I'm sure you realize that you can have several documents open in Word, each
in its own window. Why is it that this doesn't suffice for your purposes?
Let me guess. Since you're evidently using Windows XP, you've got it set to
pile all the open Word documents up on a single Taskbar button (I think I
recall that XP can do this), and so you want two or three different sets of
documents piled up on two or three Taskbar buttons?

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"Pop" wrote in message
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Hi,

I've seen this discussed -somewhere- before but cannot find it now. And if
there is a better place to post this, I'll happily move it over there. For
now I'm putting this on public.word and public.windowsxp.general.
Please, do NOT set f'ups on me: I'd like to keep the responses separated.

Is it possible to have two instances of Word running simultaneously (and on
purpose!)?
If so, how do I do it? I thought multiple installs maybe, but enough
commonality remains that it doesn't seem to work. I thought about using the
Registry to accomplish it, but I don't know enough about Word OR the
Registry to accomplish that.
I also have Word 97 on the same partition, but it doesn't seem to be
interfering with anything, just in case that matters. I plan to uninstall
it if I have to, but because of the hassle 97 itself presents to get it
reinstalled, I'm in no hurry to uninstall it.

My "problem" if you will, is I need to have several files open
simultaneously but still somehow keep them separated into two groups.
Basically it amounts to a project of similarities between two groups of
files, one already existing, and the other using the first as sort of a
template. There is yet a THIRD set of files, which don't have to be opened,
but with which these two must inter-mesh.
I've experimented with things like Notetab, etc., used for web sites &
programming, and they almost work, but not quite, because I still need the
GUI, which they all take away.
Yes, I feel pretty confident the machine itself can handle it; resources
don't seem to be an issue. Yet.

I'd be grateful for any thoughts or recommendations, even the negative ones
if that's all there is.

TIA,

Pop
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