URGENT - How to display a "hidden" dialogue box Thread poster: Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen
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Hi all,
I am working on several documents at the same time, on the same subject (in order to easily change words for which I find a better translation later on in the documents).
The problem is that I did a Find/replace on all documents one by one but somehow the dialogue box won't display anymore... Ofcourse I can't go on working becs there is a dialogue open somewhere ... and I can't close it becs I can't see it any more.
Is there someone out there who ca... See more Hi all,
I am working on several documents at the same time, on the same subject (in order to easily change words for which I find a better translation later on in the documents).
The problem is that I did a Find/replace on all documents one by one but somehow the dialogue box won't display anymore... Ofcourse I can't go on working becs there is a dialogue open somewhere ... and I can't close it becs I can't see it any more.
Is there someone out there who can tell me how to display the dialogue box again so I can get on with my work ?
Tks a lot in advance
Elisabeth ▲ Collapse
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| Alt - Tab might work | May 18, 2006 |
I'm not sure if this will work in your situation, but assuming you're in some version of Windows, you could use ALT-TAB to step through all the currently-open windows, until you find the 'hidden' one.
HTH
MediaMatrix
| | | | | select again | May 18, 2006 |
Hi Elisabeth,
Are you actually working with MS Word or another application?
I'm not sure if I understand correctly, so I'll just try to give some suggestions.
Sometimes this happens to me when applying the same change to different files in a row.
If I cannot see the dialogue box anymore, then I just open it again in the menu - and it pops up again from wherever it was.
You could also save the files and then close them - if the dialogue b... See more Hi Elisabeth,
Are you actually working with MS Word or another application?
I'm not sure if I understand correctly, so I'll just try to give some suggestions.
Sometimes this happens to me when applying the same change to different files in a row.
If I cannot see the dialogue box anymore, then I just open it again in the menu - and it pops up again from wherever it was.
You could also save the files and then close them - if the dialogue box was hidden somewhere, it will be closed, too.
Then re-open the files and use the Find/Replace function again.
Best regards,
Michaela ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Hitting Ctrl + H again ? | May 18, 2006 |
Salut Elisabeth,
Doesn't the box appear again if you hit Ctrl + H again ?
Sylvain
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| unfortunately, not one of these suggestions work ... | May 18, 2006 |
Michaela Müller wrote:
Hi Elisabeth,
Are you actually working with MS Word or another application?
Yes I'm working with MS Word
If I cannot see the dialogue box anymore, then I just open it again in the menu - and it pops up again from wherever it was.
No menu is accessible. As there is a dialogue box open somewhere, all windows are frozen ...
You could also save the files and then close them - if the dialogue box was hidden somewhere, it will be closed, too.
Then re-open the files and use the Find/Replace function again.
Impossible to close anything, even with a right click on the toolbar ... all functions are suspended becs of this box.
I have tried almost everything ... am just hoping that it will pop up one way or the other.
Thanks Michaela
| | | | | Just a sound .. | May 18, 2006 |
Sylvain Leray wrote:
Salut Elisabeth,
Doesn't the box appear again if you hit Ctrl + H again ?
Sylvain
Salut Sylvain !
When doing so, I just get a sound from the application that it doesn't like what I'm doing ...
Tks Sylvain
| | | | | Task manager | May 18, 2006 |
Did you check if you find it when using the Task Manager (Ctrl+alt+remove)? If nothing else is possible, I always use the task manager to move from one task/application to another, or to delete a process that caused a freeze.
| | | | | Ofcourse I can close all Word instances | May 18, 2006 |
Michaela Müller wrote:
Did you check if you find it when using the Task Manager (Ctrl+alt+remove)? If nothing else is possible, I always use the task manager to move from one task/application to another, or to delete a process that caused a freeze.
Unfortunately, if I do this, all changes I have made today in all the documents will be lost... and I'm not sure I remember all of them. I'm keeping this possibility for the very very end...
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| Well ... I had to close all Word instances | May 18, 2006 |
because I travelled so much between pages that I succeeded in freezing Word completely ...
Now all I have to do is read all the pages and change all I remember
Tks to both of you for yr suggestions
Elisabeth
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And not only remember all changes and insert them again - don't forget: Save the files after at least each page or a certain time (I could have said "Why didn't you do this before, so not all of today's work would be gone?" but I don't)
Good luck with the rest of the job!
Michaela
| | | | | MS Word does have AutoSave | May 18, 2006 |
If you go Tools-Options, the "Save" tab, you can check "Save AutoRecover info every:" and enter the frequency of atuosave. Mine is set to 2 minutes.
However, in certain instances this autosaving process has to be "initiated" by saving the file manually at least once.
Antonin
| | | | | Yeh.... I know | May 18, 2006 |
Michaela Müller wrote: And not only remember all changes and insert them again - don't forget: Save the files after at least each page or a certain time (I could have said "Why didn't you do this before, so not all of today's work would be gone?" but I don't ) Good luck with the rest of the job! Michaela
I usually save after every series of changes but I hadn't finished all the pages before the dialogue box disappeared...
Anyway, I made the changes I remembered. Will have a look again once the whole job finished.
Today just wasn't my day ;-(
Thanks again Michaela
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| It just keeps hidden ... ;-) | May 18, 2006 |
mediamatrix wrote:
I'm not sure if this will work in your situation, but assuming you're in some version of Windows, you could use ALT-TAB to step through all the currently-open windows, until you find the 'hidden' one.
HTH
MediaMatrix
I was able to open each window, cleaning the screen with Wdws+M then opening each document in the task bar, but the box just wouldn't show, even in the window where it was supposed to be ...
Anyway, the problem is solved for the moment, as I had to close with Ctrl+Alt+Del
Tks
Elisabeth
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