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"Carol Crowley" <Carol wrote in message
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How do I configure Excel to open multiple files in multiple instances?
There
has to be an easier way than opening Excel multiple times and THEN opening
your files.

If you are exploring a folder and you click on a Word doc, then click on
another Word Doc, they open in separate instances. However, when I open a
second Excel sheet this same way, they appear as if they are separate
instances in the taskbar, but are truly the same instance.

I know I really need to simply remember to "Close" instead of "Exit", but
there has to be a way to configure this...

Please help!

Multiple instances would eat up all your memory pretty quickly. What you
really want is multiple separate windows. Do this:

Tools, Options, click the View tab, and check the "Windows in Taskbar"
setting.

The wording of the option doesn't make it very clear as to what it does.