How to Stop the Re-sizing of Word Documents

Often when I'm moving a word doc around on my screen it will automatically resize itself to go full-screen. I want to stop it from doing this. I see that there is a set of commands under the "Window" pull-down menu that relate to this feature, but I want to deselect or disable this feature altogether. Is that possible? I haven't been able to find anything in the preferences. This is in Word for Mac, 16.101, on a MacBook Pro running Tahoe 26.5.2.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jul 20, 2026 1:04 PM

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Posted on Jul 23, 2026 1:01 PM

There are two options located in "Desktop & Dock" System Settings....both options start with "Drag windows to....". You will need to scroll down near the bottom. See the following Apple article for details:

Change window tiling settings on Mac - Apple Support


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How to Stop the Re-sizing of Word Documents

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