Keeping MS Word Outline Sections Collapsed

[Dave]

Using Word Outline mode a lot.

Any way to keep sections "collapsed" you close / reopen a document ?

When I open a document - it expands the entire outline - would like
sections to remain collapsed

Thanks !

 

[Stefan Blom]

This cannot be done in the user interface, unfortunately. You could use a
macro. To simply show (say) Heading 1--Heading 3 paragraphs would be
straightforward:

Sub test()
ActiveWindow.View.Type = 2 ' Outline view
ActiveWindow.View.ShowHeading 3 ' Show levels 1--3 only
End Sub

But if you want something more advanced, you'd better ask in a programming
newsgroup.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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[Dave]

Stefan - thanks a lot for your response. I was hoping there'd be some
way for document to "remember" what sections were collapsed/open when
document is closed - and simply resume that structure when document is
re-opened.

Oh well, maybe I need to investigate a separate dedicated outlining
program.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Thank you for the feedback.

Did you ask in a programming newsgroup?