Even better, do as kskinfer suggests (excellent suggestion by the way) and instead of resizing and creating a new one, copy first, then resize one to the left and the other to the right. Quick video giving you the idea of what I mean. It's not done on the plan production but you get the idea.
http://screencast.com/t/M2FkNDllZDAt
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