is a "dual view" possible

[Doug Brooks]

I just finished a 400 page text (with many figures) in Word. There are many TOC
entries and MANY index entries. If I view the hidden codes, the document is
almost 35 pages longer, changing (of course) the pagination! And worse, some
figure formatting gets screwed up because they now fall across page breaks,
etc. It usually returns to normal when I turn the hidden text views off, but
sometimes I have to close and restart to get the correct pagination back.
(Using Office XP with WinXP Pro)

Is there a way or a program that will allow you to:
1. view in normal mode (no hidden text or fields) with the normal "correct"
pagination
2. see the hidden codes that are on the page being viewed
3. allow you to edit and save those codes
4. all the while preserving the proper pagination.

A program named "Crosseyes" does some of this, but it was awkward to use and
didn't let me edit the TOC and index entries.

Doug Brooks
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[Doug Brooks]

Bob,

How do you open a documant in two windows at the same time? That would be
fine. My system (Word 2002) doesn't seem to allow me to do that!

Doug

 

[Graham Mayor]

Window > split will put the document in two windows.

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[Klaus Linke]

Or you can simply open another window (Window > New window).
You can arrange them next to each other, and set the view in either window
any way you want.
Any change you do in either window will reflect in both windows at once,
and you can scroll them independently.

I like this better than "Split", since I have a large monitor.
Having he windows side by side, I can view much more text.

Regards,
Klaus

 

[Doug Brooks]

This seems to work just like I was looking for.

Thanks to all who helped.

What I needed was an idependent view in the second window; I needed to see the
normal text on one window with the correct pagination, and the hidden text (TOC
and Index entries) in the other. Opening a new window seems to do that.