Problems when zooming in on a drawing in Word.

[Freddie]

When I zoom in on a part of a drawing on the right side of the page and do
any work on an element there, the view of the drawing and the cursor always
return to the left side of the screen. How can I get the cursor and view to
stay on the zoomed in portion of the page?

 

[CyberTaz]

It would help to know what version of Word you're using a well as a little
more detail about what you are actually experiencing, but Word doesn't have
a Zoom tool comparable to what you would find in a graphics program. Such a
feature is generally represented by a magnifying glass icon which you can
use to click a specific point or drag to zoom a specific area.

The Zoom box on the Standard Toolbar simply sets the magnification for the
window. The portion of the doc you are currently viewing gets magnified, but
without regard for any specific content. Even if you select text or an image
there is no guarantee that it will be centered in the window when you zoom
in or out.

I'm a bit confused about the reference to the "cursor" - zooming shouldn't
cause it to move from wherever it happens to be when you change the zoom.

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

 

[Freddie]

The version is Microsoft Office Word 2003 (11.8106.8107)SP2.

I did not explain it correctly. If I am magnified more than about 150%, I
can not see on the screen the entire width of the drawing (assuming the
drawing is the width of the page). If I am viewing the right side of the
drawing and either add a element, delete an element the view immediately
moves back to show me the left side of the page. I am continually panning
over to the right to see the part I am working on.

Hope this is a clearer explanation of the problem. As I use the Draw
feature I find there sure are lots of tricks to use that make the job easier.
Just discovered the arc in autoshape is good for showing the swing of a
door. I normally lay it down as a quarter circle and then reduce it to an
eighth of a circle to show by dragging the yellow diamonds.

Look forward to your thoughts on the moving view problem.

 

[Tim Murray]

The version is Microsoft Office Word 2003 (11.8106.8107)SP2.

I did not explain it correctly. If I am magnified more than about 150%, I
can not see on the screen the entire width of the drawing (assuming the
drawing is the width of the page). If I am viewing the right side of the
drawing and either add a element, delete an element the view immediately
moves back to show me the left side of the page. I am continually panning
over to the right to see the part I am working on.

I think you are being "returned" to an I-beam (the I-beam is the shape of the
pointer when you're tying), and the I-beam is placing itself in front of, or,
to the left of, the graphic.

 

[CyberTaz]

I think Tim is on the right track... Remember that Word is *not* a graphics
program and that all graphics are anchored to the text line or a paragraph.

If you draw a shape in the "blank" space of a page & then click in the page
to deselect it the insertion point returns to the closest paragraph in the
doc. If that point isn't in the current viewing area the doc will shift to
bring it into view. It sounds like you're clicking into an empty paragraph,
so the insertion point is going back to the left margin. Turn on the
Show/Hide button (¶) on the Standard toolbar in order to better observe the
behavior.

As far as deletions, if you have one object stacked on top of another &
delete the top object Word doesn't automatically select the underlying
object. Instead - since an object is no longer selected - the insertion
point returns to the closest available spot in the text layer. More
specifically, it goes to the beginning of the paragraph to which the deleted
object was anchored.

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