RE: Multiple instances of Word

[Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Word 2003, that I use, employs SDI. When I have multiple documents open they appear in separate top-level windows. Task Manger shows multiple iterations of Word in the "Applications" tab, but only one in the "Process" tab.


--- On Thu, 6/12/08, Combs, Richard <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com> wrote:

> From: Combs, Richard <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>
> Subject: RE: Multiple instances of Word
> To: jopakent -at- comcast -dot- net, "TECHWR" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008, 12:43 PM
> jopakent -at- comcast -dot- net wrote:
>  
> > One of the FEW things I liked about working with
> Documentum was that
> when I
> > opened a Word document while I already had another
> Word document open,
> it
> > would open an new instance of Word. This was handy
> because I could
> position
> > each instance on a separate monitor, which was handy
> for working
> between
> > two documents.
> > 
> > Is there a handy way of doing this that others have
> discovered?
> 
> What version of Word are you using? Microsoft switched from
> Multiple
> Document Interface (MDI) to Single Document Interface (SDI)
> so long ago
> I'm not sure when. I think it was Word 2000. It may
> have been a
> configurable choice when SDI was new, so maybe you're
> just not set up to
> use it.
> 
> In SDI, each new document opens in its own top-level window
> (as opposed
> to MDI, where multiple document windows reside within the
> application's
> top-level window). 
> 
> SDI doesn't mean there are multiple instances of Word
> running. When I
> open 3 Word docs, all 3 appear on the taskbar, but Task
> Manager shows
> that only one instance of Word is running.
> 
> Richard
> 
> 
> Richard G. Combs
> Senior Technical Writer
> Polycom, Inc.
> richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
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