I don't use multiple monitors.

But there have been a few posts that starting separate instances of excel will
do what you want.

To be able to start a second instance, you can create a new shortcut on your
desktop that points to excel.exe.

Then use file|open to open any workbook you want.

Be aware that working with two workbooks in separate instances does make life
tougher and things may not work the way you expect. (Copying formulas from one
workbook to another workbook, for instance.)

tcom wrote:

I have two monitors and like to have two documents open and maximized at the
same time to compate and what not. I can do this in Word but not in Excel
nor Powerpoint. "Windows in the Taskbar" doens't do this. It's got to be an
option or something. I was able to do this in Excel in the past.

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Dave Peterson