This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Managing Windows
When you create a new Word document or open an existing document, each one opens in a separate window. Because it’s common to work with several documents at once, Word provides commands for managing windows in the View : Window group 
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The View : Window group.
To manage open document windows
- Do any of the following:
- To create another instance of the current document, click View : Window : New Window. Edits made in any instance of a window affect the document.
Each new instance has the same name as the original, followed by a colon and a number. For example, a new instance of memo.docx would be named memo.docx:2.
- To bring a document to the front and make it the active document, choose its name from the View : Window : Switch Windows menu
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You can make any open document active by choosing its name from the Switch Windows menu.- To view all open documents simultaneously, click View : Window : Arrange All. The documents are displayed in a stack
. To work with one of the documents, click anywhere in its window to make it active.
Arrange All can make it simpler for you to work with multiple open documents. After selecting a document to edit or view, you can maximize or resize its window. - To work with a pair of open documents, click View Side by Side. If more than two documents are open, the Compare Side by Side dialog box appears
. Select the second document and click OK.
After clicking the View Side by Side icon in the first document window, you’ll be asked to select the comparison document—if more than two documents are open.
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When working in View Side by Side mode, you can make the two documents scroll together by ensuring that the Synchronous Scrolling icon
is enabled. This feature is useful for comparing two versions of the same document.- To close the active Word document, click its close box (X), press Alt-F4 or Ctrl-W, or click the File tab and then click Close in the Backstage.
- To create another instance of the current document, click View : Window : New Window. Edits made in any instance of a window affect the document.
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To close a Word document, you can also right-click its taskbar button or right-click any blank spot in its title bar, and then choose Close from the context menu that appears 
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You can close a document by right-clicking its title bar and choosing Close from this pop-up menu.
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If you’re running Windows 7 or 8, taskbar buttons are different from earlier versions of the operating system. If multiple Word documents are open, they are grouped together within a single Word taskbar button. To close one of the open documents, rest the cursor over the Word taskbar button, move up to highlight the document you want to close, and click its close box (X) 
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In Windows 7 and 8, documents from the same application are grouped within a taskbar button.