Tabs in word documents like Excel for multiple separate pages

[VoodooMusicVixen]

Word should have multiple tab pages like Excel does. This would be great for
doing reports and keeping data separate but in one document. Also great for
writing a book or papers with chapters (tab 1 is chapter 1, tab 2 is chapter
2) all in one document and so much easier to jump to something. Great for
planning (tab 1 is budget, tab 2 is a list of guests, tab 3 is vendor contact
info, tab 4 is menu).

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[Angela in Virginia]

I think that is what they were going for in OneNote.

 

[dan]

I soo want this feature! Why does Word not have this already?

 

[macropod]

I soo want this feature! Why does Word not have this already?
Because Word isn't Excel. And the analogy between Excel tabs and Word pages is fundamentally flawed - each tab in Excel can contain
many 'pages' of data. A page in Word is just that - a page. If you want separate Sections for holding different sets of pages in
Word, use Section breaks and a properly-configured Table of Contents for navigation.

Also, putting what are essentially separate (though perhaps related) documents into the one file increases the risk of losing the
lot through data corruption or user error.

 

[CyberTaz]

Word documents simply are not structured that way, but you can simulate this
based on the technique here [I believe you'll have to adapt for 2007]:

http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/ThumbIndex.htm

But IMHO it's more trouble than it's worth. It's also completely unnecessary
if you format the document using Styles, in which case the Document Map is
automatically constructed for you. There are other means of effectively
navigating a document as well.

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