Dialogue Boxes Open Clashing with other files...

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DanielWalters6

I have found recently that when I choose to save something in Word or Excel
etc, the standard Dialogue box appears. I have then on several different
times tried to open another document in the background (by double clicking it
from a windows explorer window that I have open in my taskbar) It won't allow
me to open it, untill I have specified a save name for the already mid-save
document.

I find this really annoying because I quite often have to look up the files
name that I am to give a document from within an index document.
 
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Beth Melton

It's been this way in every version of Office. While you are able to
work with multiple documents at the same time, you are still using
only one instance of WinWord.exe (the application). If you are using a
modal dialog box, one that needs to be closed before you can continue
working in the application, then you can't work in the application
until the dialog is closed - even if you switch to another window.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
 
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DanielWalters6

Cheers :)


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Dan Walters


Beth Melton said:
It's been this way in every version of Office. While you are able to
work with multiple documents at the same time, you are still using
only one instance of WinWord.exe (the application). If you are using a
modal dialog box, one that needs to be closed before you can continue
working in the application, then you can't work in the application
until the dialog is closed - even if you switch to another window.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
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