The whole idea of Windows is not to have to open multiple instances of a
program, but to open multiple files in one instance?

"shaya" wrote:

Whenever I open a second instance of excel I cannot link the two excel
workbooks.

It works fine if I click on new from within the first workbook, but if i
open a new workbook from the shortcut the two workbooks do not seem to be
connnected at all.

If i go to the window menu it also does not list both workbooks