If you're using xl2k+, you can turn on:

tools|options|view|windows in taskbar

You can also use ctrl-f6 or ctrl-tab to cycle through the open workbooks.

H Strydom wrote:

Can anyone tell me where is the setting so that excel opens for a second time
to create a second taskbar button when I open a 2nd .xls file.

At the moment the programme is opening only once and I need to go to excel
heading Windows=and choose the workbook I want.

This is time consuming and I find it much better to quickly choose on the
taskbar pane whick file I want to work with.

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Dave Peterson