Office 2003, Word question

It seems to me that there was a time that I could open 2 Word .docs
and have them come up in separate windows, but even if not,
is there a way to make this happen? I need 2 individual word documents
to open and resize down so that I can copy from one to paste into the
other.
Instead, the second one called up opens 'on top of', or in the same
window,
and I have to copy, then find the first .doc on File to call it up to
paste into.
I have about 250 poems in separate Word .docs to paste into one
continuous .doc

T.I.A.

Sylvia M.

"Sylvia M" wrote in message
...
It seems to me that there was a time that I could open 2 Word .docs
and have them come up in separate windows, but even if not,
is there a way to make this happen? I need 2 individual word documents
to open and resize down so that I can copy from one to paste into the
other.
Instead, the second one called up opens 'on top of', or in the same
window,
and I have to copy, then find the first .doc on File to call it up to
paste into.
I have about 250 poems in separate Word .docs to paste into one continuous
.doc

T.I.A.

Sylvia M.


Yes. open both documents and click the Normal Window icon in the upper right
corner. There are three squares, one with a line on the bottom, one with two
small squares inside, and one with an X. The first one minimizes the window,
the last one closes the window -- closes the file and asks to save if not
saved already -- and the middle one toggles between a maximized window and a
normal window. Once you have a normal window, you can drag the sides of the
window where ever you would like them to be. You can adjust the windows so
there are two of them side by side, or one above the other.

"Sylvia M" wrote in message
...
It seems to me that there was a time that I could open 2 Word .docs
and have them come up in separate windows, but even if not,
is there a way to make this happen? I need 2 individual word documents
to open and resize down so that I can copy from one to paste into the
other.
Instead, the second one called up opens 'on top of', or in the same
window,
and I have to copy, then find the first .doc on File to call it up to
paste into.
I have about 250 poems in separate Word .docs to paste into one continuous
.doc

T.I.A.

Sylvia M.


With Word 2003 try this, it is easier on my Vista machine than the way Jeff
posted (which also works.)

Start Word and open both word documents. Make sure that no other window is
open on the desktop (if so minimize it.) Right click on the taskbar and
then left click on "Show Windows side by side". Should also work on XP
system if that is your operating system.

Let us know if this helps.

"LVTravel" wrote in message
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"Sylvia M" wrote in message
...
It seems to me that there was a time that I could open 2 Word .docs
and have them come up in separate windows, but even if not,
is there a way to make this happen? I need 2 individual word documents
to open and resize down so that I can copy from one to paste into the
other.
Instead, the second one called up opens 'on top of', or in the same
window,
and I have to copy, then find the first .doc on File to call it up to
paste into.
I have about 250 poems in separate Word .docs to paste into one
continuous .doc

T.I.A.

Sylvia M.


With Word 2003 try this, it is easier on my Vista machine than the way
Jeff posted (which also works.)

Start Word and open both word documents. Make sure that no other window
is open on the desktop (if so minimize it.) Right click on the taskbar
and then left click on "Show Windows side by side". Should also work on
XP system if that is your operating system.

Let us know if this helps.

That actually does work better, and it's even easier than you said.

Open two documents, then click the Window menu and select Compare Side by
Side. If there is only one other Word document open, the compare will be
with that file, if multiple Word files are open, there will be a dialog box
that opens that allows you to select teh document you want to comapare
against the current active window.

The Compare feature automatically makes the open windows into Normal
Windows, and adjusts them to fit two-up on the screen.

"Jeff Strickland" wrote in message
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"LVTravel" wrote in message
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"Sylvia M" wrote in message
...
It seems to me that there was a time that I could open 2 Word .docs
and have them come up in separate windows, but even if not,
is there a way to make this happen? I need 2 individual word documents
to open and resize down so that I can copy from one to paste into the
other.
Instead, the second one called up opens 'on top of', or in the same
window,
and I have to copy, then find the first .doc on File to call it up to
paste into.
I have about 250 poems in separate Word .docs to paste into one
continuous .doc

T.I.A.

Sylvia M.


With Word 2003 try this, it is easier on my Vista machine than the way
Jeff posted (which also works.)

Start Word and open both word documents. Make sure that no other window
is open on the desktop (if so minimize it.) Right click on the taskbar
and then left click on "Show Windows side by side". Should also work on
XP system if that is your operating system.

Let us know if this helps.

That actually does work better, and it's even easier than you said.

Open two documents, then click the Window menu and select Compare Side by
Side. If there is only one other Word document open, the compare will be
with that file, if multiple Word files are open, there will be a dialog
box that opens that allows you to select teh document you want to comapare
against the current active window.

The Compare feature automatically makes the open windows into Normal
Windows, and adjusts them to fit two-up on the screen.


Jeff, I know about the compare SBS within Word but that has a major
drawback. Both windows scroll together. If you need to copy from the
beginning of the one window and paste into a long document near the end,
there is a lot of scrolling that has to be done.

My posted method results in being able to preposition the cursor in both
open windows and copy and paste without having to re-find the location just
before the paste. Drag and drop works better too e.g., highlighting one
section in the left document and click and drag to the right document where
you have already placed the cursor.

"LVTravel" wrote in message
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"Jeff Strickland" wrote in message
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"LVTravel" wrote in message
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"Sylvia M" wrote in message
...
It seems to me that there was a time that I could open 2 Word .docs
and have them come up in separate windows, but even if not,
is there a way to make this happen? I need 2 individual word
documents
to open and resize down so that I can copy from one to paste into
the other.
Instead, the second one called up opens 'on top of', or in the
same window,
and I have to copy, then find the first .doc on File to call it up
to paste into.
I have about 250 poems in separate Word .docs to paste into one
continuous .doc

T.I.A.

Sylvia M.


With Word 2003 try this, it is easier on my Vista machine than the
way Jeff posted (which also works.)

Start Word and open both word documents. Make sure that no other
window is open on the desktop (if so minimize it.) Right click on
the taskbar and then left click on "Show Windows side by side".
Should also work on XP system if that is your operating system.

Let us know if this helps.

That actually does work better, and it's even easier than you said.

Open two documents, then click the Window menu and select Compare
Side by Side. If there is only one other Word document open, the
compare will be with that file, if multiple Word files are open,
there will be a dialog box that opens that allows you to select teh
document you want to comapare against the current active window.

The Compare feature automatically makes the open windows into Normal
Windows, and adjusts them to fit two-up on the screen.


Jeff, I know about the compare SBS within Word but that has a major
drawback. Both windows scroll together. If you need to copy from the
beginning of the one window and paste into a long document near the
end, there is a lot of scrolling that has to be done.

My posted method results in being able to preposition the cursor in
both open windows and copy and paste without having to re-find the
location just before the paste. Drag and drop works better too e.g.,
highlighting one section in the left document and click and drag to
the right document where you have already placed the cursor.

Thanks guys, will save and try in a few days when all editing is done,
Then come back with feedback...

Sylvia

"Jeff Strickland" wrote in message
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"Sylvia M" wrote in message
...
It seems to me that there was a time that I could open 2 Word .docs
and have them come up in separate windows, but even if not,
is there a way to make this happen? I need 2 individual word
documents
to open and resize down so that I can copy from one to paste into the
other.
Instead, the second one called up opens 'on top of', or in the same
window,
and I have to copy, then find the first .doc on File to call it up to
paste into.
I have about 250 poems in separate Word .docs to paste into one
continuous .doc

T.I.A.

Sylvia M.


Yes. open both documents and click the Normal Window icon in the upper
right corner. There are three squares, one with a line on the bottom,
one with two small squares inside, and one with an X. The first one
minimizes the window, the last one closes the window -- closes the
file and asks to save if not saved already -- and the middle one
toggles between a maximized window and a normal window. Once you have
a normal window, you can drag the sides of the window where ever you
would like them to be. You can adjust the windows so there are two of
them side by side, or one above the other.

Not quite, in this case.
The problem is, I open one document, resize to less than half the
desktop...
then I open the other document.. :-(( it opens "on top of' the first,
in the very
same window. I cannot move one window and see the other...I can only
delete the one,
Then the other comes up. If I shrink to the lower toolbar, neither
..docs show, when I enlarge,
either full or partial size only the top one is accessible. They will
not show side-by side
waaaaaaa
Sylvia M.


Sylvia

"Sylvia M" wrote in message
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"Jeff Strickland" wrote in message
...

"Sylvia M" wrote in message
...
It seems to me that there was a time that I could open 2 Word .docs
and have them come up in separate windows, but even if not,
is there a way to make this happen? I need 2 individual word documents
to open and resize down so that I can copy from one to paste into the
other.
Instead, the second one called up opens 'on top of', or in the same
window,
and I have to copy, then find the first .doc on File to call it up to
paste into.
I have about 250 poems in separate Word .docs to paste into one
continuous .doc

T.I.A.

Sylvia M.


Yes. open both documents and click the Normal Window icon in the upper
right corner. There are three squares, one with a line on the bottom, one
with two small squares inside, and one with an X. The first one minimizes
the window, the last one closes the window -- closes the file and asks to
save if not saved already -- and the middle one toggles between a
maximized window and a normal window. Once you have a normal window, you
can drag the sides of the window where ever you would like them to be.
You can adjust the windows so there are two of them side by side, or one
above the other.

Not quite, in this case.
The problem is, I open one document, resize to less than half the
desktop...
then I open the other document.. :-(( it opens "on top of' the first, in
the very
same window. I cannot move one window and see the other...I can only
delete the one,
Then the other comes up. If I shrink to the lower toolbar, neither .docs
show, when I enlarge,
either full or partial size only the top one is accessible. They will not
show side-by side
waaaaaaa
Sylvia M.


If the window is small enough, you can drag it all over the screen. Click
the Title Bar (usually blue, but can be any color depending on the Theme you
have selected) and you can drap any Normal Window aynwhere on the screen.

In Word, you can click WindowView Side by Side or Widnow Tile. Tiling
stacks the windows with an overlap area, but View Side by Side will give you
what you want.