[Trainer-Talk] Solved an odd page navigation issue with Word 365

[Raul Gallegos - RGA]

Brian, thank you for putting it so eloquently. This one will definitely get saved in my quick tips and tricks folder for the next time. I guess so far I have been lucky as I have not encountered this in quite a while and the last time I did, it was something completely different.

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Nov 21, 2024 12:07:02 PM Brian Vogel <britechguy at gmail.com>:

> Raul,
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> By far and away the solution to this issue is exactly what you stated, going back to single page view:  Alt + W, 1
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> And the issue is most often caused by someone accidentally having hit Alt + W, 2, which puts word into multipage view (usually 2 pages per screen, odd pages on the left side, even on the right, and depending on which "page column" you happen to be in, going down moves you to the next odd or even page).
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> One word of warning for those who may be working with sighted coworkers, where a document somehow got thrown into multipage view:  this also causes zoom level to decrease, significantly, to fit both pages on the screen.  When you go back to single page view, the zoom level does not automatically go back to 100%, so if you actually want it at 100% again, make sure to hit, Alt + W, J, to force that to happen.
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> Brad, just FYI, because the zoom level goes down to the extent it does in multipage view and it's really difficult to use it if you increase the zoom level to "normal readable" size, I seldom see anyone use multipage view other than for "quick and dirty" viewing purposes.  Almost every case where I see a document in multipage view (whether done by a sighted or blind user) it's happened by accident.  It's well-nigh impossible to actively edit a document when it's in that view.
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> Brian