Request for split window function

[bg]

I often deal with lengthy outlines in OneNote and it would be extremely
useful to be able to split the screen in order to view different sections of
the outline simultaneously. A keystroke to toggle between/among the split
windows would be ideal for me (keyboard junkie!).

Other Microsoft apps have this capability (Excel comes immediately to mind),
and of course text editors have had this feature for decades. I think this
feature would make a good app even better.

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[Kathy Jacobs]

I am wondering if Control+M would do what you need? Control+M opens a second
(or third, or etc.) instance of OneNote, within which you can navigate
independently. I think there is a keystroke to switch between instances as
well, but it isn't coming to me at the moment....

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[bg]

I already use Ctrl+M to open multiple instances (and switch between them with
Alt+Tab), but that's not exactly what I want. I want to be able to see
different parts of the same OneNote page at the same time, and since my
primary computer is a laptop I don't have a ton of screen real estate (which
makes it less than ideal to try to fit two OneNote windows on the screen at
the same time to accomplish this). I've experimented with the outline
collapse/expand feature as well, but it only works if the page isn't too
long. I think the ideal thing for me would be the split window function.

Bruce

 

[Erik Sojka (MVP)]

It seems the same real estate would be used up with two full instances vs.
two windows, if you are using the Full Page View in the "read only"
instance.

Does it make a difference if you tile the windows vertically or
horizontally?

 

[bg]

Yes, the same screen real estate is used, but with the split window function
I don't have to waste time orienting two or more windows on the screen.
Ideally, I could position my cursor where I want the split to occur, hit a
keystroke (or keystroke combination) to split the screen, and then have some
other keystroke that would toggle the cursor between windows. Again, this is
a common feature of better text editors. The advantage, to my way of
thinking, of the split window function over the multiple instances approach
is that the text I want to see appears on one screen without having to fuss
with positioning multiple windows.

Regarding tiling the windows, vertical tiling (putting windows side-by-side)
is not of interest to me - each window would be too narrow for my taste;
horizontal tiling (putting windows one over the other) would be more like
what I am wanting. However, I see no way in OneNote 2007 to tile the windows
automatically, so I would still have to waste time orienting two windows.

Let me clarify something, also. I don't envision running in split-window
mode for long periods of time, necessarily. If that were the case, then it
might be worth the time to orient two windows manually. Usually, though, what
I want to do is view one portion of the page for a relatively short period of
time while working (reading/typing) in another part of the page. A quick
keystroke to split the page (or un-split it) would be ideal. Additionally,
sometimes I may want to edit something in the other window, so a keystroke to
switch between windows would be handy, too.

bg