Style area disappears when using the Reviewing toolbar

[Wolfgang Vogelgesang]

Hi,

under Word 2002, the style area width (in Normal view) is
reset to 0 when using the Reviewing toolbar's Previous or
Next button.

As a work-around, the Edit - Go To command can be used,
but it would be better to prevent Word from discarding
the style area.

Thank you in advance for any help.

Wolfgang

 

[Klaus Linke]

Hi Wolfgang,

Doesn't happen here...
The only reason I can think of: Maybe the built-in commands (Next-,
PreviousChangeOrComment) have been replaced?
If you use Alt+Ctrl+(Num+), and then click on the buttons, what does it
say?

Regards,
Klaus

 

[Wolfgang Vogelgesang]

Hi Klaus,

the original commands have not been replaced, i.e. the
buttons still launch PreviousChangeOrComment and
NextChangeOrComment, resp.

By the way, the problem doesn't occur with revisions, yet
with comments, only.

The problem also occurs when just opening the reviewing
pane, e.g. by clicking the belonging button of the
Reviewing toolbar.

Regards,

Wolfgang

 

[Klaus Linke]

Hi Wolfgang,

I see it too, now.

ActiveWindow.View.SplitSpecial = wdPaneRevisions
or
WordBasic.ReviewingPane
(show the reviewing pane) seems to clobber the styles area.
All other special panes (headers, footnotes, comments...) seem to make no
problems.

Perhaps you can use the comments pane for comments (instead of the
reviewing pane):

Sub InsertAnnotation()
' shows the comments pane, not the revisions pane:
WordBasic.InsertAnnotation
' or Selection.Comments.Add Range:=Selection.Range
End Sub

If you do, you may want to make the comment text style ("Kommentartext")
smaller, say 8 pt, so you see more of the comments.

I haven't figured out how to add a comment using the revisions pane in VBA
or with built-in commands.

For the ReviewingPane command, you could immediately reset the style area:

Sub ReviewingPane()
WordBasic.ReviewingPane
ActiveWindow.StyleAreaWidth = 90
End Sub


And you can complain to MS...

Regards,
Klaus

 

[Wolfgang Vogelgesang]

Hi Klaus,

thank you for your exhaustive answer.

Kind regards,

Wolfgang