I got an email from a blog reader and I wanted to share my answer with everyone since I don’t think there were any blog post about this. The question was this:
It would be really useful to be able to view two tabs (i.e., notebook sections) side by side on the screen. Sometimes one needs to compare two types of information and this would make it much easier and far more efficient.
I realized that I do this all of the time and I thought I would share my tip with you all, here is how I do it:
This works pretty well and I use this quite often when I am consolidating notes and information. It is great when you have a widescreen monitor (which I am fortunate to have).
Try it out and let me know if you have any comments/suggestions/let me know if you use it often!
I was looking for this solution only last week!
I am trying this on OneNote 2007 and XP and I dont seem to be able to find the option. Is this a Vista option?
Thanks
I use this all the time too. Under XP the option is Tile Vertically ( and not side-by-side)
Ani
This only works if you do not group several windows for the same program into a single item on the taskbar, I think.
Winsplit Revolution will allow you to tile windows even easier, with keypresses. Check it out at http://reptils.free.fr/
ctrl-alt-4 (numpad 4) and the window uses half the screen to the left. Select the next window and do ctrl-alt-6 and that uses the half on the right. Very useful especially on larger screens.
There is an inking issue that I have noticed (I haven't tried this since installing the service pack). When I have two instances of OneNote open that are on the same Notebook, section, AND page, my inking will be ruined if I ink anywhere in the middle of the page (in between inking). This is my only problem with this solution. I always used multiple instances when using OneNote, but I had to make certain that I wasn't editing the same page.
If you right click on the task bar you get these same options. They will tile all windows you have open on the desktop. a little simpler.
Wow!
I had time and again cussed OneNote for not having a way to do this. I kept trying to open new page. DOH!
Wish this tip was given higher visibility to new/ongoing users.
Priceless!
This works in XP too. Just select the windows you want to tile or cascade while holding the ctrl key to select several windows, then right click to access the different tiling options.
You are the MAN! Thank you!!!
just what i was looking for! thank you very much!
Excellent! This is simple, straightforward, and exactly what I was looking for. I will be using the CTRL + Right Click all the time now, too. The screenshots are also super helpful. Thanks!
THANK YOU!! I was really curious about how to do this.