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Open the two documents you want to compare, and then select Window -> Compare Side by Sidewith...

You will see a list of the documents that you have opened. Select the one you want to compare with, andclick OK.

Word opens a small toolbar with these three buttons:

Synchronous Scrolling: Click this button to turn synchronous-scrolling mode on and off. Reset Window Position: Click this button to place the two documents side by side on your screen, if they are not in such a position already. Break Side by Side: Click this button when you're finished to turn off the Compare Side by Side mode. Microsoft Word: Top 20 Secret Features. If you click the Synchronous Scrolling button, they’ll even scroll up and down in lock-step when you move the cursor around or drag the scroll bar. Synchronous scrolling works now like it should, regardless of documents zoom or page. Found the link, but user beware, make copies and notes of your macros and settings. Let's run ' Fix it ' from the following KB article and then try using Synchronous Scrolling feature and verify the result: (maybe reboot needed).

• Synchronous Scrolling: Click this button to turn synchronous-scrolling mode on and off.
• Reset Window Position: Click this button to place the two documents side by side on yourscreen, if they are not in such a position already.
• Break Side by Side: Click this button when you're finished to turn off the Compare Side bySide mode.
  The two documents will probably be placed on your screen side by side - but maybe not. If not, clickthe Reset Window Position button. You can switch between different modes as often as youlike. Click one document's Maximize button (on the window's title bar) to open it up; thenclick Reset Window Position to bring it back to the side-by-side position.
  With Synchronous Scrolling mode turned on, you can scroll in one document and the otherdocument scrolls down, too. So if you have two versions of the same document - an original and arevised version - you can scroll through the two documents at once, and view the changes.

Open the two documents you want to compare.

Ms Word Synchronous Scrolling Not Working

On the View tab, in the Window group, click View Side by Side:

• To scroll both documents at the same time, click Synchronous Scrolling in the Windowgroup on the View tab:

• To close the Side by Side view, click View Side by Side again in the Window group on theView tab.

Note: If more than two documents are open, after clicking the View Side by Sidebutton, Word displays the Compare Side by Side dialog box:

Ms Word Synchronous Scrolling Tutorial

• Under Compare Side by Side with, select the document you want tocompare with the active document,
• Click OK.

Ms Word Turn Off Synchronous Scrolling

See also this tip in French:Voir les documents côte à côte.