By default, the work area appears in a single layout; however, you can split the work area horizontally or vertically depending on how you prefer to work. Regardless of your choice, the entire work area is separated by a split bar that you can use to resize each work area. 

Splitting the work area is useful since you can explore different areas of a document in both work areas. You can also view different documents and drag/drop or copy/paste reusable documents between work areas to help make building content easier. 

When you open a document in one work area, a tab for the newly opened document automatically appears in the second work area. In other words, the same tabs appear in split work areas. However, the document displayed within a tab can be different between two work areas. For example, you can have the same module document open in two work areas but explore different sections of the outline in each.

If you split a work area that has numerous tabs open that cannot be displayed for space reasons, left and right arrow buttons appear that allow you to scroll to the tabs that do not appear. Click to close a selected tab or right click on the tab and choose Close.

Note: You cannot change the order of the tabs that appear in a window. The order is determined by the sequence in which you open documents.

To split the work area:

1. On the View menu, click  Horizontal Layout to split the work area horizontally or click  Vertical Layout to split the work area vertically.
    
2. Use the mouse to navigate between the different work areas.
    
3. Click  Single Layout to remove a horizontal or vertical split.

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