Can't believe you no longer support help in a separate window in .

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It is simply so counter productive to have these little windows that get
smaller and smaller whenever I need information in my main office program
files. I know how to use Alt+Tab. I don't need you erasing my windows real
estate with these inane not productive screen stealing techniques. If I had
two screens, I apparently couldn't use them because you don't allow help (at
least I couldn't find a way) to be displayed out of line.

Or maybe you expect me to span screens. I don't know. I think that you
have continually gone downhill in usability. I believe that you do not
understandi how unproductive you make the user interface with these types of
"improvements". Not just screen stealing techniques like this total rewrite
of help disply, but groupings waste screen real estate but they are the
default. In the conversion to Office 2003, everyone of my folders came up
with this "automatic" setting. Even trying to modify top level folders would
percolate down to subfolders. I don't need these obstacles to productivity.
Apparently these are targeted at users who have no idea how to use a
keyboard and never become power users.
 
the help screens can be undocked from the window edges and resized (whether
docked or not) - for the task pane, grab the three dots on the left side of
the title bar and drag. When the second screen opens with the help contents,
click the Tile/untile button in the upper left corner to toggle between
docked and undocked. Drag the inside edge in and out to resize (any edge
when undocked).

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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Undock, Thanks......
Try with help no hits.... not good.
With your suggestion detach. Now it floats on top. No always on top
toggle. Stays in the way. Can't maneauver around. Royal Pain.

Really screwy interaction between keyboard, task panes, and program. Can't
use backspace. Space bar interacting with outlook instead of task pane to do
search arguements.

Thanks for trying..........

Diane Poremsky said:
the help screens can be undocked from the window edges and resized (whether
docked or not) - for the task pane, grab the three dots on the left side of
the title bar and drag. When the second screen opens with the help contents,
click the Tile/untile button in the upper left corner to toggle between
docked and undocked. Drag the inside edge in and out to resize (any edge
when undocked).

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/


JTPowerUser said:
It is simply so counter productive to have these little windows that get
smaller and smaller whenever I need information in my main office program
files. I know how to use Alt+Tab. I don't need you erasing my windows
real
estate with these inane not productive screen stealing techniques. If I
had
two screens, I apparently couldn't use them because you don't allow help
(at
least I couldn't find a way) to be displayed out of line.

Or maybe you expect me to span screens. I don't know. I think that you
have continually gone downhill in usability. I believe that you do not
understandi how unproductive you make the user interface with these types
of
"improvements". Not just screen stealing techniques like this total
rewrite
of help disply, but groupings waste screen real estate but they are the
default. In the conversion to Office 2003, everyone of my folders came up
with this "automatic" setting. Even trying to modify top level folders
would
percolate down to subfolders. I don't need these obstacles to
productivity.
Apparently these are targeted at users who have no idea how to use a
keyboard and never become power users.
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