Synchronous Scrolling

Question

I have been attempting to use the Synchronous Scrolling feature on two new pcs.  I can bring up two documents and use the side by side feature, yet when I click and the Synchronous Scrolling, nothing happens.  The Synchronous Scrolling is not greyed out, but I get no response from clicking the button.  Is there a known problem or is there something I am doing incorrect?  Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I had the same problem, The problem in my case was one for one document was view mode One Page and another document had view mode multiple pages. I set the view mode to One page for both the documents and then selected 

View side by side and then select synchronous scrolling. It worked.

Answer 2

It would appear that synchronous scrolling in Word 2013 only functions in Print View - another ingenious piece of Microsoft software engineering!!!

Answer 3

You're right, and it's totally ludicrous

Answer 4

I had a similar problem -- two documents side by side in Print View with Page Width selected.  However, one had comments and other did not.  That led me to discover that Synchronous Scrolling works only if the documents are at the same Zoom magnification.  As soon as I set the documents to One Page or 100% or 130%, synchronized scrolling worked just fine.

Answer 5

I had the synchronous scroll greyed out in excel 2013.  I clicked on new window and now synchronous scroll works.  Not sure where the old window went.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.