OFF95: Unexpected Behavior Clicking File in Open Dialog Box

• Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Project for Windows 95, version 4.1

SYMPTOMS

If you open one the Microsoft applications listed above (such as Microsoft Word) by using the Open dialog box in the application or by clicking the Open A Document button on the Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar, when you click one of the files in the list, the file icon disappears, and the filename moves to the left in the Name column.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs if you use the Details, Properties, or Preview button to view the files, and you select the Search Subfolders check box in the Advanced Find dialog box.

This behavior is by design. When you select the Search Subfolders check box, if you are using any of the views other than the List view, the list of files in the Open dialog box appears in a "tree" structure, that is, folders and subfolders appear in the list of files. Because the list of files in the Open dialog box contains so much information about the file when you search subfolders and you view the file details, properties, or a preview, moving the filename to the left allows you to continue to view this file information when you click a file to rename it.

RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior, you can use any of the following methods.

Method 1: Click the List button in the Open dialog box to change the view of the files in the list.

Method 2: Clear the Search Subfolders check box in the Advanced Find dialog box.

Additional query words: OSB location position jump

Keywords          : offwin xlwin 
Version           : 7.00
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : 

Last Reviewed: May 27, 1999