Depending upon version, you can go to ToolsOptionsView and checkmark
"Windows in Taskbar"

I believe this feature was introduced in Excel 2000.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:59:03 -0700, "lost in excel" <lost in
wrote:

can i change a setting in excel so that when i click on a new excel document
icon from my desktop that it will open in a new window and not open in the
same window that is already open??