Question about Word. How to toggle between windows.

[op2]

So there's the little bar on the bottom of your screen. There are little buttons for the things you have open. If you click on a button it goes to that thing. So if you click the Word button it goes to the Word window you have open.

But if you have more than one Word window open, when you click the button you see a list of the Word windows you have open. So if you have two Word windows open and you want to toggle back and forth you have to click twice (once on the Word button and then on the window you want to see). Every time you go from one Word window to another you have to click twice instead of just once.

How do I get around this? There is plenty of room on my bar at the bottom. I'd prefer having two Word buttons there (one for each window I have open) instead of having to click the one button and then see a list of Word windows I have open.

 

[WVUBRU]

Have you tried Ctrl-Tab?

 

[DvlDog4WVU]

So there's the little bar on the bottom of your screen. There are little buttons for the things you have open. If you click on a button it goes to that thing. So if you click the Word button it goes to the Word window you have open.

But if you have more than one Word window open, when you click the button you see a list of the Word windows you have open. So if you have two Word windows open and you want to toggle back and forth you have to click twice (once on the Word button and then on the window you want to see). Every time you go from one Word window to another you have to click twice instead of just once.

How do I get around this? There is plenty of room on my bar at the bottom. I'd prefer having two Word buttons there (one for each window I have open) instead of having to click the one button and then see a list of Word windows I have open.

Windows key and tab on your keyboard always works. Also, you can revert to the old style where it doesn't stack windows. I hated the new version.

 

[op2]

Those aren't working for me. I'm going to the two Word windows in question so I know they're the most recent ones I've used and then I'm doing Windows key-tab or ctrl-tab and it jumps around within a window or makes a tab or whatever but it doesn't go to the other Word window.

 

[atlkvb]

Those aren't working for me. I'm going to the two Word windows in question so I know they're the most recent ones I've used and then I'm doing Windows key-tab or ctrl-tab and it jumps around within a window or makes a tab or whatever but it doesn't go to the other Word window.

Keep both windows open, minimize them on the task bar, slide between windows on the task bar to easily move from on to the other (you can also just keep each window open and click on the opposite window on the task bar)

 

[op2]

Keep both windows open, minimize them on the task bar, slide between windows on the task bar to easily move from on to the other (you can also just keep each window open and click on the opposite window on the task bar)

I can't slide between windows on the task bar because on the task bar there is only one Word button (that I can click on and then see the two Word documents I have open). The problem is I have only one Word button instead of two to slide between.

 

[WVUBRU]

You want two instances of Word open? Open Word, then open your file. Select Start, all programs and menu select Word again. Open the second file in that instance. Then the various other instructions given should work

 

[DvlDog4WVU]

I can't slide between windows on the task bar because on the task bar there is only one Word button (that I can click on and then see the two Word documents I have open). The problem is I have only one Word button instead of two to slide between.

Change your settings.

Right click on the task bar and select properties.

Click the "use small icons" check box

In the 2nd dropdown "taskbar buttons" click the dropdown and select "never combine".

Click "apply"

This will tak you back to the configuration you are likely use to using.

 

[atlkvb]

I can't slide between windows on the task bar because on the task bar there is only one Word button (that I can click on and then see the two Word documents I have open). The problem is I have only one Word button instead of two to slide between.

What happens when you click on that one button then? If you have two windows open, that's what should pop up on your monitor.

Are you running Windows 10?