Hit the maximize or restore button on the workbook.

Save and you're OK on that workbook

Compare side by side will be grayed out unless you have two windows open.

You can compare side by side two sheets(or more) in the same workbook or
sheets from two workbooks(or more)


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:48:01 -0700, Ann
wrote:

I forgot to close 'compare side by side' when coming out of two spreadsheets,
and now when I re-open them both, they will only open to a half screen. The
XL 'background' is ok, just the worksheet that is half size. Also, the
compare option is now greyed out so I can't close it retrospectively.