View two pages side by side on widescreen monitor

deetso · Newbie Joined: 01 Apr 2006 Posts: 2

Hey- just got a new monitor- widescreen and for the life of me I cant figure out how to view two pages side my side. Im sure this question will be answered quite quickly and easily- but for some reason I am unable to figure it out on my own Confused

Warrick Nelson · Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:14 pm Post subject:

Just open to two files, then resize the window of each to fit side by side.

If you want the same file open twice - eg to keep an original to look at and edit the other, you will need to make a copy of the file - my system (Win98SE) does not allow two instances of the same file to be open, nor will it open the second instance as read only.

deetso · Newbie Joined: 01 Apr 2006 Posts: 2

Thanks for the answer... i guess i should clarify what Im trying to do.

In one window, i was hoping to view the same documents- pages one and two of document x... does that make sense?

jeanweber · Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:50 pm Post subject:

Bhikkhu Pesala · Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 3:30 pm Post subject:

suryad · Power User Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 50

Yeah well the methods you guys are explaining are rather pointless if you need to have 2 instances or if you cant edit...I am in need of this feature myself. This is a basic feature IMHO that should be available from the get go. I know MSO 2k3 has this feature. Disappointed OO 2.0.2 doesnt. Crying or Very sad

bluesdealer · Newbie Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 3

Yeah, I think it's disappointing, too. MS Office XP even has that feature...

Bhikkhu Pesala · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:43 am Post subject:

clay · Newbie Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 1

Not sure how you'd go about tiling in Linux. Not everyone is a slave to Bill.

This is a basic feature that needs to be developed. My 24" widescreen monitor (1920x1200) allows me to view 2 pages easily (maybe 3). I know not everyone has a need for it, but it is very useful.

bluesdealer · Newbie Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 3

I downloaded the new version and this is still missing. I'm still stuck using Word until widscreen support is added to OOo. Does anyone know if this is even on the table?

bobharvey · Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 12:12 am Post subject:

http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1598 was raised five years ago, and has a significant number of votes.

It appears to have been ignored.

There are several much-requested features in the same boat.

bluesdealer · Newbie Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 3

The new version (2.1) still doesn't do this... oh well. I might end up as a slave to Bill for life, haha. This is just too useful with a 1920x1200 monitor to ignore, and MSO does it wonderfully.

AndrewZ · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:38 pm Post subject:

This is an old post, so this reply is "for the record' (such as people searching the archives). Feature 1598 is implemented and ready for testing.

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quickresp · General User Joined: 20 Apr 2009 Posts: 7

The following does not allow you to view two separate documents with one window. Rather it is to be used for reading for example books, on a widescreen monitor.

The following is a work around for desperate times, and will need to be reverted before trying to print.

I work around this issue by doubling the page width and adding two columns.
Format->Page->Page->

width: 18"
height: 11'

Then click the tab columns.

columns:2

keme · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:39 pm Post subject:

See http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=57627