| Imagine you have a MS Word document that has | | | | your menu option will read "Compare Side by Side |
| been edited by someone without marking the | | | | with Doc B." |
| changes. So you have no idea what has been or | | | | If you have more than two documents open, |
| has not been changed in the new edition. And to | | | | Word will display a list box displaying the names of |
| see for yourself what has been done, you would | | | | all the open Word documents. You click on the |
| like to make a side-by-side visual comparison of | | | | document that you'd like to use in your |
| the two documents. | | | | comparison and the Word displays both of them |
| You can do that easily in Microsoft Word 2003. | | | | side by side for easy comparison. |
| First open the documents A and B that you'd like | | | | The Compare Side by Side mini tool-bar has |
| to compare. Do not worry about the way they | | | | buttons for Synchronous Scrolling (when you scroll |
| look on the screen. One can be hidden behind the | | | | one document the other one scrolls automatically |
| other. It does not matter. | | | | as well), Reset Window Position (for displaying the |
| Then, while one of the documents is in focus, | | | | two documents vertically side-by-side on the |
| select Windows > Compare Side by Side with... | | | | screen) and Close Side by Side (to close both |
| from the main menu. | | | | documents simultaneously). |
| If you have only two documents open, the name | | | | A great option for those who'd like to compare |
| of the other document will automatically be | | | | two documents instantly by having a quick look at |
| displayed in the command. For example, if the | | | | them. |
| only other document you have open is "Doc B," | | | | |