With wide aspect ratio screens and a ribbon bar that steals vertical space I
want to compare 2 documents Left - Right not Top-Bottom but I can't figure
out how to do this without manually resizing what Word sets up.

RN wrote:
> With wide aspect ratio screens and a ribbon bar that steals vertical
> space I want to compare 2 documents Left - Right not Top-Bottom but I
> can't figure out how to do this without manually resizing what Word
> sets up.

From your mention of the ribbon, I assume you have Word 2007.

Open both documents. Then click View > View Side-by-Side. You may also need
to click View > Reset Window Position to get the two documents to share the
screen equally. By default the Synchronous Scrolling button is turned on, so
scrolling one document will scroll the other equally.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

I know how to do the side by side comparison but it always uses Top-Bottom.
There is no option to do Left-Right. So you must manually drag and resize
windows. And the windows only have the lower righ resize option now. So you
have to move as well as resize.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

> RN wrote:
> > With wide aspect ratio screens and a ribbon bar that steals vertical
> > space I want to compare 2 documents Left - Right not Top-Bottom but I
> > can't figure out how to do this without manually resizing what Word
> > sets up.
>
> From your mention of the ribbon, I assume you have Word 2007.
>
> Open both documents. Then click View > View Side-by-Side. You may also need
> to click View > Reset Window Position to get the two documents to share the
> screen equally. By default the Synchronous Scrolling button is turned on, so
> scrolling one document will scroll the other equally.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
> all may benefit.
>
>
>

If you have a version of Word that offers Side by Side (Word 2003 or 2007),
it is NOT over and under but side by side.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"RN" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news11EC42E-1C9F-418C-B5FF-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I know how to do the side by side comparison but it always uses Top-Bottom.
> There is no option to do Left-Right. So you must manually drag and
> resize
> windows. And the windows only have the lower righ resize option now. So
> you
> have to move as well as resize.
>
> "Jay Freedman" wrote:
>
>> RN wrote:
>> > With wide aspect ratio screens and a ribbon bar that steals vertical
>> > space I want to compare 2 documents Left - Right not Top-Bottom but I
>> > can't figure out how to do this without manually resizing what Word
>> > sets up.
>>
>> From your mention of the ribbon, I assume you have Word 2007.
>>
>> Open both documents. Then click View > View Side-by-Side. You may also
>> need
>> to click View > Reset Window Position to get the two documents to share
>> the
>> screen equally. By default the Synchronous Scrolling button is turned on,
>> so
>> scrolling one document will scroll the other equally.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Jay Freedman
>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
>> so
>> all may benefit.
>>
>>
>>

I use Word 2007 and it opens top and bottom and not left and right. I just
verified it. I tried view side by side. Then for completeness I tried
arrange all. Both result in top bottom.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> If you have a version of Word that offers Side by Side (Word 2003 or 2007),
> it is NOT over and under but side by side.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> http://word.mvps.org
>
> "RN" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news11EC42E-1C9F-418C-B5FF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I know how to do the side by side comparison but it always uses Top-Bottom.
> > There is no option to do Left-Right. So you must manually drag and
> > resize
> > windows. And the windows only have the lower righ resize option now. So
> > you
> > have to move as well as resize.
> >
> > "Jay Freedman" wrote:
> >
> >> RN wrote:
> >> > With wide aspect ratio screens and a ribbon bar that steals vertical
> >> > space I want to compare 2 documents Left - Right not Top-Bottom but I
> >> > can't figure out how to do this without manually resizing what Word
> >> > sets up.
> >>
> >> From your mention of the ribbon, I assume you have Word 2007.
> >>
> >> Open both documents. Then click View > View Side-by-Side. You may also
> >> need
> >> to click View > Reset Window Position to get the two documents to share
> >> the
> >> screen equally. By default the Synchronous Scrolling button is turned on,
> >> so
> >> scrolling one document will scroll the other equally.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards,
> >> Jay Freedman
> >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
> >> so
> >> all may benefit.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

By default it certainly opens side by side. If you have rearranged the Word
panes at any time, Word may default to your last arrangement. Try dragging
them to a side-by-side arrangement, close the windows, and try again.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"RN" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C0526276-1913-459E-98EF-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I use Word 2007 and it opens top and bottom and not left and right. I just
> verified it. I tried view side by side. Then for completeness I tried
> arrange all. Both result in top bottom.
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> If you have a version of Word that offers Side by Side (Word 2003 or
>> 2007),
>> it is NOT over and under but side by side.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> http://word.mvps.org
>>
>> "RN" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news11EC42E-1C9F-418C-B5FF-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I know how to do the side by side comparison but it always uses
>> >Top-Bottom.
>> > There is no option to do Left-Right. So you must manually drag and
>> > resize
>> > windows. And the windows only have the lower righ resize option now.
>> > So
>> > you
>> > have to move as well as resize.
>> >
>> > "Jay Freedman" wrote:
>> >
>> >> RN wrote:
>> >> > With wide aspect ratio screens and a ribbon bar that steals vertical
>> >> > space I want to compare 2 documents Left - Right not Top-Bottom but
>> >> > I
>> >> > can't figure out how to do this without manually resizing what Word
>> >> > sets up.
>> >>
>> >> From your mention of the ribbon, I assume you have Word 2007.
>> >>
>> >> Open both documents. Then click View > View Side-by-Side. You may also
>> >> need
>> >> to click View > Reset Window Position to get the two documents to
>> >> share
>> >> the
>> >> screen equally. By default the Synchronous Scrolling button is turned
>> >> on,
>> >> so
>> >> scrolling one document will scroll the other equally.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Jay Freedman
>> >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>> >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
>> >> newsgroup
>> >> so
>> >> all may benefit.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>