No

I want to be able to have 2 or more excel windows open side by side - like
the way word does it.

I can do it manually, by opening excel then go and open file, then open new
version of excel and open file, once I have 2 open I can rearrange on screen
so I see them side by side.

But this doesn't work if I open them from explorer - they all go to the same
excel.

"JP" wrote in message
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You can toggle between workbooks by pressing Ctrl-Tab.

Is that what you were looking for?

--JP


On Apr 4, 8:00 pm, "fred" wrote:
Excel 2003 SP3 - Plus all post hot fixes

When I am in explorer and click an excel file - excel opens - when I click
on the next file it opens in the same excel, but on task bar it shows I
have
2 excel files opened. But it will not let me look at files side by side

I actual want it to open 2 or more copies of excel so that I can view data
side by side. This is default behavior on my system for Word - every time
I
click a word doc it opens a copy of word for each file.

I turned on ToolsOptionsGeneral "Ignore other applications" this opens
different copies of excel but not the files I click on. Excel opens blank.

Tools - Options - View - Windows in Taskbar. this doesn't help either

I don't like the Compare side by side option under Window.

Thanks