full screen problem

I am using MS Word 2002 with Windows XP.

In the last few days, the settings have changed so that when I attempt to
INSERT a file into a document or OPEN a file from within a document or SAVE
AS and get the list of documents from which to select, the selection window
covers my full screen and hides everything else on my desktop. These
windows do not have a minimize option (only a question mark and X for close
in the right hand corner.)

I can minimize the documents themselves. Also, my screen resolution is 1024
by 768.

I want to return to the smaller selection window that used to appear when I
tried to INSERT or OPEN or SAVE AS.

Any ideas?

Rachel

Double-click the title bar of the dialog window.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Rachel" wrote in message
...
I am using MS Word 2002 with Windows XP.

In the last few days, the settings have changed so that when I attempt to
INSERT a file into a document or OPEN a file from within a document or
SAVE
AS and get the list of documents from which to select, the selection
window
covers my full screen and hides everything else on my desktop. These
windows do not have a minimize option (only a question mark and X for
close
in the right hand corner.)

I can minimize the documents themselves. Also, my screen resolution is
1024
by 768.

I want to return to the smaller selection window that used to appear when
I
tried to INSERT or OPEN or SAVE AS.

Any ideas?

Rachel

Fantastic -- Thank you!

Rachel


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Double-click the title bar of the dialog window.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Rachel" wrote in message
...
I am using MS Word 2002 with Windows XP.

In the last few days, the settings have changed so that when I attempt
to
INSERT a file into a document or OPEN a file from within a document or
SAVE
AS and get the list of documents from which to select, the selection
window
covers my full screen and hides everything else on my desktop. These
windows do not have a minimize option (only a question mark and X for
close
in the right hand corner.)

I can minimize the documents themselves. Also, my screen resolution is
1024
by 768.

I want to return to the smaller selection window that used to appear
when
I
tried to INSERT or OPEN or SAVE AS.

Any ideas?

Rachel

Bonjour,

Dans son message, Rachel écrivait :
In this message, Rachel wrote:

|| I am using MS Word 2002 with Windows XP.
||
|| In the last few days, the settings have changed so that when I attempt to
|| INSERT a file into a document or OPEN a file from within a document or
SAVE
|| AS and get the list of documents from which to select, the selection
window
|| covers my full screen and hides everything else on my desktop. These
|| windows do not have a minimize option (only a question mark and X for
close
|| in the right hand corner.)
||
|| I can minimize the documents themselves. Also, my screen resolution is
1024
|| by 768.
||
|| I want to return to the smaller selection window that used to appear when
I
|| tried to INSERT or OPEN or SAVE AS.
||

It is possible that you have inadvertently double-clicked the title bar of
those dialog boxes (The setting is the same for all of those and it sticks).
Just double-click again any of those dialog boxes. title bar (The blue bar
at the top). You can resize those dialog boxes by dragging the bottom right
corner (unless you are in full screen mode).

You can also use that title-bar double-clicking trick with any application
windows and resizable-dialog boxes to toggle between last un-maximized size
and full screen mode.

HTH
--
Salut!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
ISTOO
Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org