"Drawing Canvas" on Word for PC but on Mac?

[patrick j]

Hi

I'm hoping I've got the terminology right. On Word 2003 for PCs there seems
to be a thing called a "Drawing Canvas" which appears when you go to put
some form of drawing object into a Word document. I rather like this canvas
but it doesn't appear to be there with Word 2004 for the Mac. Am I right in
this?

Does anyone know if it will be present with Word 2008 for the Mac.

Thank you.

 

[CyberTaz]

You're right in your observation - Mac Word doesn't employ the Drawing
Canvas. Interesting that you like it, though... I personally hate the
miserable thing Just one more "shape" you have to resize in addition to
the content within. But perhaps that's because I've gotten along for so many
years without it.

Whether 2008 will bring the Drawing Canvas to the Mac is not known by anyone
who is at liberty to say

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[deebs]

In Word 2003 just prod Escape and the canvas will go away usually
leaving the drawing tool intact.

 

[patrick j]

You're right in your observation - Mac Word doesn't employ the Drawing
Canvas. Interesting that you like it, though... I personally hate the
miserable thing Just one more "shape" you have to resize in addition to
the content within. But perhaps that's because I've gotten along for so many
years without it.

Whether 2008 will bring the Drawing Canvas to the Mac is not known by anyone
who is at liberty to say

Hi Bob

Thanks for confirming that Word 2004 for the Mac doesn't have the Drawing
Canvas.

I use Word 2003 on a PC in work and so that is where I've encountered it.
When I first discovered it my initial reaction was that it was horrid but
I've come to really like it. It is for me very useful when putting together
a group of graphic objects and doing some quite fine drawing.

I've read your later post in this thread and I think I will configure my
Word 2003 to not put the canvas in by default but put it in by myself using
Insert menu. This is because the canvas is not necessary for putting in
just one graphic and in those instances it just gets in the way.

I would really like to see the inclusion of the Drawing Canvas in Word 2008
personally.

 

[CyberTaz]

I can understand why some - such as yourself - may find the canvas useful...
My comments were more tongue-in-cheek than literal just for the record I
would have no argument against the canvas being included in 2008 as long as
it can be regulated as an optional feature at the user's discretion.

Glad you found the info useful.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac