Computer Training Help! Key

Last issue’s Mystery Software Character question was:

I am available in some of the Office programs.  Use me to divide a window into two parts for viewing and scrolling two parts of a spreadsheet or document independently.

The correct answer to this question is the Split command.

Word and Excel offer several features for working with open windows.  A single document window can be split into two panes in order to view two parts of the same document at the same time on the screen.  Multiple windows can also be opened, each containing a different document/spreadsheet.  Windows can be sized, moved, and arranged.  The Arrange All command can be used to display all open windows in a tiled arrangement, so they do not overlap.

In Excel, the Window Split command splits the window into two or four panes, depending upon the position of the active cell.  The split icon splits the window into two panes as in Word.

• Split a window into panes in Excel.
  Position: the active cell at the split location
  Choose: Window
  Choose: Split
  
  
• Split a window into two panes in Word.
  Choose: Window
  Choose: Split
  Drag: to location for the split
  
  
• Split a window into two panes in Word or Excel.
  Double-
  Click: window split box
  Drag: window split box to the location for the split

Example of a Split Window

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