Vertical Split (sort of) in Microsoft Word 2010

Word (along with other Microsoft products, such as Visual Studio) only allows you to "split" a document horizontally (that is, into two sections on top of each other). Since the trend these days is towards widescreen monitors, it would really be more helpful to split vertically (that is, two sections side by side).

You actually can do this in Word (and VS), they just don't call it "split". The paradigm seems to be making "new windows", which you can then position side by side yourself (VS's inner window management does this for you).

In Word 2010, go to "View" on the Ribbon and click "New Window". If you have Windows 7, then you can use Win+Left and Win+Right (or drag the windows into the corners) to make each window take up half the screen.

A true vertical split would let you resize both views by dragging one separator, but this works well enough most of the time.