How to Stop Microsoft Office Word from Displaying Two Pages Next to Each Other?

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How to Stop Microsoft Office Word from Displaying Two Pages Next to Each Other?

If you are running the Microsoft Office Word program 2016, 2019 or 2021 on your Windows 11 or 10 PC and notice the Word program shows several pages of a document side-by-side, you are reading the right post.

The MS Word program displays multiple pages side by side on a high-resolution widescreen monitor. On a computer with a high-resolution screen, the Word program automatically displays multiple pages of a document side by side at the same time. For instance, if you run the MS Word app on a 4k 24” resolution monitor, Word will show two pages side by side. It can also happen that someone has changed MS Word settings to show the document side by side.

Needless to say, this happens only when the document consists of more than a page. Although this is a nice feature to have as you can simultaneously view two pages side-by-side, many users find it a distraction.

Most users, including me, would like to see just one page of a document at a time, especially while composing or editing a document. Having only one page on the screen at a time helps you focus better. Besides that, many users switch to the Focus mode in Word program while editing, which also displays two pages side-by-side by default.

Luckily, Microsoft Word offers an easy way to switch back from the multiple pages side-by-side view to a single page view with the click of a mouse button. Here is how to do that.

Change Zoom Settings to See a Single Page at a Time

You can modify the zoom setting to a higher level, adjusting the document to display only one page at a time. For example, you can increase the zoom by 150% to eliminate side-by-side mode. However, this method will not work when you are viewing a document in side-by-side mode. You must return to the one-page view mode and move the zoom slider to the Word window’s bottom right to change the zoom settings.

If not, press and hold the Ctrl key and scroll the mouse button to set the display mode.

Turning off the side-by-side pages mode

When the MS Word program displays two pages side-by-side, click on the View tab and then select the One Page option to switch back to the default single-page mode quickly. In the old MS Office program, instead of the One Page option, you can see the Vertical option in the same place as in the picture below.

If you want to switch back to side-by-side viewing mode, click on the Multiple Pages option from the View tab. Alternatively, adjust the same by reducing the zoom size of the word document.

Chapters

00:00 Intro
01:49 Change Zoom Settings to See a Single Page at a Time
02:28 Turning off the side-by-side pages mode

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The intro was too long before you finally addressed the issue. I figured it out while I was waiting.

misterwill
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This could have been a 10 second video :)

elninoUNDERSCOREmz
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Thank you so much! This was very helpful!

jeanniesmith
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This is useless! As soon as I close word it reverts back to multiple page view.

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