Open Multiple Word Documents in One Window to View, Edit Easily

If you working with a lot of ms-office word documents then you will notice unlike the older versions the latest ms-office 2003+ creates separate taskbar tabs for each document window. Switching from one document to another becomes an added stress if there are many. Here are simple ways to open multiple word documents one window for better ease of use.

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How to Edit Multiple Word Files from a Single Office Window

# Disable "Multiple Taskbar Windows For Each Document"

Step 1: Click the Office Button on the top left corner, choose Word Options.

Step 2: Select Advanced Tab and on the Right Pane, scroll down to the Display Options

Step 3: Uncheck "show all windows in the taskbar". Then click Ok and you’re done.

Note : After the above steps, you can open, edit multiple word files from one window all of them can accessed from the View tab in the office ribbon (see below). You can arrange them as you like.

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# Add Tabbed View Editing to MS Word with Office Tab (Link)

Office Tab is a handy plugin for Office 2003+. With the multiple tabs style, you can switch to different documents (workbooks and presentations) immediately as the way you taking in IE 7, Chrome or Firefox. Office Tab will save your time and improve your working order and efficiency. Thanks Amit.

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