Word Processing - to widescreen or not widescreen ?

Seirrah · 31 Jan 2006 at 11:54

Hi all

I'm soon to buy a new screen and I'm almost certain that I'd like it to be a 20" widescreen. However I soon have to do a fair bit of word processing and I'm wondering how good these widescreen monitors are for word processing.

Would it be possible for someone to post a photo of a word document on a widescreen display, and also a document on a 4:3 19" display but maybe rotated into portrait mode, as I imagine that would be the best configuration for this task.

If there isn't much difference then I could wait for a good widescreen display to come along, else I could just go and buy a VP930 and know that I'm getting a quality screen!

Thanks

PieEater · 31 Jan 2006 at 12:17

Hi - what problems do you anticipate using a widescreen for word processing?

My experiences were positive, if the document had more than one page Word would span two pages on the screen which was useful. Alternatively you can have Word on one side of the screen and MSN or MediaPlayer open on the other.

t_aitch · 31 Jan 2006 at 12:21

Yeah i have mine spanned over two pages on my 2005fpw.

If your feeling in the mood to work your butt off on word processing i tilt it 90 degrees so my screen is in portrait view and is perfect for word processing.

Seirrah · 31 Jan 2006 at 12:28

PieEater said:
Hi - what problems do you anticipate using a widescreen for word processing?

My experiences were positive, if the document had more than one page Word would span two pages on the screen which was useful. Alternatively you can have Word on one side of the screen and MSN or MediaPlayer open on the other.

Does that mean two pages in the 'editting' view ? (as opposed to print preview?) ...as this would be pretty useful !

PieEater · 31 Jan 2006 at 12:36

Seirrah said:
Does that mean two pages in the 'editting' view ? (as opposed to print preview?) ...as this would be pretty useful !

Yup - exactly what I mean, when the window is maximised the editing space is obviously wider than on a standard monitor and word will automatically place two pages on the screen as long as you are not magnifying the page you are working on so it takes up more than 50% of the workspace.

Vegeta · 31 Jan 2006 at 13:58

Kohaashi · 31 Jan 2006 at 17:54

seeing two word pages on the screen still makes this monitor look MASSIVE to me, even though im used to the size now.

Vegeta · 31 Jan 2006 at 18:32

ye seeing a picture of it seems abnormal lol - but feels fine using it.