Microsoft word for mac is suddenly driving me crazy

October 18, 2018 1:54 PM

I am writing an article on my 2014 macbook air and I want to have a few drafts open at the same time. However, I can't keep the documents I need open all together on the same screen.

When I click the word icon in the sidebar, the whole screen kind of slides or shifts to another screen with other documents I've been working on. And then you can't see the first set of documents anymore. I want them to stay on one visible plane. I don't know how else to describe it, but maybe these are like "windows" that have been added to an update? All I know is that 16 point something is not letting me work the way I want to, which is having a bunch of papers spread out on one surface. I apologize that I don't have the technical language to describe this but PLEASE HELP ! THANKS.

posted by nantucket to Computers & Internet (2 answers total)

Best answer: You've managed to move Word onto a different virtual desktop, probably without intending to. This post should explain what's going on and how to move your Word windows back to your primary desktop.

[edit] Here is Apple's official documentation for this. It's hard to search for unless you know the right words.
posted by parm at 2:32 PM on October 18, 2018 [1 favorite]

Best answer: It may have changed, depending on your settings for Mission Control, but one easy thing to try is once the screen shifts after you click on the Word icon, drag the Word document window (as if you're moving it around the screen) and drag it to the very very top edge of the screen. Mission Control may then open up and will then let you move the window to the original desktop.
posted by homesickness at 4:00 PM on October 18, 2018 [2 favorites]