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Multiple Files Working With Simultaneously

There you are, feverishly working on several different MS Word files, trying to read, copy/paste and type all at once. You're in file A, you read a few lines, flip over to file B and type. Now, over to file C. You copy a paragraph, then go back to file B and now paste. Back to file A for another copy. Return to file B and paste, etc. And so on. Is that an all too familiar feeling of frustration creeping in? With that feeling beginning to take over, you just have to ask,:- "Is it possible to arrange my files so I can work on two or more at the same time, without all the flipping between documents"? First, you'll need to open all of the documents you need to work with. Once you do that, you're ready to "be in two places at once." Simply, go to the Window menu, Arrange All choice. Instantly, you should see the difference. Every file that was open at the time you made the Arrange All choice is now visible on the screen, each in its own little window pane. In order to work in one of the files, just click inside its window to give it the focus. (You should see that its window title bar will have the familiar buttons for minimizing, maximizing, closing, etc. in the upper right corner). You're free to click back and forth between the files without any of the others disappearing. Because of the way they are spaced next to each other, all files will be visible at all times, regardless of which one currently has the focus. To return to viewing just one file, simply click on the maximize button for the file in which you wish to work.

Or, for the users who prefer the keyboard, Ctrl + F10 will maximize the window currently with focus. At this point, I have a quick word of warning:- Those of you who have your documents displayed in the Windows Taskbar as a separate icon, for each open file, you will have to maximize each file separately to return to where you began. On the other hand, if you remove that option and have all the files displayed under one Word icon in the Windows Taskbar, maximizing one file will take care of them all. To make this change, go to :- Tools > Options choice. Then on the View tab, uncheck/tick "Windows in Taskbar" and click OK. That should take care of any annoying behavior you may have run into with that option selected.  