Split screen editing and composition mode

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I was working in split screen editing mode in composition mode. Things were working pretty well, the main text was in the main window and the secondary text was in a small movable window. I accidentally turned off the secondary window and can’t figure out how to turn it back on. Does anyone have any idea how to turn this window back on?

Thanks!

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Hi,

Split screen editing has never been supported in composition mode. Are you sure you weren’t in Lion’s full screen mode? Or perhaps you were using a QuickReference panel?

All the best,
Keith

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Thanks, perhaps it was a quick reference panel…I don’t know exactly what it was but it seemed to be working pretty good and was a nice feature if I could get it back…

  • Ed
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I just tried adding the second file as a QuickReference panel, it definitely was the window I was looking at before but now I can’t seem to add text to it. I am going to View:QuickReference:File name but the window comes up empty with 0 characters.

Any clues?

Thanks,

Ed

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…think I figured this out, I can just copy and paste the material into QuickReference and then leave it floating in composition view to refer to.

Thanks,

Ed

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Hi,

If the QuickReference panel is empty then it must be of a different document, so I’m a bit confused - which document were you trying to open (the same one as was open in full screen)? Glad you seem to have it sorted, though.

All the best,
Keith