Microsoft Word Split Screen Mac
Split View first appeared in OS X El Capitan in 2015.
Your Mac can open two windows side-by-side in split screen mode, which Apple calls Split View. Here is everything you need to know to make use of the feature, which is one of the best ways to work between two applications.
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Available since OS X El Capitan and designed to make Full Screen View even more effective, Split View lets you work between two applications, even in Full Screen View – really useful when you want to focus on getting work done and cut out background clutter.
Split view in action
How to use split screen/Split View on a Mac
To begin you must enter Full Screen View for your first application.
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To add a second application
Now you have your first application active there are several ways to open a second application in the other half of your Split View:
#1. Click in the unused half of the view and tap an application window you can see in the preview mode you are presented with there to open it in that view.
#2. You can also choose applications using the Mission Control.
While in Full Screen View:
You can get to Split View on your Mac even when in full-screen view:
- While in full-screen view tap the Mission Control button on your keyboard (F3).
- Mission Control will open up: You’ll see active applications in the bottom of this view and any full screen applications (if you have more than one) and Spaces appear at the top of the Mission Control view.
- You will be able to see the full-screen application you are currently using in one of the previews at the top.
- To open an app just drag-&-drop it into that preview. This also works for apps that you may currently also have open in full-screen – just drag the relevant preview to the window.
Your Split View window should open up with the two applications you want to use side-by-side.
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How can I open different apps in this view?
You can remain in Split View mode in one app while changing the app available in the other. To do so, just tap one side of the view to make it active and then tap Mission Control (F3). Now in the desktop preview you can just drag a new app to your active Space.
How do I choose which window to work in while in Split View?
Just tap the relevant window to begin working in that view.
How do I swap window positions in Split View?
Mac Word Split Screen
To swap the two windows around just click and hold the top of one window momentarily and drag it to the other side. Both windows will exchange sides in quite a satisfactory animation.
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Can I make one window bigger?
You can make one side of your Split View window bigger, just drag the grey bar at the dividing line to the left or right.
How do I quit Split View?
- To quit Split View just move the your cursor to the top of your display to get to the application window menu and tap the full-screen button for one of your two applications.
- The program will exit Split View and you’ll immediately see it in normal view, while the remaining app will enter Full Screen view but in a different Space.
- Take three fingers and swipe right or left on your trackpad and you’ll be taken to other Spaces you may be using on your Mac.
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Enter Split View
Split View requires OS X El Capitan or later, and the steps differ slightly based on which macOS you're using. If these steps don't work, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Mission Control, and make sure that “Displays have separate Spaces” is selected.
Microsoft Word Split Screen Mac Mojave
macOS Catalina
- Hover your pointer over the full-screen button in the upper-left corner of a window. Or click and hold the button.
- Choose ”Tile Window to Left of Screen” or ”Tile Window to Right of Screen” from the menu. The window then fills that side of the screen.
- Click a window on the other side of the screen to begin using both windows side by side.
Other macOS versions
- Click and hold the full-screen button in the upper-left corner of a window.
- As you hold the button, the window shrinks and you can drag it to the left or right side of the screen.
- Release the button, then click a window on the other side of the screen to begin using both windows side by side.
Work in Split View
In Split View, you can use both apps side by side, without the distraction of other apps.
How To Split Screen Mac
- Choose a window to work in by clicking anywhere in that window.
- Show the menu bar by moving the pointer to the top of the screen.
- Swap window positions by dragging a window to the other side.
- Adjust window width by dragging the vertical line between the windows.
- Switch to other apps or your desktop with Mission Control, or use a Multi-Touch gesture such as swiping left or right with four fingers on your trackpad.
Exit Split View
- Move the pointer to the top of the screen to reveal the window buttons.
- Click the full-screen button in either window. That window exits Split View.
- The other window switches to full-screen view. You can switch to the full-screen window with Mission Control, or use a Multi-Touch gesture such as swiping left or right with four fingers on your trackpad.