Word 2003 has a "Compare Side by Side" feature; for previous versions, you
just have to open documents in separate windows and tile them vertically.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"laurence peddle" wrote in
message ...
Windows XP and Word 2002. MY monitor is 19", so plenty of room for two
Word
text documents side by side. Is this possible? With such a vertically
split
screen can the two documents be worked on separately, as with a
horizontally
split screen? Advice much appreciated.