Keeping Page 1 in view as I type subsequent pages,

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As in Excel, I need to keep in view page 1 of the document whilst I type
subsequent pages. Is this possible.
Thank you
Richard
 
No, not really. There's no equivalent of Freeze Panes in Word. If you're
working in a table, you can elect to repeat the heading row on each page,
but unless you keep the entire page visible, even that is of limited
usefulness. When I was keeping a large mail merge data source in Word, this
was such a nuisance that I ultimately migrated it to Excel.
 
Yes. There are several ways. The easiest way is to use the split box, at the
top of the vertical scroll bar. Move the mouse to the top of the
ruler--there's a dash there that's hard to notice. The mouse pointer will
turn into two parallel horizontal lines with up and down arrows above and
below. Drag the split box down. (Or... in Word 2007, choose View tab,
Split.)

Another way is to open a new window on the current document. If you have two
or more monitors, this might be preferable to the split box. In Word 2007,
you do this by choosing View - New Window.

These options are available in earlier versions of Word, too. Choose
Window - New Window or Window - Split (or use the split box).
 
No equivalent of freeze panes, but it is possible to keep page 1 in view. I
do this all the time... it's very handy when writing about a chart or table
to be able to see the chart as I'm typing. In fact, I often wish Excel could
do this, since I frequently need to view multiple sheets at the same time. I
end up opening a 2nd copy of Excel in Read Only for that worksheet.
 
Yes, thanks for posting The Answer, Herb. I spoke out of ignorance. <g> I've
never had much luck, I think, in working with split panes or Compare Side by
Side or any of the other things that involve more than one window. I guess
I'm too clumsy.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
 
Nah. You just need another monitor or two to expand your horizons.

Since moving up to two monitors, I now wonder how I ever managed with just
one... especially since so much of my work requires writing about something
I need to look at at the same time. In a previous life, I ended up printing
out a lot of graphics to accomplish the aim. Now, I'm saving lots of trees.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
 
I can barely fit one monitor on my desk--definitely no room for two!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
 
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message.

In
I can barely fit one monitor on my desk--definitely no room for two!
Click to expand...

Can you fit one wide one? If so then often that screen real estate can be
split into two and it will function well enough.

--
Galen (Not Current MS-MVP)

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"In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason
backwards. That is a very useful accomplishment, and a
very easy one, but people do not practise it much. In the every-day affairs
of life it is more useful to reason forwards, and so
the other comes to be neglected. There are fifty who can reason
synthetically for one who can reason analytically." - Sherlock
Holmes
 
No, I have the largest monitor my desk will accommodate, and, although I
could split the screen, I prefer not to.
 
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