Bennett> It mainly happens after I do a mouse click in the main Bennett> document window. If I then bring up a dialog box Bennett> (Find/Replace, Layout> Document..., etc.) it typically does Bennett> not have focus. After I've clicked on that dialog box, I can Bennett> dismiss it and call the very same one up again having it take Bennett> focus appropriately (so long as I haven't clicked anywhere on Bennett> the main document window in the meantime). Other dialog boxes Bennett> I call up still fail to take focus until I click on them, and Bennett> in that case *that* dialog box will be able to take focus, Bennett> but others won't. (Of course, after any click in the main Bennett> document window, none of these will take focus.)
So you mean that only one window at a time will be able to take focus, right?
That's right (with the exception of the File>Open and possibly the File>New From Template dialogs).
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