Microsoft KB Archive/291137

= WD2002: Full Screen View Closes When You Arrange All Windows =

PSS ID Number: 291137

Article Last Modified on 4/4/2001

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word 2002

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This article was previously published under Q291137



For a Microsoft Word 2000 version of this article, see 220288.



SYMPTOMS
If you view a document in full screen view and want to view multiple documents at the same time, when you click Arrange All on the Window menu, all of the open document windows change to a non-full screen view (for example, print layout, normal, Web layout, or outline view).

NOTE: In earlier versions of Microsoft Word, if you view a document in full screen view and you click Arrange All on the Window menu, all open document windows are displayed in full screen view.



CAUSE
In versions of Word earlier than Word 2000, the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) was used, which allowed you to arrange all windows while in full screen view. Beginning with Word 2000, the Single Document Interface (SDI) replaces the MDI. Because each SDI document is its own window, you cannot view more than one SDI document at a time in full screen view.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: fullscreen full-screen

Keywords: kbbug KB291137

Technology: kbWord2002 kbWord2002Search kbWordSearch

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