Would you like to create a new document in Publishing Layout View?

[patrick j]

Hi

If I have a document open in Draft view or Print Layout and I decide to go
to Publishing Layout View I get a dialogue:

"Would you like to create a new document in Publishing Layout View?"

I can "Create New" or "Continue".

Pretty soon I'm going to check:

"Don't show this message again"

But I'm wondering if there is anything Publishing Layout View actually does
to the file in some fundamental way?

Why do Microsoft want to encourage me to create a new file in this way?

Thank you

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Patrick:

Yes, Publishing Layout View does create a different XML structure within the
document, and pre-populates it with various default artefacts.

If that's the kind of work you do, then it works very well. If not, you
need the warning that you have hit the wrong button, otherwise you waste
time deleting all the stuff you don't want

Cheers

Hi

If I have a document open in Draft view or Print Layout and I decide to go
to Publishing Layout View I get a dialogue:

"Would you like to create a new document in Publishing Layout View?"

I can "Create New" or "Continue".

Pretty soon I'm going to check:

"Don't show this message again"

But I'm wondering if there is anything Publishing Layout View actually does
to the file in some fundamental way?

Why do Microsoft want to encourage me to create a new file in this way?

Thank you

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[CyberTaz]

And just as a general perception: Once you create or "convert" to a doc in
Pub Layout it might be problematic to go back to one of the other views... I
really need to make time to play more with that

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

 

[patrick j]

And just as a general perception: Once you create or "convert" to a doc in
Pub Layout it might be problematic to go back to one of the other views... I
really need to make time to play more with that

I wonder if a document that has been "converted" to accommodate Publishing
Layout is less readable by Word 2007 than one that hasn't been converted?

 

[John McGhie]

No.

Word 2007 uses the same widgets, it just doesn't populate a document with
them automatically.

Cheers

I wonder if a document that has been "converted" to accommodate Publishing
Layout is less readable by Word 2007 than one that hasn't been converted?

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[patrick j]

No.

Word 2007 uses the same widgets, it just doesn't populate a document with
them automatically.

Thank you

I am very glad. I partially suspected this was the case because I know that
with Word 2007 there is the Drawing Canvas which is sort of a bit
Publishing View-like.

I far prefer Publishing View to the Drawing Canvas though.

It amazes me that it took MS so long to come up with something like the
Publishing View as Word comes with very many drawing capabilities but has
never offered a good drawing environment.

Although I know many people are disappointed with Word 2008, at least I
will say that I am very glad indeed to see the Publishing View

I do use Adobe Illustrator a lot but for small quick things Word's
Publishing View is great to have.

I always really like the drawing environments of ClarisWorks and Nisus
Writer but I think Publishing View is the first time that Word has really
moved ahead in this area.