Adjust the size of the windows of your PDF/Graphics application and Word so that you may display both on screen at the same time. Word does not close other applications when it is opened, but you won't see them if they are behind the Word window.

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I have minimized the window of the pdf/jpeg, so it fits within under the area i am editing in word, so i can type and look at the pdf/jpeg at the same time. But when i click in the word document to start typing,,the pdf immediatey removes itself from the window i'm trying to work in. I realize it's still there...the icon is still shown below,,and if i click on it..it comes right back to where i left it...but when i click into my word document,,it hides it again