Right-click a blank part of the taskbar and choose Properties. Under  the 
taskbar tab, un-check "Group similar taskbar buttons". left-click apply and  then 
OK. This will keep the docs separate and show the contents when the mouse  
hovers over it.
 
HTH
-Phillip Williams-
 
 
In a message dated 1/31/2008 8:25:43 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
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I have  just discovered a new quirk on my WinXP (SP-2) taskbar.  In the past, 
if  you had multiple documents or apps open, you'd see a small button for 
each app  or document on the taskbar, side by side, where you could easily click 
the  button to bring that doc or app to the front.  Now, the multiple icons or 
 buttons have been replaced by a single button, with a small up or down arrow 
 scroll "wheel" to the right of that.  Unless the active windows are  
arranged on the desktop so that you can see each of them, you have to use the  scroll 
arrows to get to the doc or app you want.  Often, there aren't  enough 
characters displayed on the current "button" to recognize which  document you're 
trying to activate.

Have any other of you seen this  phenomenon?  I find it extremely annoying, 
because as one of my volunteer  duties, I need to copy and paste parts of 
several source documents into a  single target document.  The way the target is 
laid out requires you to  go back and forth among the various source documents 
without closing any of  them.







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