problem with Word documents window

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Bev

When I open the Word documents window to view my folders,
the alphabetical columns autatically shift over one column
width to the left so that I can not see the first column
of folders unless I manually shift the columns back over
to the right. This only happens in Word, not in Excel. I
even got a new computer and a new version of MS office and
my files were transferred over to the new hard drive but I
still have the same problem. Does anyone out there have
any idea how I can prevent all the columns shifting over?
Thank you.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Do you have a lot of folders in the folder you're opening? I believe many
versions of Word automatically select the first file in the window but
display the folders above the filenames.
 
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Bev

Suzanne, I did not understand your reply to my problem but
I will try to be more specific here. My problem is this:
I open Word, I click on File, then Open. The window that
opens has 3 columns of my folders listed alphabetically.
The first column goes from A to G, the second goes from G
to P and the last from P to Z. When the window opens, the
A to G column just shifts over to the left so I can only
view the G to P column and the P to Z column. I have to
manually arrow across on the bottom to move the A to G
column to the right and back into view. It is just an
annoying glitch. Does anyone have any idea how I can
correct this? Thank you. Bev
 
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TF

Bev

You haven't divulged your OS of Office versions, but FWIW, the File, Open
and File Save dialogs can be resizes using the mouse or viewed in Full
Screen by double-clicking the Title Bar. If you adjust the width/length of
the dialog, does that resolve your problem?



: Suzanne, I did not understand your reply to my problem but
: I will try to be more specific here. My problem is this:
: I open Word, I click on File, then Open. The window that
: opens has 3 columns of my folders listed alphabetically.
: The first column goes from A to G, the second goes from G
: to P and the last from P to Z. When the window opens, the
: A to G column just shifts over to the left so I can only
: view the G to P column and the P to Z column. I have to
: manually arrow across on the bottom to move the A to G
: column to the right and back into view. It is just an
: annoying glitch. Does anyone have any idea how I can
: correct this? Thank you. Bev
: >-----Original Message-----
: >When I open the Word documents window to view my folders,
: >the alphabetical columns autatically shift over one
: column
: >width to the left so that I can not see the first column
: >of folders unless I manually shift the columns back over
: >to the right. This only happens in Word, not in Excel.
: I
: >even got a new computer and a new version of MS office
: and
: >my files were transferred over to the new hard drive but
: I
: >still have the same problem. Does anyone out there have
: >any idea how I can prevent all the columns shifting
: over?
: >Thank you.
: >.
: >
 
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Beth Melton

Hi Bev,

What version of Word are you using?

If I follow what you are saying, when you go to File/Open the list of
files/folders scroll to the right - correct?

If this is the case then by default Word will attempt to find the
first Word document in the folder or the first file according to your
"Files of Type".

If you have Files of Type set to "All files" then change it back to
Word documents. Otherwise you'll need to move the files to another
folder.

Note that this behavior was changed as of Word 2002.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Okay, so you've got a folder full of just folders? I'm guessing Word is
trying to find the first document to select. As Beth and Terry have pointed
out, in recent versions of Word you can resize or maximize the File Open
window. But I would also suggest some rudimentary file management to cut
down on the number of folders. Can you, for example, create some primary
folders and store the folders in them as subfolders? You will be the best
judge of how to categorize them, but you can do this alphabetically if in no
other way: create top-level folders named, say A-F, G-M, N-S, and T-Z, and
then put the existing folders in those folders alphabetically.
 
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