Document Map and Reviewing Pane aren't displayed simultanously

[rotello]

I have the Document Map visible on the left side of the main window. If I
make a selection in the document and click on Insert -> Comment the Document
Map gets hidden and the Reviewing Pane appears. So far so good.
However, after inserting the comment, I want to get back to my previous
view. If have different possibilities, e.g.:
1. Resize the Reviewing Pane until it disappears
2. Click on the Reviewing Pane button in the Reviewing Toolbar
3. Select View -> Document Map

All of them display the document map, select the first entry in the Document
Map and jump to this, which is normally the beginning of the document.

Therefore, my suggestion, don't hide the Document Map, when the Reviewing
Pane is displayed.

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[Klaus Linke]

Hi rotello,

Doesn't happen for me in Word 2003...

After your step 1., the document map automatically reappears, and neither
the document nor the selection or view in the document itself jump to the
start of the document.

Your option 2. (Click on the Reviewing Pane button in the Reviewing Toolbar)
doesn't redisplay the document map. Maybe it should, but again neither the
document map nor the view/selection jump to the first entry in the document
map.

Same for your 3. option.


Not sure what's going on... Do you use Word2002? Or maybe some add-in for
tracking changes like DeltaView?

Anyway, I still like your suggestion of not hiding document map at all when
showing the revisions pane!

Regards,
Klaus

 

[Klaus Linke]

All of them display the document map, select the first entry in the

Document Map and jump to this, which is normally the beginning of the
document.

Aah, I can see it now: It only happens in Normal view, and the selection
doesn't go to the top of the document, only Document Map highlights the
first heading erroneously. And if you continue typing or move the selection,
Document Map is updated.

It happens with the footnote pane in Normal view, too.

If you work in page layout view today, and use comment ballons, Document Map
never closes. With footnotes either, since they are edited directly on the
page, too.
Might be a reason to abandon Normal View...
I only use it today to see the style area with the applied paragraph styles
on the left, or for editing very complex layouts involving frames.

BTW: In Reading Mode, the Document Map doesn't re-open at all when you
remove the reviewing pane with the comments: Looks like another problem.

It took me a while to really notice that you can set Document Map to show
independently for the different views. So you can have it displayed in
Normal view, but not in Page layout view, or vice versa, and toggle back and
forth -- Pretty neat!
Let's hope some of the remaining issues will be fixed.

Greetings,
Klaus