[TABLE class=OTbl cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"] [TBODY] [TR] [TD class=cdOTATtl width="100%"]Compare workbooks side by side [/TD] [TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"][/TD] [TR] [TD class=ACB style="PADDING-RIGHT: 12px; PADDING-LEFT: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 10px" width="100%" colSpan=3][!-- defs in --] [DIV id=divShowAll style="DISPLAY: block" align=right][A class=DropDown href="jvascript:AlterAllDivs('block');"][img id=picHeader alt="Show All" src="vny!://office.microsoft.com/global/images/default.aspx?AssetID=ZA790050001033" border=0]Show All[/A]
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[OL] [LI]Open the workbooks you want to compare side by side. [LI]On the [B class=ui]Window[/B] menu, click [B class=ui]Compare Side by Side with[/B]. [LI]On the [B class=ui]Compare Side by Side[/B] [A class=glossary href="jvascript:AppendPopup(this,'IDH_oftipToolbar_1')"]toolbar[SPAN class=AsstInlineDefText][SPAN class=ACICollapsed id=divInlineDef_IDH_oftipToolbar_1] (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, click [B class=bterm]Customize[/B] on the [B class=bterm]Tools[/B] menu, and then click the [B class=bterm]Toolbars[/B] tab.)[/SPAN][/SPAN][/A], do any of the following: [UL] [LI]If you want to scroll through the workbooks at the same time, click [B class=ui]Synchronous Scrolling[/B] [img alt="Synchronous Scrolling" src="vny!://office.microsoft.com/global/images/default.aspx?AssetID=ZA010404891033" border=0]. [LI]If you want to reset the workbook windows to the positions they were in when you first started comparing workbooks, click [B class=ui]Reset Window Position[/B] [img alt="Reset Window Position" src="vny!://office.microsoft.com/global/images/default.aspx?AssetID=ZA010404901033" border=0].[/LI][/UL] [LI]Click [B class=ui]Close Side by Side[/B] to stop comparing workbooks.[/LI][/OL] Note If you open two workbooks, the command on the [B class=ui]Window[/B] menu will include the filename of one of those workbooks. For example, you open "workbook1.xls" and "workbook2.xls". While viewing "workbook1.xls", the [B class=ui]Window[/B] menu shows the command as [B class=ui]Compare Side by Side with workbook2.xls[/B].
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[SPAN class=ACECollapsed id=divExpCollAsst_1 border="0"]If you've closed the [B class=ui]Compare Side by Side[/B] toolbar but you want to show it again, click [B class=ui]Customize[/B] on the [B class=ui]Tools[/B] menu, click the [B class=ui]Toolbars[/B] tab, and then select [B class=ui]Compare Side by Side[/B] in the [B class=ui]Toolbars[/B] list. [/SPAN][/TD][/TR][/TBODY][/TABLE]