Word Wrap: Where is it in Word 2007?
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From: Gary Gary on 18 Jan 2010 19:55 I have Googled and Googled and cannot find any page that tells me where Word Wrap is. For such a basic feature you'd think it would be under View. Suggestions?
From: Jay Freedman on 18 Jan 2010 20:50 On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:55:28 -0600, "Gary Gary" <blah(a)blah.blah> wrote: >I have Googled and Googled and cannot find any page that tells me where >Word Wrap is. For such a basic feature you'd think it would be under >View. Suggestions? The reason you aren't finding anything is that word wrap is automatic in Word unless you turn it off, or possibly if something is broken. What are you trying to achieve? If it's to write lines of text that go all the way across the Word window, instead of being constrained to the text width implied by the page width and margins: Go to Office button > Word Options > Advanced, in the "Show document content" section, and check "Show text wrapped within the document window". Back in the document, click the Draft button near the right end of the status bar. If your text is going wide and running off the side of the page and you can't make it stay within the margins, that usually indicates some corruption in the document. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
From: Gary Gary on 18 Jan 2010 21:11 >> I have Googled and Googled and cannot find any page that tells me where >> Word Wrap is. For such a basic feature you'd think it would be under >> View. Suggestions? > > The reason you aren't finding anything is that word wrap is automatic > in Word unless you turn it off, or possibly if something is broken. > What are you trying to achieve? If it's to write lines of text that go > all the way across the Word window, instead of being constrained to > the text width implied by the page width and margins: > Go to Office button > Word Options > Advanced, in the "Show document > content" section, and check "Show text wrapped within the document > window". That seems to work perfectly! I need it not to wrap very occasionally. Just with there was a quick keyboard shortcut. Oh well. Guess I'll need some knowledge in the creating of macros to do that. :) > Back in the document, click the Draft button near the right > end of the status bar. Don't know where the Status Bar is...guess I have it disabled. There is a bar at the bottom but I thought that was called the Message Bar. I'd love to know how to get rid of it. It displays nothing...yet I can't just right click it, Remove! No can do. > If your text is going wide and running off the side of the page and > you can't make it stay within the margins, that usually indicates some > corruption in the document. See > http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm. No corruption. Actually I'm surprised how smoothly MS Word 2007 is running. I would recommend it highly to others - especially newbies as a lot of things are a little different from 2003 so you're not relearning a lot of stuff. It does seem to be laid out more intuitively. I bet newcomers will catch on to this much faster than Word 2003.
From: Jay Freedman on 18 Jan 2010 21:49 >That seems to work perfectly! I need it not to wrap very occasionally. Excellent! >Don't know where the Status Bar is...guess I have it disabled. >There is a bar at the bottom but I thought that was called the Message Bar. >I'd love to know how to get rid of it. It displays nothing...yet I can't >just right click it, Remove! No can do. The bar at the bottom is the status bar. (There's a thing called the "Message Bar", but it appears only if you open a document that contains macros or was downloaded from the Internet, or something else Word isn't happy about.) If you right-click the blank area of the status bar, you should see a popup menu that lets you choose from about 20 items it can display. The only way to make it disappear, though, is to use Full Screen Reading view. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:11:52 -0600, "Gary Gary" <blah(a)blah.blah> wrote: >>> I have Googled and Googled and cannot find any page that tells me where >>> Word Wrap is. For such a basic feature you'd think it would be under >>> View. Suggestions? >> >> The reason you aren't finding anything is that word wrap is automatic >> in Word unless you turn it off, or possibly if something is broken. >> What are you trying to achieve? If it's to write lines of text that go >> all the way across the Word window, instead of being constrained to >> the text width implied by the page width and margins: >> Go to Office button > Word Options > Advanced, in the "Show document >> content" section, and check "Show text wrapped within the document >> window". > >That seems to work perfectly! I need it not to wrap very occasionally. >Just with there was a quick keyboard shortcut. Oh well. Guess I'll need >some knowledge in the creating of macros to do that. :) > >> Back in the document, click the Draft button near the right >> end of the status bar. > >Don't know where the Status Bar is...guess I have it disabled. >There is a bar at the bottom but I thought that was called the Message Bar. >I'd love to know how to get rid of it. It displays nothing...yet I can't >just right click it, Remove! No can do. > >> If your text is going wide and running off the side of the page and >> you can't make it stay within the margins, that usually indicates some >> corruption in the document. See >> http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm. > >No corruption. Actually I'm surprised how smoothly MS Word 2007 is >running. I would recommend it highly to others - especially newbies as a >lot of things are a little different from 2003 so you're not relearning a >lot of stuff. It does seem to be laid out more intuitively. I bet >newcomers will catch on to this much faster than Word 2003.
From: Gary Gary on 19 Jan 2010 01:44
>> Don't know where the Status Bar is...guess I have it disabled. >> There is a bar at the bottom but I thought that was called the Message >> Bar. I'd love to know how to get rid of it. It displays nothing...yet I >> can't >> just right click it, Remove! No can do. > > The bar at the bottom is the status bar. (There's a thing called the > "Message Bar", but it appears only if you open a document that > contains macros or was downloaded from the Internet, or something else > Word isn't happy about.) > If you right-click the blank area of the status bar, you should see a > popup menu that lets you choose from about 20 items it can display. > The only way to make it disappear, though, is to use Full Screen > Reading view. Well maybe that's something we can look forward to in Word 2010. Thanks for the info. |