Visio Hidden by Taskbar at Top of Screen

[rickman]

I have gotten used to keeping my Windows task bar at the top of the
screen instead of the bottom. I find this more convenient because it
is like the menus and is a shorter reach than when at the bottom.
However, there are some applications that open at their old window
coordinates, but goof it up by not "knowing" the task bar is using the
top of the screen. It is as if the apps remember where they were in
"visible" screen coordinates and then restore their location in full
screen coordinates. So the apps end up above the visible screen and
have to be moved back by using the keyboard since the window controls
are off screen. If this is done a few times, the entire window can
end up off screen.

You would think that of all apps, MS apps would not have this bug.
But Visio 2003 seems to have it. Is there a work around other than
not keeping the taskbar at the top of the screen?

Rick

 

[James Wittrell]

Hello Rick maybe you can provide a little more information such as your
operating system and details on how your monitors are configured. I tested
this setup on a computer and for me Visio's menu items are displayed below
the Windows Taskbar.

James W.

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From: rickman <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.visio.general
Subject: Visio Hidden by Taskbar at Top of Screen
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I have gotten used to keeping my Windows task bar at the top of the
screen instead of the bottom. I find this more convenient because it
is like the menus and is a shorter reach than when at the bottom.
However, there are some applications that open at their old window
coordinates, but goof it up by not "knowing" the task bar is using the
top of the screen. It is as if the apps remember where they were in
"visible" screen coordinates and then restore their location in full
screen coordinates. So the apps end up above the visible screen and
have to be moved back by using the keyboard since the window controls
are off screen. If this is done a few times, the entire window can
end up off screen.

You would think that of all apps, MS apps would not have this bug.
But Visio 2003 seems to have it. Is there a work around other than
not keeping the taskbar at the top of the screen?

Rick

 

[rickman]

I see this on my Vista machine as well as on my W2K machine. The
Vista machine is a laptop and the W2K is a desktop. As to
configuration of the monitors... I don't know what you are asking
for. I seriously doubt that this has to do with that. I belive the
desktop is using an LCD at 1280x1024 and the laptop is 1440x???.

I also see this with other programs than Visio. In particular I see
it a lot with dialog boxes that are opened, but it also happens with
the main program window if it is not opened maximized.

Did you open and close Visio several times? Each time it is closed
and opened, it appears a bit further up the screen, I expect it is
moving the height of the task bar. Also, I have my task bar set to
not auto hide. I am running MS Office 2003. Maybe this is fixed in
newer versions.

Rick