Re: [WinMac] MS Word in Office98for Mac vs. Office97 for Windows

Chris Morin(chrism[at]mixcom.com)
Fri, 8 Jan 1999 09:27:12 -0500

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I have experienced the same phenomenon however I do not have an answer. It
is possible that is just one of many differences in the ways the two OSes
handle their windows. The Mac window simply displays the same information
in a smaller window.
>This may be somewhat off topic but I have not been able to find an
>answer to this dilemma anywhere:
>When we open a new document in Microsoft word on boxes running Office 97
>(on boxes running windows nt4.0), the document opens full screen.
>
>When we do the same on the Macs(several, with different screen sizes)
>the document opens in a window about half a screen wide--a little wider
>than the document. We have tried creating new templates but nothing has
>worked to get the document on the mac to open full screen.
>
>Any ideas on this one?
>
>thanks
>
>
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Christopher J. Morin
Purchasing / IS Manager
Southwest Metal Fabricators, Inc.
3015 N. 114th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53222
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I have experienced the same <fontfamily><param>Times</param>phenomenon
</fontfamily>however I do not have an answer. It is possible that is
just one of many differences in the ways the two OSes handle their
windows. The Mac window simply displays the same information in a
smaller window.

>This may be somewhat off topic but I have not been able to find an

>answer to this dilemma anywhere:

>When we open a new document in Microsoft word on boxes running Office
97

>(on boxes running windows nt4.0), the document opens full screen.

>When we do the same on the Macs(several, with different screen sizes)

>the document opens in a window about half a screen wide--a little
wider

>than the document. We have tried creating new templates but nothing
has

>worked to get the document on the mac to open full screen.

>Any ideas on this one?

>thanks

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