gemrock Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Anyone else having trouble switching from one open document to another open document under the "Window" menu? Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 What kind of trouble? Works as expected here on Vista. Quote Link to comment
IanH Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I often open referenced files via the Window menu. No issues. Quote Link to comment
gemrock Posted April 19, 2009 Author Share Posted April 19, 2009 Let's say I have two or three documents open. Normally, to view one of the other documents you would just mouse up to the 'Window' menu and click on it and it opens, Well, when I do that nothing happens... I'm still seeing the same document. So I have to minimise the document I'm working on to see the next one. Doesn't seem to matter what workspace I'm using either. Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Can you create a new clean user account and see if you have the same problem there? Quote Link to comment
gemrock Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share Posted April 20, 2009 Hi Pat. While not trying to appear ignorant, what do you mean by a clean user account? Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Go to Control panel, User Accounts (this is for Vista, XP should be similar. Create a new user, switch to that, open VW and try switching documents. If it does work, your original user account is corrupted. Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Thank Ray. Since I am a Mac guy, I could not tell the steps, but what you explained is exactly what I meant. Quote Link to comment
JBC Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Perhaps one of the Vista guys knows if there is a shortcut to switch between open windows. You could try alt+F6, that works on multiple open documents in Word, but since my VectorWorks is on a Mac I can't test it. By the way on a Mac shortcut between all open documents is Apple Key+~, at least on VectorWorks 12.5 -Brendan Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Yes, Cmd~ toggles open VW windows in V2009 and earlier. Also, in Mac OS10.4 and above search Mac Help for Expose functionality. For example: F9 (or on portables, F3 or Fn-F9) key tiles all open windows to the desk top. Click one to activate it. F11 key minimizes all open windows to reveal the desktop. Click again to bring them back. One can also establish hot corners for some desktop management. Look in System Prefs>Expose -B Quote Link to comment
VincentCuclair Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 This is a long shot, but i have a similar problem however i'm quite sure it is not a VW issue, in an attempt to simulate a mac environment in my PC i use RKLauncher (it's an OSX type taskbar) this i have noticed causes problems similar to what you have when i minimize and maximize multiple documents in VW. :? Quote Link to comment
gemrock Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share Posted April 20, 2009 I've just had a workout in the Workspace Editor. Doesn't seem to matter what workspace I'm in, or what menu I place "Document Windows" under. It just doesn't work. You click on the Number 2 document that is open but you still see the Number 1 document. However, if I place "Document Windows" under the second last menu in the Workspace Editor, "Document Context (right click on document)" it works fine. So now all I have to do is right click on the visible document, up comes the list, and then ping on the other open document I want to view, and voila... probably more convenient than ever once I get used to it. But pretty wierd that it doesn't work under a normal menu. My other programs work fine in that respect... could just be my setup. So thanks to all of you who gave advice. I'm happy with this solution and can get on with my work again with a bit less frustration! Quote Link to comment
gemrock Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share Posted April 20, 2009 And that's a weird way of spelling weird, but too bad. Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 You can edit your posts after you've posted them Pete. Quote Link to comment
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