How To Work With Multiple Windows In Split View Mode

In this video I explain tips for enabling split screen view in Windows and Mac. I share the mouse and keyboard shortcuts that make it quick and easy to work between two windows.

This can help save time with tasks like copy & paste, writing Excel formulas, copy between different applications like Excel & Power Point, etc.

I also share a tip for stepping through VBA macros using split view.

Sometimes split view doesn't work in Windows, and I share a tip to reset the Windows, which enables the mode to pick the window for the left/right side.

Both Windows and Mac allow you to adjust the split left & right to resize both windows.

I also explain how I use the Alt+Tab (Cmd+Tab on Mac) shortcut to quickly copy & paste between windows.

📖Additional Resources:

Here are some additional resources and links to files I showed in the video.

Please leave a comment below with any questions, tips, or suggestions you have for working with multiple windows and split screen view. Thanks! 🙌
00:00 Introduction
00:33 Split View for Windows
02:20 Windows Keyboard Shortcuts for Split View
03:12 Adjust Split Size
03:47 A Tip for VBA Fans
04:17 Split View for Mac
05:34 Flipping Between Windows with Alt+Tab

[KK]

Just what I have been searching for. Thank you!

[nadiawalcott]

thank you this was very helpful to jog my old brains back

[aliciabercianoalba]

Hi Jon! Thanks for helping me on my little quest of learning to use key shortcuts in Windows. One small suggestion would be to have separate videos for the windows and mac computers. I expect most people to have one or the other, so having two videos would allow them to select the one that is relevant to them.

[cheriesmewengkang]

Sometimes we miss the small but useful and important. Nice tips Sir.

[tanyamorova]

Fantastic video! Very useful and easy to understand!

[Milo_Estobar]

I kept googling "task view short-cut" it leads me to create virtual window.. but 3:13 saves me, and the key word "task view split"... Thank you...

[markkelly]

Thanks Jon - another great tips vid. Super helpful!

[aliahmukz]

Clear and easy to understand. Thank you very much 👍🏼

[Rachad]

Great tips John, always appreciate your help and assistance. Thank you.

[dfarrey]

Great tutorial on using Windows or Mac splitscreen

[matchmedicines]

it was so useful <3 special thanks <3

[niveditapandey]

Thank you so much :) :D. It was fun to learn. Plus you have told some basic stuff also, I have seen the Windows part mainly but you would have done that all throughout the video, which will definitely be helpful for or to a lot of people. :) Was fun to learn this hehe.

[reckuchiha]

i have a problem can you help me... so basically lemme explain
imagine i have opened an app and maximised, I have opened another app not in full screen so when I move me pointer to the full screen app, it just simply minimizes the other app. I didn't clicked the full app but still

[wayneedmondson]

Hi Jon.. Happy New Year and thanks for kicking off 2019 with a useful video. These tips are super handy, especially when working with the VBE and stepping through or debugging code. Thanks and Thumbs up!

[cynthiashewan]

Can you use split screen with Word and Adobe like you are doing with Excel?

[purvigandhi]

It's not working for me. I have Windows10 and Microsoft office 365. I have 2 excel files open, I mdrag one file to the left but do not see any options to select other side.

[miminair]

How do I use slit screen with 3 screens on my MacBook Pro? One of the screen is a PP Presentation, which I want to display on an extended monitor.?

[sarahchan]

Thanks for the tips! It's really useful and now I dont need to keep working back and forth between workbooks.
Just a question. When I click command tab in mac, it showed current apps to flip instead of the workbooks. I was opening a few workbooks at the same time. Am I the only one who has the problem?

[rebekahlogan]

Thanks for the tips! When in split view on my Mac I would like to see the top bar of my window. I do a lot within a browser window and would like to be able to click on a different tab in one of my split screen views. When I enter split screen mode it automatically "full-screens" the split. I hope that makes sense!

[christopherball]

when I split-screen two windows and then put the cursor in middle to adjust one window to be bigger, it doesn't come up with the grey/black bar? so when I adjust one tab it just overlaps the other without having that sync?