and a
very easy one, but people do not practise it much. In the every-day
affairs of life it is more useful to reason forwards, and so
the other comes to be neglected. There are fifty who can reason
synthetically for one who can reason analytically." - Sherlock
Holmes




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Old September 14th, 2008, 08:51 PM
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No, I have the largest monitor my desk will accommodate, and, although I
could split the screen, I prefer not to.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Galen" wrote in message
...
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message.

In ,
Suzanne S. Barnhill
typed:


I can barely fit one monitor on my desk--definitely no room for two!


Can you fit one wide one? If so then often that screen real estate can be
split into two and it will function well enough.

--
Galen (Not Current MS-MVP)

My Geek Site:
http://kgiii.info
Web Hosting: http://whathostingshould.be

"In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to
reason backwards. That is a very useful accomplishment, and a
very easy one, but people do not practise it much. In the every-day
affairs of life it is more useful to reason forwards, and so
the other comes to be neglected. There are fifty who can reason
synthetically for one who can reason analytically." - Sherlock
Holmes

Herb, do you mean by opening a read only copy to open Excel a second time and then open the file in use as Read Only? If this is what you do, FWIW, you can open a new window in Excel, so the same document is displayed twice (or n times). You can arrange them (Tiled, Hor, Vert) and then navigate the sheets independently of each other. Also, the Camera Tool in Excel (not standard activated) can come handy for the purpose of viweing a graph in another location.
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