Page mode or Draft mode: what about the images?

Hello

That's the principle of Draft mode!
As soon as there are images, there is formatting.

If your problem is simply scrolling the text without seeing the top and bottom margins, just move the mouse to the top of a page, and when the cursor turns into a double arrow, double-click. This way, the pages will follow one another without any blank space in between.

If the goal is just reading, you can also use Reading mode.

m@rina

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It's unnecessary to ask me your questions privately. I do not respond to them.

What intrigued me about Word 2007 is that sometimes I can see the images in a document even in Draft mode.

I just checked: in this case, these are documents created in Word 2003 and saved in that format.

Of course, if we save this kind of documents in Word 2007 format, that's it: we will have to switch to Page mode if we want to see those beautiful images again.

But why, then, does Word 2007, since it is capable of doing it with documents in Word 2003 format, not do it with its own documents? (This is not a new question; it's a cry of lamentation.)

Good evening,

Just for your information, in Word 2003, this display was called "Normal View." Images were displayed, but not all of them: only images without text wrapping.
Now the "Normal" view is the "Print Layout" view. And to be honest, it's rare for people to use the Draft mode, which is quite insignificant now that we have more powerful PCs capable of quickly displaying complex documents, with images and all that, unlike the PCs of the past.

So, what is the point of Draft mode? Maybe you can answer that question... We no longer have difficulties scrolling through a formatted document. And, to risk repeating myself, since we can hide the margins at the top and bottom, I don't see what the advantage is.

m@rina

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Please do not ask me your questions in private. I do not respond.

Hello.

Your comments had the advantage of forcing me to see my work habits in Word (which I've been using since... Word 2, back in the '80s; and before that, "Traitext," on Commodore) from a new perspective - but not to question them.

I primarily use Word to store and organize text data and images.

Page layout and printing don't interest me (or rather, no longer concern me…). The layout is quite basic: essentially long tables with 3 or 4 columns.

Why do I prefer Normal mode (Word 2003) or Draft mode (Word 2007) over Page mode?

In height

In Normal mode: with Word 2003, the text flows continuously without any breaks, and page separations are represented by very subtle dotted lines.

If an image exceeds the vertical limits of the page, you can still see it in full, the display is continuous.

In Page mode: the illustration, if it's too large, moves entirely to the next page. There's a large blank space at the bottom of the previous page (which is normal, since what you see is the page as it will be printed).

Aligning the page edges with a double-click does solve this display issue. However, Page mode does not offer me anything more than Normal mode, and it even has the following drawback:

In width

In Normal mode, tables can extend well beyond the side margins, particularly the right margin; they are always fully visible.

Whereas in Page mode, they become invisible beyond these margins. They cannot be made to appear, even when zooming desperately.

Conclusion

Under Word 2003, I will continue to work in Normal mode.

Under Word 2007, I will remain in Page mode if I want to see my illustrations. With the double-click (which you introduced to me: thanks again!) to bring the page edges closer.

Best regards.
J.