Any way to "arrange all" vertically?

B

Bill Weylock

In 2004 some kind soul had given me a macro to make the ³Arrange All²
command do something actually helpful and give me two side-by-side document
windows. It¹s the equivalent of the ³arrange vertically² option that Excel
(I hope still!) gives you.

Am I disgustedly correct in assuming that 2008 has generously made that
impossible by eliminating Vbasic?

Or is there possibly another way to make it happen?

Thanks!

Best,

Bill
Imac 2.8Ghz -10.5.1
Office 2008/2003 - Windows XP Pro SP2
 
J

John McGhie

It's not "impossible".

We're just waiting for a volunteer to code it up in AppleScript.

Thank you so much for offering... :)


In 2004 some kind soul had given me a macro to make the ³Arrange All²
command do something actually helpful and give me two side-by-side document
windows. It¹s the equivalent of the ³arrange vertically² option that Excel
(I hope still!) gives you.

Am I disgustedly correct in assuming that 2008 has generously made that
impossible by eliminating Vbasic?

Or is there possibly another way to make it happen?

Thanks!

Best,

Bill
Imac 2.8Ghz -10.5.1
Office 2008/2003 - Windows XP Pro SP2
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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]
 
B

Bill Weylock

If I had a clue about AppleScript, I really would. I was thinking maybe I
could do something in QuicKeys, but seems far-fetched.

While I¹m suffering, is this the only place to watch for salvation? I use
that a lot, and it is simply demented the way they have it implemented. I
can¹t imagine who would prefer it ....


Best,


- Bill


It's not "impossible".

We're just waiting for a volunteer to code it up in AppleScript.

Thank you so much for offering... :)
Click to expand...

Best,

Bill
Imac 2.8Ghz -10.5.1
Office 2008/2003 - Windows XP Pro SP2
 
J

John McGhie

Hi Bill:

"NO" :) Google is your friend... Someone will run it up soon, it's
pissing everyone off :)

See if you can find an Automator action for it?

Nobody "prefers" it this way :) It's just something ac BU didn't get
around to. In Windows, the operating system does it automatically, so I
guess they forgot they needed to code it separately in Mac OS X.

Cheers

If I had a clue about AppleScript, I really would. I was thinking maybe I
could do something in QuicKeys, but seems far-fetched.

While I¹m suffering, is this the only place to watch for salvation? I use
that a lot, and it is simply demented the way they have it implemented. I
can¹t imagine who would prefer it ....


Best,


- Bill




Best,

Bill
Imac 2.8Ghz -10.5.1
Office 2008/2003 - Windows XP Pro SP2
Click to expand...

--
Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/

Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]
 
B

Bill Weylock

John -


Thanks for that. Never once thought of using google for this. Of course!

I also work in Office 2007. As much as I miss being totally Mac, I have to
say that it¹s a lot smarter than the Mac version. As you say, it has ³view
side by side² right on the toolbar. Of course learning where things are on
the toolbars and menus is sort of like learning a complicated foreign
language ...

They have brought the magic of the All Command list to the foreground for
all to enjoy. :)


Best,


- Bill


Hi Bill:

"NO" :) Google is your friend... Someone will run it up soon, it's
pissing everyone off :)

See if you can find an Automator action for it?

Nobody "prefers" it this way :) It's just something ac BU didn't get
around to. In Windows, the operating system does it automatically, so I
guess they forgot they needed to code it separately in Mac OS X.

Cheers
Click to expand...

Best,

Bill
Imac 2.8Ghz -10.5.1
Office 2008/2003 - Windows XP Pro SP2
 
J

John McGhie

Hi Bill:

Oh, thank you!! I have written THAT one down. I just may "mention" it to
the application designers, at an opportune moment :)

Yes, the Windows version of Word is far, far, more powerful than the Mac
version, and I, for one, am not a happy puppy as a result.

Yes, I understand all the reasons that it happened that way. I know that
they simply ran out of people, time, and money, and this is as good as they
could do for this version.

But I am still not happy :) I still believe they should have waited
another year and bought us the whole thing, the way they originally planned
it before Steve Jobs suddenly switched to Intel processors!

Cheers

John -


Thanks for that. Never once thought of using google for this. Of course!

I also work in Office 2007. As much as I miss being totally Mac, I have to
say that it¹s a lot smarter than the Mac version. As you say, it has ³view
side by side² right on the toolbar. Of course learning where things are on
the toolbars and menus is sort of like learning a complicated foreign
language ...

They have brought the magic of the All Command list to the foreground for
all to enjoy. :)


Best,


- Bill




Best,

Bill
Imac 2.8Ghz -10.5.1
Office 2008/2003 - Windows XP Pro SP2
Click to expand...

--
Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/

Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]
 
B

Bill Weylock

Please do use it! :)

I actually thought of it because I had just been in the Commands list
putting together a custom toolbar to replace the one I lost in the
conversion from 2004. I have a question about that, but will use a new
heading.

I notice they also removed the really neat ability to Replace strings in
³All Open Documents². That was the single advantage 2004 had over the
Windows Word. Of course being able simply to type accents is another unsung
advantage....


Best,


- Bill
 
D

Daiya Mitchell

Bill said:
Of course being able simply to type accents is another unsung
advantage....
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Bill, not sure what you mean? as far as I know you can type the most
common accents like é, ô, ì, ü, easily in both Win and Mac Word?

Daiya
 
B

Bill Weylock

Well, I don¹t know how to do it in Win Word, then. I just assumed it was
missing.

How do I do it in Windows?? (not too far off topic, eh?)


Bill, not sure what you mean? as far as I know you can type the most
common accents like é, ô, ì, ü, easily in both Win and Mac Word?

Daiya
Click to expand...

Best,

Bill
Imac 2.8Ghz -10.5.1
Office 2008/2003 - Windows XP Pro SP2
 

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