Compare 2 word docs side by side (Left Right not Top-Bottom)

R

RN

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.
 
J

Jay Freedman

RN said:
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.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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R

RN

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.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

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.

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

RN

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.
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

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
 

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