Get comments/edits balloons in Normal View?

[Paul]

When I want to see balloons, I need to go into Print Layout View,
which means I can't narrow the window and use Wrap-to-Window option.
The window has to be very wide to view the entire page width *and*
balloons. If I'm looking at three different documents at the same
time, not even a wide-screen display is good enough, so I end up
zooming out on all documents (ugh). They pretty well have to be side-
by-side because the layering of toolbars in each window makes stacked
windows impractical (though of course it depends on what you're doing
-- broad changes in document structure and wordsmithing is
impractical).

I don't suppose anyone has publically pined away for balloons to be
visible in Normal View? I haven't seen much evidence of such pining,
but I run into this so much that I really wonder if I am the only one
pining for such a feature. I've already narrowed the balloon margin
width as much as I dare (I've also had to boost up the balloon text
font to make it visible).

I'm using Word 2003 on Windows XP.

 

[Stefan Blom]

You can show the Reviewing pane in Normal view, if that helps. On the Reviewing
toolbar, click Show | Reviewing Pane.

 

[Paul]

That's what I normally use before developing the habit of relying on
balloons. I find the reviewing pane is good edits focused on specific
points in the document. The balloons are very helpful for when I'm
trying to keep numerous comments/suggestions in my head, and thinking
about how to restructure the document at a more global level to
simultaneously address many of them them. I find it helpful because I
can see which edits are needed at what part of the document, for many
comments at once. In many cases, the balloons act as cues or
landmarks of how particular parts of the document have to be affected.

 

[Stefan Blom]

I'm afraid the Reviewing pane is the best that can be done in Normal view.

If you want balloons and you also want to make Print Layout view a bit more like
Normal view, you can hide the white space between pages (which hides headers and
footers as well as the blank space below a manual page break and the top of the
following page). In Tools | Options, View tab, clear the check mark next to
"White space between pages (Print view only)" option.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
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That's what I normally use before developing the habit of relying on
balloons. I find the reviewing pane is good edits focused on specific
points in the document. The balloons are very helpful for when I'm
trying to keep numerous comments/suggestions in my head, and thinking
about how to restructure the document at a more global level to
simultaneously address many of them them. I find it helpful because I
can see which edits are needed at what part of the document, for many
comments at once. In many cases, the balloons act as cues or
landmarks of how particular parts of the document have to be affected.

 

[Paul]

Thanks Stefan...already doing that.

I'm afraid the Reviewing pane is the best that can be done in Normal view.

If you want balloons and you also want to make Print Layout view a bit more like
Normal view, you can hide the white space between pages (which hides headers and
footers as well as the blank space below a manual page break and the top of the
following page). In Tools | Options, View tab, clear the check mark next to
"White space between pages (Print view only)" option.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
(Message posted via news.eternal-september.org)


That's what I normally use before developing the habit of relying on
balloons. I find the reviewing pane is good edits focused on specific
points in the document. The balloons are very helpful for when I'm
trying to keep numerous comments/suggestions in my head, and thinking
about how to restructure the document at a more global level to
simultaneously address many of them them. I find it helpful because I
can see which edits are needed at what part of the document, for many
comments at once. In many cases, the balloons act as cues or
landmarks of how particular parts of the document have to be affected.