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WD: Options That Are Unavailable in Print Preview

Article ID: 106130

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Word 6.0a
Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
Microsoft Word 95a
Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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SUMMARY

Although you can edit your document in print preview, it is an "exclusive" mode, so you are unable to perform any action that switches focus out of print preview.

For example, you cannot click New on the File menu while in print preview. You must click Close on the File menu before clicking New.

MORE INFORMATION

The following options are unavailable (dimmed) in print preview:

   Menu      Commands unavailable
   --------------------------------------------------
   File      New
             Open
             Find File (Word 6.x)
             Templates (Word 6.x, 7.x)
             MRU list (Most recently used file list)

   Edit      Object

   Insert    Database (Word 6.x, 7.x)

   Tools     Mail Merge

   Table     (Show) Gridlines

   Window    Everything

In addition, if you click Envelopes And Labels on the Tools menu, the New Document button is unavailable on the Labels tab.

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