In Excel 2007 with Vista, checking the "Show in Task Bar" option does indeed
show a taskbar entry for each file that is open. However, only one file is
shown on the desktop at a time. Multiple files can be shown inside the Excel
workspace tiled or what ever.

What I am looking for is a way, using Vista and Excel 2007, to display
multiple spreadsheets on the desk top, each maximized in its own workspace
and to have that happen as the default when I click on an excel file icon.
Despite extensive searching on the Web and posting on this and numerous other
forums, I have yet to find an answer.

To any MS employees reading this. My experience searching for the answer to
this question is that I am far from alone in wanting this behavior from
Excel. It is extremely annoying not to be able to have multiple sheets open
on the desktop. OpenOffice does this with ease.