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Q: El Capitan screen split mode does not work for ms office?

I tried to split view as advertised but was not succeeded with Ms Office applications - Excel & Word. What is the issue? Am I doing anything wrong; or issue is with El Capitan OS or maybe Ms Office has to make changes in their software? Thank you.

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014), OS X El Capitan (10.11), Upgraded yesterday to El Capitan

Posted on Oct 2, 2015 1:40 AM

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Q: El Capitan screen split mode does not work for ms office?

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  • by dwb,

    dwb dwb Feb 4, 2016 11:24 AM in response to DxbUz
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    Feb 4, 2016 11:24 AM in response to DxbUz

    When an operating system introduces new features software has to be updated to use those new features. Software cannot magically do things they were designed to do just because an operating system update was introduced. Office 2011 can be used in fullscreen mode but not split screen. All software that supports split screen has been updated to support it.

     

    Microsoft has released Office 2016 for the Mac which fully implements fullscreen mode and split screen. The test for support is quite simple. Open a window, then click and press the green widget. If your screen displays a blue overlay on either the right or left half it supports split screen. If it does not show the overlay the program does not. Office 2011 does not. Microsoft will continue to support the 2011 version with security updates and bug fixes for another year or two but it will not get new features.

  • by Suze89,

    Suze89 Suze89 Sep 6, 2016 6:11 PM in response to PizzaBot
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    Sep 6, 2016 6:11 PM in response to PizzaBot

    my version does have the full screen function... but split view still does not work

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