[Magdalen] Windows 10 help?

Scott Knitter scottknitter at gmail.com
Tue Sep 6 00:54:23 UTC 2016


Another thing to try is this:

1. Close all windows except the two documents you want to arrange on the screen.
2. Right-click an empty area in the taskbar at the bottom of your screen.
3. From the menu that pops up, select Show windows side by side.

On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 7:46 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Scott, that's what I've been doing, same as always.  But as soon as I click
> on the second document, the first one disappears. I've always been able to
> view multiple documents before, but now I can't...
>
> On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 8:21 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Click the Maximize (square) button next to the X in the upper-right
>> corner of one of your Word document windows. Then drag that window all
>> the way to the left edge of your screen, and it will automatically
>> take up the left half of the screen. Then open your other Word
>> document and do the same, but drag its window to the right edge. Then
>> you should be able to see both documents, each in its own half of the
>> screen.
>>
>> If it's hard to locate the other document under a bunch of windows,
>> use Alt+Tab to cycle through the open windows until you find it.
>>
>> This may take a few attempts before it's all in place.
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 6:52 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I upgraded a couple of weeks ago, and aside from the fact that it seems
>> to
>> > be much slower, I've mostly been getting along OK. But I've just hit the
>> > wall with a problem, and it's driving me nuts.
>> >
>> > I saved some Word documents, and I want to look at a couple of them side
>> by
>> > side, but I can't.  It will only let me see one at a time.  As soon as I
>> > click on the second one to bring it up, the first one disappears.  I'm
>> not
>> > doing anything different from what I've always done--reduce the size of
>> one
>> > so I can drag it, and then click on the other one I want--and the first
>> one
>> > disappears.
>> >
>> > What am I doing wrong?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Grace Cangialosi
>> > Ruckersville, VA
>> >
>> > *"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with
>> great
>> > love."*
>> > *St. Teresa of Calcutta*
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Scott R. Knitter
>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Grace Cangialosi
> Ruckersville, VA
>
> *"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great
> love."*
> *St. Teresa of Calcutta*



-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA


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