Scroll two tiled inDesign documents simultaneously?

Hi there,
Is there any way to scroll two different documents simultaneously?
it will be very helpful while doing correction or cross checking two documents. is there any plugins available for this?

I use two computers (don't laugh). I set up the laptop next to my desktop monitor and use one hand on each keyboard.
Consider using (if appropriate) compare tools as well. You can export both documents to RTF and use Word to compare them if all you care about is textual differences. You can export both documents to PDF and use Acrobat to compare them if you need to see graphic differences as well.
Ken

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