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Incorrect closing of the Split arrangement feature
Hi, I often refer to other parts of my document, and for that I enjoy using the Split view feature, to see different parts of my document at once.
This feature has a clever function, which automatically chooses which one of the views to close, and which one to expand, based on which was last interacted with. Issue is, this feature works the other way around, always closing the window which I was working in, forcing me to find that place again by scrolling. I tried looking around the internet and I believe this is a bug (with a rather simple solution).
If it could be fixed, I'd be grateful, thanks.
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I'll report it, thanks. Colleen Kayter​ thanks for the tip with shift+F5 that's really handy!
Once upon a time, Split was started by clicking/dragging down from the ruler bar and closed by clicking/dragging to the ruler bar. The start is gone (now you go to the View Ribbon), but you can click/drag from the top of the lower window - either up to the ruler or down to the status bar, removing the split and leaving the doc location you want.
BTW, one other quick feature? SHIFT+F5 will take you to the last place you edited. 😉
You can report this using the feedback facility in Word and/or via the portal at https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/forum/fb6d67e3-301c-ec11-b6e7-0022481f8472.
