Dialogue Box is now full screen!

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Tintigieu

Hi
When I choose to open a file in Word 97, the dialogue box that used to be a
small, manageable size, now comes up, inexplicably, full screen. I am aware
of having clicked or double-clicked during one opening, which presumably
accounts for what's happened, but I can't see any way to undo it. Any ideas?
Thanks!
 
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grammatim

Can you grab an edge or corner of the box and drag it to a normal
size, and then it'll stay that way?

Does it keep doing it after you've closed and reopened Word?
 
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Tintigieu

Hi
I can't grab and drag it at all. And it is still the same after closing and
reopening Word (in fact, after a full restart) and also, bizarrely, I can't
navigate back to an open Word document I'm already working in, while this
full screen box is open - I have to close that document.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Double-click the title bar to restore it. You can then resize it as desired
by dragging on the lower right corner.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
 
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Graham Mayor

Double click its title bar to change the view from full screen to windowed
then you should be able to resize it.

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Graham Mayor

Ooops - replied before I saw this :(

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Tintigieu

Thanks so much - double-clicking the title bar has fixed it :) Really
appreciate all your help.
 
P

paperlunch

Tintigieu;390175 said:
Hi
I can't grab and drag it at all. And it is still the same afte
closing and
reopening Word (in fact, after a full restart) and also, bizarrely,
can't
navigate back to an open Word document I'm already working in, whil
this
full screen box is open - I have to close that document.

if you can not double click, you can go to taskbar.
and right click at word 2007 and choice restore
so it will become small size and you can setup again
 
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Dan Freeman

Tintigieu said:
Hi
I can't grab and drag it at all. And it is still the same after
closing and reopening Word (in fact, after a full restart) and also,
bizarrely, I can't navigate back to an open Word document I'm already
working in, while this full screen box is open - I have to close that
document.

Double-click the title bar.
 

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