Toggle between Outline View and non-Outline View

Hello,

In the next version of MS Word, please create an easy way to toggle between
Outline View and a regular numbered or bulleted outline in Print View or
Normal View.

Many people do not use Outline View and become frustrated when they receive
a Word document prepared in that view. They are faced with either losing the
outline structure including the level insets (if the doc is converted to a
non-Outline view) or staying in Outline View and being frustrated with the
navigation. Many of these people however are very comfortable using a
numbered or bulleted outline created in Print View or Normal View (i.e. I,
A,1, a, i, etc.).

On the other hand, many people who do use Outline View with no numbering or
bulleting find it very useful in the majority of Word documents they create.
However, as soon as they want to share a document with someone else, they
must either spend the time to convert it to an numbered or bulleted outline
in a non-Outline View or take the time to explain how to use Outline View to
the recipient.

It would be fantastic to be able to simply toggle a document between the two
Views in a way that Outline View functionality is preserved (collapsing,
expanding, etc.) in one and the other allows a user to see numbering or
bulleting and level insets plus have all the functionality they are used to
in Print View, etc.

This would be a extremely valuable function and save a huge amount of time.

Thank you


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Note that Outline view and a numbered outline are two different things. To
combine them, associate your headings with an outline-numbered (multilevel)
list.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"dsavant" wrote in message
...
Hello,

In the next version of MS Word, please create an easy way to toggle
between
Outline View and a regular numbered or bulleted outline in Print View or
Normal View.

Many people do not use Outline View and become frustrated when they
receive
a Word document prepared in that view. They are faced with either losing
the
outline structure including the level insets (if the doc is converted to a
non-Outline view) or staying in Outline View and being frustrated with the
navigation. Many of these people however are very comfortable using a
numbered or bulleted outline created in Print View or Normal View (i.e. I,
A,1, a, i, etc.).

On the other hand, many people who do use Outline View with no numbering
or
bulleting find it very useful in the majority of Word documents they
create.
However, as soon as they want to share a document with someone else, they
must either spend the time to convert it to an numbered or bulleted
outline
in a non-Outline View or take the time to explain how to use Outline View
to
the recipient.

It would be fantastic to be able to simply toggle a document between the
two
Views in a way that Outline View functionality is preserved (collapsing,
expanding, etc.) in one and the other allows a user to see numbering or
bulleting and level insets plus have all the functionality they are used
to
in Print View, etc.

This would be a extremely valuable function and save a huge amount of
time.

Thank you


----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ord.pagelayout