"open office document" list view columns

[Mr Major Thorburn]

Office 2000 SP-3 when opening an office document in list view the columns
have suddenly shifted wider where before they were closer with the folders
and file names being truncated terminated in ...
Anyone any idea how we can control this 'feature'

 

[Beth Melton]

The width of the column is determined by the longest file name in the
folder. If you're seeing truncated file names then I'd say you have
some long file names. Try renaming the truncated file names and use
fewer characters and see if that makes a difference.

--
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/

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Major,

You can adjust the width of the columns by holding your
mouse down over the 'crack' between the columns and dragging.
Double clicking on the 'crack' (space) will enlarge a
column to autofit the widest entry in that column.

=======
Office 2000 SP-3 when opening an office document in list view the columns
have suddenly shifted wider where before they were closer with the folders
and file names being truncated terminated in ...
Anyone any idea how we can control this 'feature'

--
Regards, Major
Major is my Christian Name ;-) >>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx

 

[Mr Major Thorburn]

Bob, there are no 'crack's in the list view and if I select the detail view
and change the column width it is not reflected in the list view.
Regards, Major.

 

[Mr Major Thorburn]

Beth, I am sorry but I have seen the same file list being shown with ...
trunctation and later no trunctation without doing anything to the file names.
Is there any way at all to control the width of the view columns?
Regards, Major.

The width of the column is determined by the longest file name in the
folder. If you're seeing truncated file names then I'd say you have
some long file names. Try renaming the truncated file names and use
fewer characters and see if that makes a difference.

--
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/

 

[Beth Melton]

What view are you using? Are you using the List view? Details view?
Check the View menu to the left of the Tools menu in the File/Open
dialog box.

--
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/

Beth, I am sorry but I have seen the same file list being shown with
...
trunctation and later no trunctation without doing anything to the
file names.
Is there any way at all to control the width of the view columns?
Regards, Major.

 

[Mr Major Thorburn]

I am using the list view.
Regards, Major.

What view are you using? Are you using the List view? Details view?
Check the View menu to the left of the Tools menu in the File/Open
dialog box.

--
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/

 

[Beth Melton]

I reviewed the thread and I don't think you ever mentioned the
operating system you are using. I'm wondering if that may factor into
what you are seeing.

--
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/

 

[Mr Major Thorburn]

Sorry, the system is running XP with SP2, office is 2000 with SP-3.

I have just looked on my own system at home and noticed that under the
normal folder list view there is an option to select details. In that option
you can select the number of pixels used to display each column. That allows
you to display a partial file or subfolder name. Just what I wanted.

I am running Office 2003 here so I will try the column display size option
at work tomorrow.

Regards, Major.