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Default Open additional document in a new Excel window

Not a useful link. It has the solution that I have already found to
be less than satisfactory. Chip Pearson is using a configuration
where the multiple monitors are all the same. I'd do that too if I
could find the physical/room desktop space to do it. I can't fit two
22" monitors side-by-side on my desk.

If Word does what I want, why not Excel? I know, two differnt teams
developed the two different applications, and came to two different
conclusions about what the consumer would like. Such is life.

Opening separate instances of the application (Excel) would be much
more convenient.

Many thanks for all you folks do. I know you can't create what isn't
provided for.

Fred Holmes

On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 07:08:07 -0700, Jim Thomlinson
wrote:

Check out this link...

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/MultipleMonitors.aspx
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HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"Fred Holmes" wrote:

Is there any way to open multiple workbooks in Excel 2000 and have
each workbook open in a new *Excel window*? MS Word 2000 does this,
by default, i.e., each new Word document file opened appears in a new
Word window.

Will newer versions of Excel do this?

I have two monitors running, and when each document file opens in a
new window, it is possible/easy to put one document on each monitor,
and have both visible in large size at the same time, and adjust each
of the windows individually.

One can "sort of" do this by spreading the one Excel window across
both monitors, and then reducing each file from full screen mode (or
whatever is called for a document rather than a window) but that is
not convenient since it spreads the Excel window borders with the
toolbars, etc. across both monitors, and my two monitors are not the
same size/resolution. Hence I need to adjust the window size on each
monitor.

TIA

Fred Holmes